Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Daventry Union, Northamptonshire, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Susannah Burton | 24 | 0 | Idiocy | no. |
| Thomas Brown | 20 | 6 | Lameness, and unable to work | no. |
| Caroline Wiggins | 18 | 0 | Idiocy | no. |
| Sarah Reynolds | 18 | 0 | Weak in mind | no. |
| Joseph Russell | 12 | 6 | Idiocy | no. |
| Michael Woodhall | 11 | 0 | Deafness, and, in consequence, unable to obtain employment. | no. |
| George Cox | 10 | 0 | Illness, and unable to work | no. |
| Thomas Woodhall | 9 | 0 | Deafness, and, in consequence, unable to obtain employment. | no. |
| Ann Oliver | 5 | 9 | Idiocy | no. |
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