Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Drayton Union, Shropshire, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Barrow | 12 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
| Joseph Beech | 15 | 0 | Lost a leg | no. |
| William Birchall | 25 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
| Margaret Bragger | 6 | 0 | Idiocy | no. |
| Sarah Churm | 40 | 0 | Subject to fits | no. |
| Thomas Crump | 5 | 0 | Chronic rheumatism | no. |
| Eliza Fletcher | 5 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
| Mary Jervis | 53 | 0 | Insanity | no. |
| Mary Jones | 22 | 0 | Blind and helpless | no. |
| Maria Lloyd | 7 | 0 | Chronic rheumatism | no. |
| Sarah Morrey | 13 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
| Harriet Parsonage | 5 | 0 | Idiocy | no. |
| Margaret Randles | 22 | 0 | Cripple | no. |
| Mary Roden | 11 | 0 | Chronic rheumatism | no. |
| Sarah Scott | 30 | 0 | Cannot talk to be understood | no. |
| Jane Walters | 30 | 0 | Insanity | no. |
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