Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Wolverhampton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Blunt | 11 | 0 | Aged and infirm | no. |
| John Broom | 16 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Capper | 10 | 0 | Dumb; weak intellect | workh. school. |
| Emma Craddock | 10 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
| John Davis | 10 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Joseph Green | 13 | 0 | Weak minded; epileptic | no. |
| Andrew Hartland | 14 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Manley | 9 | 0 | Two children dependent upon her; deserted by husband | no. |
| David Nicholls | 15 | 0 | Weak minded | no. |
| James Pitt | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Walter Perry | 13 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Charlotte Spencer | 16 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Thomas Stokes | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Alice Sturmey | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Thompson | 9 | 6 | Aged and infirm | no. |
| John Wilson | 10 | 0 | Weak, sight | no. |
| Mary Ann Smith | 12 | 0 | Weak minded | no. |
| Peter Smallwood | 10 | 6 | Weak sight | no. |
| John Higgins | 8 | 0 | Aged and infirm | no. |
| Mary Blakemore | 9 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| Edward Cooke | 7 | 6 | Paralysed | no. |
| Maria Jackson | 7 | 0 | Weak minded | no. |
| William Chattaway | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Joseph Glover | 5 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Sarah Banks | 9 | 0 | Epileptic | no. |
| Sarah Axham | 7 | 0 | Weak minded | no. |
| John Allen | 19 | 0 | Aged and infirm | no. |
| Elizabeth Bishop | 20 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Thomas Cooper | 9 | 0 | Lame | no. |
| Ann Kendrick | 8 | 0 | Weak minded | no. |
| Susannah Steadman | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Timmins | 9 | 0 | Weak minded; epileptic | no. |
| Sophia Timmins | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Timmins | 7 | 0 | Weak minded | no. |
| Joseph Wheeler | 18 | 0 | Lame | no. |
| Thomas Wild | 10 | 0 | Weak minded | no. |
| David Humphries | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Furguson | 6 | 0 | Aged and infirm | no. |
| Ann Harper | 5 | 0 | Bedridden | no. |
| Joseph Kent | 8 | 0 | Family dependent upon him, and aged | no. |
| Edward Grovenor | 5 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Ellen Titley | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Stapleton | 15 | 0 | Aged and infirm | no. |
| Mary Stanton | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Moore | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Hill | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Hill | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Bowen | 5 | 0 | Weak minded | no. |
| Eliza Savage | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
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