Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Loughborough Union, Leicestershire, 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 Darby | 18 | 0 | Lunacy | no. |
| Henry Jones | 17 | 0 | Defective sight | workh. school. |
| Elizabeth Slack | 15 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Thomas Henderson | 16 | 0 | Lunacy | no. |
| Sarah Handley | 12 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Mary Harris | 13 | 6 | Idiotic | no. |
| Joseph Hopewell | 13 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Hannah Goff | 11 | 3 | Epilepsy | workh. school. |
| John White | 8 | 9 | Infirmity | no. |
| Ann Smith | 7 | 0 | Lunacy | no. |
| Eleanor Hardy | 6 | 9 | Desertion by husband | no. |
| Millicent Brumley | 6 | 6 | Disability | no. |
| Margaret Brookes | 6 | 6 | Illegitimate child | no. |
| Dorothy Birkin | 11 | 0 | Weak minded | no. |
| John Hallam | 11 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Edward Platts | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Thomas Bradford | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
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