Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Hardingstone 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Hannah Mumford | 21 | 0 | Deaf and dumb | no. |
Esther Martin | 24 | 0 | Cripple | workh. school. |
Mary Collier | 7 | 0 | Insufficient earnings | no. |
Mary Tomalin | 22 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
Sarah Addington | 24 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Elizabeth Morriss | 24 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Elizabeth West | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Thomas Mallard | 13 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Joseph Mallard | 6 | 0 | ditto | workh. school. |
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