Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Wrexham Union, Denbighshire, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Rowland | 17 | 0 | Idiot | workh. school. |
| William Williams | 15 | 0 | Sore legs | no. |
| John Hampson | 5 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| Maurice Hughes | 5 | 0 | Lame | no. |
| Edward Jones | 6 | 0 | Destitute and old age | no. |
| Jane Tamerlane | 19 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Anne Almand | 16 | 0 | Destitute and old age | no. |
| Mary Rogers | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Jane Batterby | 16 | 0 | Struma | workh. school. |
| Anne Richards | 12 | 0 | Destitute and old age | no. |
| Charlotte Edwards | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Hannah Fisher | 12 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Mary Williams | 12 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Anne Jones | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Williams | 9 | 0 | Epilepsy | no. |
| Margaret Davies | 9 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Harriet Jones | 8 | 0 | Destitute | workh. school. |
| Mary Jones (1) | 11 | 0 | Destitute and lame | workh. school. |
| Mary Richards | 5 | 0 | Disordered spine | workh. school. |
| Jane Edwards | 5 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Elizabeth Mitchell | 7 | 0 | Epileptic fits | no. |
| Mary Davies (1) | 5 | 0 | Chronic rheumatism | no. |
| Mary Davies (2) | 5 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Mary Jones (2) | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Martha Cross | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
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