Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Exeter Incorporation, Devon, 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 Alford | 5 | 0 | Past labour | no. |
Robert Alsop | 20 | 0 | Mental infirmity | no. |
Mary Bright | 13 | 0 | Debility and old age | no. |
Sarah Blackmore | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Ann Bragiuton | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Elizabeth Campion | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Emma Cox | 5 | 6 | Debility | no. |
Mary Connett | 7 | 0 | Debility | no. |
Mary Ann Clark | 15 | 0 | Deserted by husband | no. |
Frederick Drew | 10 | 0 | Partial | no. |
Jane Davey | 6 | 0 | Destitute | no. |
Mary Edwards | 30 | 0 | Widow, with a family | no. |
Richard Elson | 6 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Jane, his wife | 6 | 0 | Rheumatism | no. |
Elizabeth Finch | 20 | 0 | Paralytic | no. |
Caroline Gauntlett | 7 | 0 | Pregnancy | no. |
Ann Garry | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Susan Gardener | 7 | 0 | Old age and debility | no. |
Elizabeth Green | 6 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
Ellen Gay | 6 | 0 | Asthma | no. |
Susan Hill | 5 | 6 | Fits | no. |
Sarah Houseman | 9 | 0 | Bad legs | no. |
Johanna Hollaway | 5 | 6 | Old age and debility | no. |
Elizabeth Hellier | 8 | 0 | Diseased hip | no. |
Robert Hanne | 15 | 0 | Cripple | no. |
Samuel Hexter | 6 | 0 | Old age and debility | no. |
Andrew Hayne | 14 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Harriett Heath | 7 | 0 | Deformed | no. |
Micaijah Hicks | 7 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
Ann Jones | 8 | 0 | Unsound mind | no. |
Mary Jury | 16 | 0 | Old age and debility | no. |
Ann Jenkins | 7 | 0 | Lost the use of one arm | no. |
Elizabeth Lucraft | 8 | 0 | Old age and debility | no. |
Susannah Lethbridge | 20 | 0 | Deaf and dumb | no. |
Mary Lee | 8 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Charlotte Lee | 11 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
Ann Mayes | 7 | 0 | Insane | no. |
Thomas Micham | 6 | 0 | Bad legs | no. |
William Massey | 13 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Ann, his wife | 13 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Ann Morgan | 17 | 0 | Old age and general debility | no. |
Rebecca Morris | 5 | 6 | Paralytic | no. |
Charlotte Maddocks | 15 | 0 | Diseased lungs | no. |
Thomas Oakford | 16 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
Esther Pepperell | 20 | 0 | Bad legs | no. |
Elizabeth Powell | 8 | 0 | Cripple | no. |
Mary Peppiam | 10 | 0 | Old age and debility | no. |
Elizabeth Payne | 10 | 0 | Paralytic | no. |
James Porter | 9 | 0 | Intemperance | no. |
Jane Pearce | 6 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
John Phillips | 5 | 0 | Dropsy | no. |
Mary Quaintance | 9 | 0 | Cripple | no. |
Mary Richardson | 26 | 0 | Asthma | no. |
Elizabeth Snell | 20 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Nancy Salter | 8 | 0 | Blind | no. |
Joseph Salter | 20 | 0 | Paralytic | no. |
Ann Turner | 7 | 0 | Asthma | no. |
Edwy- Tucker | 6 | 0 | Fits | no. |
William Taylor | 6 | 0 | Asthma | no. |
Robert Woodhouse | 6 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Mary Wood | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
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