Long-term Workhouse Inmates in King's Norton Union, Worcestershire, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Ward | 20 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Joseph Shackle | 14 | 0 | Sickness and age | no. |
| Joseph Rudge | 14 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Harbidge | 12 | 0 | Extreme age | no. |
| Thomas Ashford | 7 | 0 | Deformed, and of weak intellect | no. |
| William Golden | 5 | 6 | Deficient sight | no. |
| Ann Wheeler | 21 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| Ann Parsons | 19 | 0 | Cripple, and of weak intellect | no. |
| Mary Lea | 19 | 6 | Idiot | no. |
| Sophia Collins | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
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