Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Leeds Township, 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Thomas Ainsworth | 5 | 1 | Paralysis | no. |
David Bedford | 6 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
Ann Bell | 9 | 8 | Permanent sickness | no. |
Joseph Bellhouse | 7 | 5 | Permanent infirmity | no. |
Samuel Birkett | 18 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
Hannah Burton | 5 | 3 | Permanent infirmity | no. |
Jane Brown | 30 | 0 | Dumbness | no. |
Elizabeth Carter | 5 | 2 | Nearly blind | no. |
Charles Chapman | 11 | 6 | Lameness | no. |
Mary Clayton | 7 | 5 | Deafness and blindness | no. |
William Cowell | 5 | 1 | Paralysis | no. |
Ann Dunwell | 11 | 0 | Fits | no. |
Margaret Fannan | 6 | 2 | Permanent infirmity | no. |
Joseph Farrington | 10 | 2 | Lameness | no. |
Ruth Fenton | 30 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
Maria Gaunt | 8 | 8 | Old age | no. |
Mary Greenwood | 7 | 6 | Permanent infirmity | no. |
Hannah Greenwood | 6 | 5 | ditto | no. |
Ann Griffin | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Eliza Hall | 22 | 0 | Lameness | no. |
Catherine Harrell | 11 | 0 | Infirm | yes. |
Catherine Hughes | 15 | 0 | Deformity | no. |
Thomas Higgins | 5 | 7 | Lameness | no. |
Mary Jowitt | 6 | 0 | Permanent infirmity | no. |
Sarah Kay | 7 | 0 | Infirm | yes. |
Margaret Kelly | 7 | 10 | Permanent infirmity | no. |
Robert Lister | 15 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Ann Longfellow | 22 | 0 | Permanent infirmity | no. |
Mary Mitchell | 9 | 9 | Old age | no. |
John Moore | 6 | 3 | ditto | no. |
Mary Nicholson | 8 | 8 | Lameness | no. |
Mark Pettegrew | 14 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Margaret Pawson | 6 | 11 | ditto | no. |
James Pinkney | 7 | 1 | ditto | no. |
Ann Reed | 5 | 5 | Lameness | no. |
John Reynolds | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
James Ratcliffe | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
James Ripley | 6 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
George Simple | 8 | 3 | Old age | no. |
Mary Smith | 8 | 0 | Infirm | yes. |
Mary Stanton | 9 | 0 | Nearly blind | no. |
Esdras Thompson | 7 | 2 | Old age | no. |
Mary Thompson | 7 | 4 | ditto | no. |
Robert Turner | 11 | 4 | Blindness | no. |
Ann Walker | 6 | 2 | Imbecility | no. |
William Ward | 5 | 7 | Permanent infirmity | no. |
Ann Willock | 12 | 0 | Infirm | yes. |
Sarah Wrigglesworth | 5 | 8 | Blindness | no. |
Mary Walton | 5 | 8 | Permanent infirmity | no. |
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