Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Plympton St Mary Union, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Hodge | 10 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Francis Cumming | 10 | 0 | Epilepsy | no. |
| Joseph Sobey | 6 | 0 | Lameness | no. |
| John Andrews | 7 | 0 | Debility | no. |
| William Scott | 5 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| William Bickle | 5 | 0 | Debility | no. |
| William Hacker | 17 | 0 | Idiot | yes. |
| Richard Carkeet | 14 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Thomas Mildon | 8 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Elizabeth Stephens | 6 | 0 | Epilepsy | no. |
| Louisa Wottbn | 9 | 0 | Unable to maintain her children | no. |
| Elizabeth Kelland | 12 | 0 | Epilepsy | no. |
| Amy Moles | 9 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Elizabeth Arscott | 5 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
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