Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Great Preston 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Corkerham | 15 | 0 | Cripple | no. |
| William Fletcher | 5 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
| Samuel Wood | 5 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| William Newby | 7 | 0 | Defective vision | no. |
| John Wrightson | 5 | 0 | Rupture | no. |
| William Lister | 5 | 0 | Cripple | no. |
| James Dunbar | 7 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Charles Ashford | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Hannah Houseman | 11 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
| Sarah Hunter | 13 | 0 | Fits | no. |
| Margaret Harper | 5 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
| Mary Newton | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Sharphouse | 7 | 0 | Fits | no. |
| Caroline Carter | 6 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
| Ann England | 17 | 0 | ditto | no. |
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