Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Exeter 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 Alford | 5 | 0 | Past labour | no. |
| Robert Alsop | 20 | 0 | Mental infirmity | no. |
| Mary Bright | 13 | 0 | Debility and old age | no. |
| Sarah Blackmore | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Bragiuton | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Campion | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Emma Cox | 5 | 6 | Debility | no. |
| Mary Connett | 7 | 0 | Debility | no. |
| Mary Ann Clark | 15 | 0 | Deserted by husband | no. |
| Frederick Drew | 10 | 0 | Partial | no. |
| Jane Davey | 6 | 0 | Destitute | no. |
| Mary Edwards | 30 | 0 | Widow, with a family | no. |
| Richard Elson | 6 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Jane, his wife | 6 | 0 | Rheumatism | no. |
| Elizabeth Finch | 20 | 0 | Paralytic | no. |
| Caroline Gauntlett | 7 | 0 | Pregnancy | no. |
| Ann Garry | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Susan Gardener | 7 | 0 | Old age and debility | no. |
| Elizabeth Green | 6 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Ellen Gay | 6 | 0 | Asthma | no. |
| Susan Hill | 5 | 6 | Fits | no. |
| Sarah Houseman | 9 | 0 | Bad legs | no. |
| Johanna Hollaway | 5 | 6 | Old age and debility | no. |
| Elizabeth Hellier | 8 | 0 | Diseased hip | no. |
| Robert Hanne | 15 | 0 | Cripple | no. |
| Samuel Hexter | 6 | 0 | Old age and debility | no. |
| Andrew Hayne | 14 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Harriett Heath | 7 | 0 | Deformed | no. |
| Micaijah Hicks | 7 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Ann Jones | 8 | 0 | Unsound mind | no. |
| Mary Jury | 16 | 0 | Old age and debility | no. |
| Ann Jenkins | 7 | 0 | Lost the use of one arm | no. |
| Elizabeth Lucraft | 8 | 0 | Old age and debility | no. |
| Susannah Lethbridge | 20 | 0 | Deaf and dumb | no. |
| Mary Lee | 8 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Charlotte Lee | 11 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Ann Mayes | 7 | 0 | Insane | no. |
| Thomas Micham | 6 | 0 | Bad legs | no. |
| William Massey | 13 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Ann, his wife | 13 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Morgan | 17 | 0 | Old age and general debility | no. |
| Rebecca Morris | 5 | 6 | Paralytic | no. |
| Charlotte Maddocks | 15 | 0 | Diseased lungs | no. |
| Thomas Oakford | 16 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Esther Pepperell | 20 | 0 | Bad legs | no. |
| Elizabeth Powell | 8 | 0 | Cripple | no. |
| Mary Peppiam | 10 | 0 | Old age and debility | no. |
| Elizabeth Payne | 10 | 0 | Paralytic | no. |
| James Porter | 9 | 0 | Intemperance | no. |
| Jane Pearce | 6 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| John Phillips | 5 | 0 | Dropsy | no. |
| Mary Quaintance | 9 | 0 | Cripple | no. |
| Mary Richardson | 26 | 0 | Asthma | no. |
| Elizabeth Snell | 20 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Nancy Salter | 8 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| Joseph Salter | 20 | 0 | Paralytic | no. |
| Ann Turner | 7 | 0 | Asthma | no. |
| Edwy- Tucker | 6 | 0 | Fits | no. |
| William Taylor | 6 | 0 | Asthma | no. |
| Robert Woodhouse | 6 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Mary Wood | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
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