Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Macclesfield Union, Cheshire, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Chadwick | 7 | 6 | Infirmity | no. |
| William Johnson | 15 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
| William Mellor | 6 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| John Chappel | 7 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| James Dickens | 5 | 6 | Imbecility | no. |
| Ann Cragg | 15 | 0 | Sickness | no. |
| Hannah Heathcote | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Jane Lawton | 9 | 0 | Epilepsy | no. |
| Mary Ann Andrews | 12 | 0 | imbecility | no. |
| Sarah Barratt | 7 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Barker | 17 | 6 | Infirmity | no. |
| Catherine Cartwright | 7 | 0 | Sickness | no. |
| Mary Hulme | 5 | 3 | Imbecility | no. |
| Ann Goostry | 5 | 3 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Ann Hall | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Eliza Mott | 5 | 3 | Infirmity | no. |
| William Hall | 11 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| Thomas Standring | 8 | 3 | ditto | no. |
| John Davenport | 15 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
| Martha Illingsworth | 5 | 0 | Sickness | no. |
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