Long-term Workhouse Inmates in St Thomas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Cade | 6 | 0 | Age and infirmity | no. |
| Ann Kennicott | 5 | 0 | Sickness | no. |
| John Dingle | 8 | 6 | Age and infirmity | no. |
| Richard Milford | 7 | 6 | Imbecile | no. |
| Reuben Lamacraft | 5 | 6 | Age and epilepsy | no. |
| Ann Please | 23 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Henry Dawe | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Collins | 24 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Eliza Ford | 11 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Jarman | 5 | 0 | Destitution | no. |
| Sarah Gillett | 7 | 6 | Age and infirmity | no. |
| George Emmett | 11 | 6 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Mary Harding | 5 | 0 | Sickness | no. |
| William Martial | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Addison | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Martha Bodley | 6 | 6 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Mary Harwood | 5 | 0 | Destitution | no. |
| Elizabeth Farrant | 9 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Charity Ware | 5 | 0 | Age and infirmity | no. |
| James Coplestone | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ellen Holding | 5 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Michael Davey | 7 | 6 | Sickness | no. |
| Elizabeth O'Brien | 5 | 6 | Old age | no. |
| Mary Brown | 5 | 6 | Infirmity | no. |
| Mary Hellier | 7 | 6 | Age and infirmity | no. |
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