Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Nuneaton Union, Warwickshire, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Fortiscue | 20 | 0 | Paralysed | no. |
| Thomas Copson | 7 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Thomas Richardson | 20 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
| William Beeby | 21 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Glover | 14 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Mary Woodcock | 17 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
| Sarah Beeby | 20 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Mary Vernon | 10 | 0 | Illegitimate child | no. |
| Mary Ball | 6 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
| Eliza Woodhouse | 21 | 0 | Old age; weak mind | no. |
| Mary Scattergood | 15 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
| Mary Hazlewood | 18 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Hannah Smith | 7 | 0 | Deaf and dumb | no. |
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