Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Longtown Union, Cumberland, 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 Harknegs | 20 | 0 | Lost a leg | no. |
Aaron Graham | 20 | 0 | Lame | no. |
John Pasley | 12 | 0 | Insane | no. |
Christopher Nixon | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Elizabeth Nixon | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
James Hewitson | 14 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Edward Armstrong | 14 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Richard Little | 14 | 0 | Deformity | no. |
William Beaty | 10 | 0 | Old age | no. |
John Latimer | 6 | 0 | Spinal disease | no. |
John Herrington | 9 | 0 | Lame | no. |
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