Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Gainsborough Union, Lincolnshire, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Woodsend | 8 | 6 | Weak mind and old age | no. |
| William Parnham | 9 | 0 | Epileptic fits, weak mind, and a cripple | no. |
| William Smith | 9 | 0 | Desponding state of mind and old age | no. |
| Mary Ann Townroe | 21 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
| Joseph Stephenson | 13 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Clarke | 11 | 0 | Deaf and dumb | no. |
| Louisa Tucker | 7 | 0 | Weak mind | workh. school. |
| Susannah Hazleby | 22 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| James Peart | 15 | 6 | Old age and infirmities | no. |
| John Roebuck | 10 | 6 | Weak mind | no. |
| William King | 5 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| Charles Carr | 5 | 0 | Weak mind | workh. school. |
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