Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Axminster Union, 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 Bucknole | 15 | 0 | Idiotcy | no. |
| William Palmer | 17 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Gatch | 14 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Eliza Wade | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Spencer | 5 | 6 | Imbecility | no. |
| William Long | 14 | 0 | Debility | no. |
| Mary Harris | 6 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
| Ann Wilkins | 16 | 6 | Imbecility | no. |
| John Hall | 5 | 0 | Paralytic | no. |
| Ellen Hamer | 5 | 6 | Imbecility | no. |
| Maria Phippen | 15 | 0 | Idiotcy | no. |
| Elizabeth Knight | 14 | 0 | ditto | no. |
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