Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Basford Union, Nottinghamshire, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Kent | 5 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| John Webster | 10 | 0 | Partially insane | no. |
| Joseph Slack | 5 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Thomas Ratcliff | 5 | 0 | Old age and infirmity | no. |
| Joseph Dennis | 12 | 0 | Insanity | no. |
| John Severns | 36 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| William Granger | 6 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| Uriah Shaw | 22 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Samuel Crooks | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Rigley | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| James Walker | 28 | 0 | Defective vision | no. |
| William Burrows | 10 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| James Brantley | 14 | 0 | Decrepitude | no. |
| Matthew Bricknock | 6 | 0 | Old age and infirmity | no. |
| George Wiltshire | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| George Barker | 6 | 0 | Fits | no. |
| Mary Farnsworth | 30 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Mary Gibbs | 38 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Harriet Forbs | 30 | 0 | Decrepitude | no. |
| Ann Shelton | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Elizabeth Walker | 6 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| Elizabeth James | 8 | 0 | Bastard children | no. |
| Elizabeth Flowers | 16 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Maria Bend | 18 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Harriet Monks | 9 | 0 | Blind | yes. |
| Ann Hinde | 14 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Phoebe Cooper | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Shipman | 12 | 0 | Deaf and dumb | no. |
| Mary Fretwell | 25 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Mary Smith | 30 | 0 | Insanity | no. |
| Mary Weatherhall | 8 | 0 | Decrepitude | no. |
| Elizabeth Barns | 10 | 0 | Bastard children | no. |
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