Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Bodmin 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 Ann Climo | 15 | 0 | Cripple, and subject to fits | no. |
| Martin Craddock | 14 | 0 | Cripple | workhouse |
| Rebecca George | 9 | 0 | Heart disease | no. |
| Mary Harris | 11 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| William Pound | 11 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| James Ford | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Parkyn | 5 | 3 | Old age | no. |
| Ann Jory | 13 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Knight | 7 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| Thomas Pearce | 6 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
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