Long-term Workhouse Inmates in York Union, East 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jane Waude | 7 | 0 | Imbecile | dist. school. |
| Maria Undy | 21 | 0 | ditto | dist. school. |
| Ann Ford | 7 | 6 | ditto | dist. school. |
| Isabella Creambe | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Howard | 5 | 2 | Fits | no. |
| James Underwood | 7 | 0 | Infirm | dist. school. |
| William Munn | 6 | 6 | Rheumatism | dist. school. |
| Hugh Wright | 13 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| William Atkinson | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Margaret Webster | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
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