Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Chorley Union, Lancashire, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Betty Pickup | 13 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
| Sarah Denham | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Joseph Kenyon | 28 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Joseph Entwistle | 18 | 0 | Ruptured and near sighted | no. |
| Catherine Cunliffe | 9 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Richard Bamber | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Crook | 17 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Richard Bamber | 14 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Thomas Pearson | 14 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
| John Parker | 13 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Mary Smith | 8 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
| James Warbutton | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Jane Bundle | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Thomas Catterall | 12 | 0 | Old age and infirmity | no. |
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