Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Wirral Union, Cheshire, 1861
In 1861, the Poor Law Board published a return of the name every adult pauper who had been a workhouse inmate for a continuous period of five years or more, together with the duration of their residence (in years and months), the reason for it, and whether they had been brought up in a District or separate Workhouse School. It was noted that the term 'District School' had been widely misinterpreted by respondents as meaning any school in the local area, such as a national or private school, and that there was only one instance in the whole report of an inmate actually having been in such a school.
Name | Yrs | ms. | Reason | School |
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Thomas Jackman | 23 | 0 | Age, and being of weak mind, without friends. | no. |
John Whitehead | 16 | 0 | Age and infirmity | no. |
James Williams | 13 | 0 | Weak mind, and without friends | no. |
Edward Waters | 8 | 0 | Age and infirmity | no. |
Henry Ellis | 6 | 0 | Weak mind, and without friends | no. |
Elizabeth Dixon | 7 | 0 | Age and infirmity | no. |
Ann Quinn | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Ann Stannion | 5 | 0 | Her children, one being illegitimate. | no. |
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