Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Swansea Union, Glamorgan, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eliza Davies | 13 | 0 | Dropsical | no. |
| William Rowland | 6 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| John Jones | 5 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| David Jenkins | 40 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Fowler | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Abraham Spooner | 42 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| William Jones | 30 | 0 | Deaf and dumb | no. |
| Mary Frim | 30 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Eliza Defoe | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Thomas | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Evan Gammon | 5 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
| John Campbell | 5 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Jane Cornelius | 5 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Thomas Thomas | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Hicks | 5 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| William Harris | 5 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Margaret Gyle | 11 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Ann Richards | 12 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Ellen Thomas | 6 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| David Thomas | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Harris | 5 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Catherine Rees | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Margaret Long | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Ryan | 5 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Dorothy Sullivan | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| David Griffiths | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Edwards | 6 | 0 | Lunacy | no. |
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