Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Knaresborough Union, West Riding of Yorkshire, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John King | 22 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| William Freeman | 20 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Gardiner Benson | 8 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
| William Gill | 7 | 0 | Ruptured | no. |
| John Abbott | 5 | 6 | Infirm | no. |
| Jane Copley | 7 | 0 | Epilepsy | no. |
| Elizabeth Bingham | 8 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Mary Brown | 5 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| Martha Edson | 6 | 0 | Lunatic | no. |
| Ann Wildbore | 20 | 0 | Infirm and asthma | no. |
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