Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Newton Abbot 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Susan Thorne | 8 | 0 | Old age | no. | |
| Thomas Hore | 7 | 0 | Crippled | no. | |
| Ann Morgan | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. | |
| Uriah Stancombe | 5 | 0 | Crippled | no. | |
| Mary Tancock | 10 | 0 | Old age | no. | |
| Mary Dymond | 12 | 0 | Idiotic | no. | |
| Elizabeth Steer | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. | |
| Mary Taverner | 11 | 0 | Epileptic fits | no. | |
| John Williams | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. | |
| William Parsons | 12 | 0 | Crippled | no. | |
| Richard Back | 11 | 0 | Idiot | no. | |
| George Stadden | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. | |
| Elizabeth Nunn | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. | |
| Mary Millar | 12 | 0 | Idiot | no. | |
| Mary Valiance | 10 | 0 | Old age | no. | |
| Richard Tregale | 12 | 0 | Crippled | no. | |
| Ann Mirst | 12 | 0 | Idiot | no. | |
| Thomas Camall | 6 | 0 | Nearly blind | no. | |
| John Wright | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. | |
| Elizabeth Warren | 9 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. | |
| Elizabeth Esterling | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. | |
| Ann Chadwood | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. | |
| William Milward | 10 | 0 | Deaf and dumb | no. | |
| Sarah Grimes | 12 | 0 | Old age | no. | |
| Edward Mills | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. | |
| James Vinning | 12 | 0 | Tendency to insanity | no. | |
| Jane Bovey | 7 | 0 | Old age | no. | |
| Elizabeth Monk | 6 | 0 | Tendency to insanity | no. | |
| John Drew | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. |
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