Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Cardigan Union, Cardiganshire, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evan Lloyd | 16 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| George Rogers | 17 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Simon Thomas | 11 | 0 | Subject to fits | no. |
| Evan Richards | 8 | 0 | Palsy | no. |
| Mary Salmon | 5 | 0 | Blindness | no. |
| Hannah James | 5 | 0 | Deserted by her husband | dist. school. |
| Sarah Davies | 5 | 0 | ditto | dist. school. |
| Elinor Thomas | 5 | 0 | Orphan | workh. school. |
| Elizabeth Thomas | 5 | 0 | ditto | workh. school. |
| John Owens | 9 | 0 | ditto | workh. school. |
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