Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Redruth 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mary Barnett | 10 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
Lavinia Bishop | 14 | 0 | ditto | yes. |
William Serjeant | 11 | 0 | Old age | yes. |
Betsy Teague | 13 | 0 | ditto | yes. |
Lavinia Hocking | 12 | 0 | Weak intellect | yes. |
Eliza J. Martin | 15 | 0 | Diseased face | yes. |
Catherine Cripple | 14 | 0 | Cripple | yes. |
Ann Arthur | 11 | 0 | Weak intellect | yes. |
Grace Rule | 12 | 0 | Fits | yes. |
Mary J. Jelbert | 8 | 0 | Weak intellect | yes. |
Grace Kellow | 12 | 0 | Fits | yes. |
Betsy Jennings | 13 | 0 | Insanity | yes. |
Jane Vigurs | 8 | 0 | Old age and blind | no. |
Grace Buckingham | 13 | 0 | Imbecile and cripple | no. |
Jane Hichins | 15 | 0 | Old and blind | no. |
Thomas Morcom | 6 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
William Johns | 5 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Jenifer Richards | 16 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
Jane Bennetts | 20 | 0 | Imbecile and fits | no. |
Mary A. Bennett | 7 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
Mary Chappel | 8 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Ann Michell | 10 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
Jane Daniell | 11 | 0 | Old age | no. |
William Penhale | 7 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
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