Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Sleaford Union, Lincolnshire, 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 Askew | 9 | 0 | Paralyzed | no. |
| Mary Bacon | 13 | 0 | Illegitimate children | no. |
| Mary Brompton | 23 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
| Effias Collingwood | 23 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Richard Dowse | 21 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Joseph Elkington | 5 | 0 | Age | no. |
| Mary Harrod | 11 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| Elizabeth Hall | 23 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Isaacs | 23 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
| Robert Matthews | 10 | 0 | Age | no. |
| Mary Otter | 23 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
| John Pearson | 18 | 0 | Paralyzed | no. |
| Henry Pearson | 18 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Hannah Potterton | 16 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
| Alice Rawlinson | 16 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Roberts | 14 | 0 | Age | no. |
| Ann Watson | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
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