Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Wortley Union, West Riding of Yorkshire, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Rodgers | 16 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
| William Greaves | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Benjamin Taylor | 7 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| William Lindley | 19 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| George Cutts | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Godfrey | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Thomas Cliffe | 6 | 0 | Paralysed | no. |
| James Wilkinson | 20 | 0 | Old age and weak mind | no. |
| Elizabeth Moore | 10 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
| Sarah Wilson | 6 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Maria Allott | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Maria Ibbotson | 12 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
| Ann Hazelhurst | 26 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Kay | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
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