Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Horncastle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Smith | 21 | 0 | Imbecile from birth | no. |
| Joseph Claricoates | 14 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
| James Walker | 22 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| James Swallow | 10 | 0 | Extreme deafness | no. |
| Thomas Turner | 18 | 0 | Imbecile from birth | no. |
| James Nutsey | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Hezekiah Lings | 6 | 0 | Old age; very infirm | no. |
| William Bottrill | 16 | 0 | Lame; weak intellect | no. |
| Thomas Rouse | 8 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
| George Meggitt | 13 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Stephen Plumtree | 5 | 0 | Old age; very infirm | no. |
| James Broxholme | 5 | 0 | A cripple from birth | no. |
| Eliza Emerson | 22 | 0 | Imbecile from birth | no. |
| Mary Dennis | 9 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Sarah Baker | 9 | 0 | Weak intellect; has two bastard children | no. |
| Harriet Blades | 9 | 0 | Imbecile from birth | no. |
| Hannah Benton | 6 | 0 | Weak intellect; has three bastard children | no. |
| Ann Mayfield | 10 | 0 | Weak intellect; very deaf | no. |
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