Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Castle Ward Union, Northumberland, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Fairfield | 8 | 0 | Old age and infirmity | no. |
| William Hay | 10 | 0 | Weak mind, and old age | no. |
| Andrew Stonehouse | 8 | 0 | Infirmity, and old age | no. |
| John Robson | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Henry Lightfoot | 7 | 0 | Weak mind, and old age | no. |
| George Douglas | 9 | 0 | Idiotcy | no. |
| Elizabeth Nesbitt | 16 | 0 | Loss of eyesight | no. |
| Isabella Hogg | 13 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
| Elizabeth Oliver | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Dorothy Dixon | 7 | 0 | Old age and infirmity | no. |
| Mary Baty | 9 | 0 | Weak mind, from fits | workh. school. |
| Hannah Coulson | 5 | 0 | Old age and infirmity | workh. school. |
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