Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Hinckley Union, Leicestershire, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Carter | 10 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| William Hill | 23 | 0 | Lunatic | no. |
| Maria Siddens | 18 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Sarah Green | 14 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Hargraves | 20 | 0 | Lunatic | no. |
| Thomas Payne | 23 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Thomas Smith | 17 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Bailey | 11 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Samuel Ward | 12 | 0 | Deformed, and unable to work | no. |
| Mary Smith | 9 | 0 | Bad legs and bed-ridden | no. |
| Sarah Fisher | 12 | 0 | Lunatic | no. |
| Mary Evans | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Hood | 7 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Elizabeth Dann | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Thomas Robinson | 18 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Joseph Johnson | 7 | 0 | Lunatic | no. |
| Harriott Jackson | 10 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| John Lord | 7 | 0 | Unable to work | no. |
| Elizabeth Cooke | 8 | 0 | Lunatic | no. |
| Ann Porter | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Charles Hefford | 12 | 0 | Orphan | workh. school. |
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