Long-term Workhouse Inmates in St Germans Union, Cornwall, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ann Luckraft | 20 | 0 | General Debility | no. |
| Grace Colmer | 20 | 0 | Old age, and infirm | no. |
| Sarah Stephens | 20 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Barnard Copplestone | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Job Rundle | 19 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Richard Lobb | 19 | 0 | Weak constitution and deaf | no. |
| Mary Ruse | 12 | 0 | A cripple | no. |
| Mary Batchelor | 9 | 0 | Disordered mind | no. |
| Rebecca Picking | 8 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Mary Nodder | 7 | 0 | Disordered intellect | no. |
| Jane Bunny | 6 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
| John Trevithick | 5 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Joanna Trevithick | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Wheeler | 5 | 0 | Old age, and very deaf | no. |
| Jane Moon | 5 | 0 | Old age, and diseased legs | no. |
| Samuel Davey | 5 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Elizabeth Hill | 5 | 0 | Subject to fits | no. |
| Ann Deacon | 5 | 0 | Old age | no. |
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