Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Market Harborough 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Allen | 8 | 0 | Idiocy | no. |
| Sarah Butterworth | 23 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Butterworth | 23 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Scott | 23 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Barron | 23 | 0 | Unsound mind | no. |
| Sarah Pollard | 20 | 0 | Idiocy | no. |
| Thomas Cook | 19 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Cook | 19 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Eliza Cook | 19 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Slater | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Esther Carter | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Jane Scott | 14 | 0 | Unsound mind | no. |
| Mary Underwood | 18 | 0 | Idiocy | workh. school. |
| Josiah Sturgess | 7 | 0 | Lost one leg | no. |
| Elizabeth Green | 23 | 0 | Destitute and afflicted | no. |
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