Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Whitby Union, North 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
John Sawdon | 12 | 0 | Weak minded | various schools. |
Henry Taylor | 12 | 0 | ditto | ditto. |
Elizabeth Shields | 12 | 0 | ditto | ditto. |
Ellen Mills | 12 | 0 | Old age and infirmity | ditto. |
Margaret Stockton | 12 | 0 | ditto | ditto. |
William Douglas | 12 | 0 | ditto | ditto. |
Sarah Hutchinson | 12 | 0 | ditto | ditto. |
James Sly | 11 | 0 | ditto | ditto. |
Elizabeth Wilson | 9 | 0 | ditto | ditto. |
Ann Pearson | 8 | 0 | Infirmity | ditto. |
John Harrison | 8 | 0 | Old age and infirmity | ditto. |
Isaac Hutton | 6 | 0 | ditto | ditto. |
Hannah Hutton | 6 | 0 | ditto | ditto. |
Elizabeth Cooper | 6 | 0 | Weak minded | ditto. |
Thomas Collins | 6 | 0 | Old age and infirmity | ditto. |
William Thompson | 6 | 0 | Infirmity | ditto. |
Mary Jane Hall | 6 | 0 | ditto | ditto. |
Robert Greenbury | 6 | 0 | Old age and infirmity | ditto. |
Thomas Percival | 6 | 0 | ditto | ditto. |
Jane Bitty | 6 | 0 | Weak minded | ditto. |
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