Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Plymouth 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 Anderson | 6 | 8 | Idiot | no. |
Ann Beedell | 6 | 8 | Insane | no. |
Elizabeth Burt | 6 | 8 | Idiot | no. |
Mary Bowden | 6 | 8 | Old age | no. |
Esther Batten | 6 | 8 | Insane | no. |
Elizabeth Backlake | 6 | 8 | Infirm | no. |
John Brown | 6 | 7 | Cripple | no. |
Phoebe Burnett | 6 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
George Bowhay | 6 | 2 | Old age | no. |
Alice Bowhay | 6 | 2 | ditto | no. |
Joseph Bruford | 5 | 5 | ditto | no. |
John Carter | 6 | 8 | Nervous debility | no. |
Samuel Cousins | 6 | 8 | Old age | no. |
Rebecca Collihole | 6 | 8 | Infirm | no. |
Mary Cowell | 6 | 8 | Old age | no. |
Susan Craven | 6 | 8 | Insane | no. |
Mary Dunn | 6 | 8 | Idiot | no. |
Jane Dunn | 6 | 8 | Infirm | no. |
Susan Dove | 6 | 8 | Idiot | no. |
Susan Dyke | 6 | Insane | no. | |
Ann Downing | 6 | 8 | Idiotic | no. |
Sarah Eastley | 6 | 8 | Idiot | workh. school. |
William Earl | 5 | 8 | Old age | no. |
Maria Fowler | 6 | 8 | ditto | no. |
Mary Gribble | 6 | 8 | Infirm | no. |
Thomas Guswell | 5 | 3 | Paralysed | no. |
John Hodge | 6 | 8 | Idiot | workh. school. |
Eliza Hingston | 6 | 8 | ditto | no. |
Ann Hart | 6 | 8 | Infirm | no. |
Mary Haliday | 6 | 8 | Paralysed | no. |
Ann Hambly | 6 | 8 | Idiot | no. |
Jane Kenny | 5 | 3 | Old ago | no. |
John Lethbridge | 6 | 8 | Paralysed | no. |
William Macey | 6 | 8 | Idiot | no. |
John Matthews | 6 | 8 | Cripple | no. |
Sarah Neale | 6 | 8 | Insane | no. |
Catherine O'Donnell | 6 | 8 | Infirm | no. |
Mary Pomeroy | 6 | 8 | ditto | no. |
Josiah Rogers | 6 | 5 | Fits | no. |
George Rickard | 6 | 8 | Idiot | no. |
Jane Rowe | 6 | 8 | ditto | no. |
Thomas Rich | 5 | 4 | Cripple | no. |
Elizabeth Spurr | 6 | 8 | Insane | no. |
Ann Sherman | 6 | 8 | Infirm | no. |
John Savage | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Catherine Tippett | 6 | 8 | Paralysed | no. |
Jane Teague | 6 | 8 | Old age | no. |
Marina Worrell | 6 | 8 | Insane | no. |
Thomas Williams | 6 | 7 | Fits | no. |
Samuel Wyatt | 6 | 4 | Infirm | no. |
Catherine Wilson | 6 | 8 | Insane | no. |
Eliza Willis | 6 | 1 | Infirm | no. |
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