Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Wolstanton and Burslem Union, Staffordshire, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Leese | 20 | 0 | Of imbecile mind | |
| Edward Hind | 20 | 0 | ditto | |
| Richard Hughes | 12 | 0 | Aged and infirmity | |
| Emma Cooke | 18 | 0 | Of imbecile mind | yes. |
| Sarah Hughes | 17 | 0 | Infirmity | |
| Emma Clare | 6 | 0 | Of imbecile mind | yes. |
| John Hancock | 16 | 0 | Aged and very infirm | |
| William Turner | 6 | 0 | A cripple | |
| John Capper | 19 | 0 | Aged and infirmity | |
| Joshua Barnett | 6 | 0 | ditto | |
| James Spilsbury | 6 | 0 | Partially disabled and aged | |
| John Moss | 22 | 0 | Imbecile mind and a cripple | |
| Samuel Heywood | 18 | 0 | Aged and very infirm | |
| Jane Turner | 22 | 0 | Aged and infirmity | |
| Hannah Harper | 16 | 0 | Imbecile mind and a cripple | |
| John Myatt | 9 | 6 | Aged and lame | |
| John Daniel | 30 | 0 | Defective intellect and partial infirmity; was born and bred in the workhouse | |
| Charles Mellor | 12 | 0 | Infirmity | |
| Bernard McLocklin | 7 | 0 | ditto | |
| Alice Radly | 6 | 0 | ditto | |
| Hannah Wootten | 8 | 0 | Not fond of work | yes. |
| Thomas Grey | 12 | 0 | Infirmity | |
| Richard Taylor | 12 | 0 | Aged and infirmity | |
| Ann Yale | 6 | 0 | ditto | |
| James Roddy | 9 | 0 | Blind and aged | |
| Peter Leech | 12 | 0 | Infirmity | |
| James Goddard | 9 | 0 | ditto |
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