Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Stoke Damerel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Ann Anderson | 19 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Maria Andrews | 15 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
| Jane Bovey | 19 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| John Budge | 14 | 0 | Drunkenness | no. |
| Celia Blight | 6 | 0 | Syphilis | no. |
| Ann Bassett | 6 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Richard Batten | 7 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Catherine Bartlett | 8 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Catherine Burke | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Bowden | 6 | 0 | Sickness | no. |
| Grace Bell | 8 | 0 | Widow | no. |
| Jane Bartlett | 5 | 0 | Illegitimate children | no. |
| Mary Best | 8 | 0 | Lameness | no. |
| Amy Banks | 7 | 0 | Deserted by husband | no. |
| Caroline Channon | 41 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
| Jane Coleman | 8 | 0 | Sickness | no. |
| Maria Clarke | 11 | 0 | Illegitimate children | no. |
| William Chivall | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Elizabeth Cole | 6 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
| Ann Collings | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| William Cossentine | 10 | 0 | Out of employ | no. |
| Mary Ann Crawley | 11 | 0 | Illegitimate children | no. |
| John Daily | 12 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
| Jane Daily | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| James Dawe | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Dawe | 6 | 0 | A widow | no. |
| James Doubtfire | 6 | 0 | Out of employ | no. |
| John Dunn | 10 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Mary Ann Doidge | 5 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
| Catherine Donovan | 10 | 0 | A prostitute | no. |
| Caroline Eddy | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Jane Farrell | 5 | 0 | Blindness | no. |
| Mary Frederick | 20 | 0 | A widow | no. |
| Roger Fursdon | 8 | 0 | Out of employ | no. |
| Eliza Fuller | 5 | 0 | Idiotcy | no. |
| Elizabeth Frost | 6 | 0 | Drunkenness | no. |
| Catherine Gray | 5 | 0 | Insanity | no. |
| John Grylls | 30 | 0 | Lameness | no. |
| Susannah Grylls | 30 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Peter Gunn | 12 | 0 | Idiotcy | no. |
| Helen Gibson | 14 | 0 | A widow | no. |
| John Griffin | 15 | 0 | Lameness | no. |
| Thomas Hooper | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Isabella Hooper | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Henry Honey | 8 | 0 | Lameness | no. |
| Jane Heyden | 6 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
| Jane Hocking | 5 | 0 | A widow | no. |
| Agnes Jope | 40 | 0 | Drunkenness | no. |
| Thomas Kealy | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Jane Legg | 13 | 0 | Bad character | no. |
| William Lucas | 10 | 0 | Lameness | no. |
| Elizabeth Lewis | 20 | 0 | Idiotcy | no. |
| Adelaide Lidyard | 7 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Harriett May | 5 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Jane McLeary- | 14 | 0 | Illegitimate children | no. |
| Mary Ann Miller | 7 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Sarah Morcombe | 5 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
| Elizabeth Martin | 8 | 0 | Bad character | no. |
| Isabella Nance | 21 | 0 | A widow | no. |
| Jane Niles | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Hannah Maria Niles | 9 | 0 | Orphan | no. |
| Mary Ann Niles | 9 | 0 | Orphan | no. |
| Johanna Netting | 8 | 0 | A widow | no. |
| George Orchard | 6 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Harriet Osborne | 6 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
| Susan Ogelvie | 20 | 0 | A widow | no. |
| Harry Pascoe | 20 | 0 | Lameness | no. |
| Grace Poole | 10 | 0 | A widow | no. |
| Jane Perkins | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Susan Payne | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Pardon | 13 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Andrew Pope | 11 | 0 | Old age and infirmity | no. |
| Helen Palmer | 6 | 0 | Idiotcy | no. |
| Alice Pearse | 11 | 0 | A widow | no. |
| William Rodgman | 20 | 0 | Idiotcy | no. |
| Grace Ross | 30 | 0 | A widow | no. |
| William Rickard | 10 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
| William Rowe | 12 | 0 | Out of employ | no. |
| Mary Rock | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Amelia Rowe | 10 | 0 | Illegitimate children | no. |
| Ann Sweet | 20 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Muria Soper | 17 | 0 | Sickness | no. |
| Mary Ann Stewart | 10 | 0 | A widow | no. |
| Mary Sargent | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Stanbury | 10 | 0 | Insanity of wife | no. |
| Mary Studiford | 8 | 0 | A widow | no. |
| Thomas Soper | 20 | 0 | Laziness | no. |
| Elizabeth Sale | 48 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Thomas Tozer | 13 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
| Mary Timson | 9 | 0 | A widow | no. |
| Mary Triblett | 9 | 0 | Lameness | no. |
| James Thomas | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Charles Vivian | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Matilda White | 20 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
| Joseph Webb | 7 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Mary Westlake | 15 | 0 | Drunkenness | no. |
| Jane Woodley | 14 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Margaret White | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Jane Williams | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Mary White | 5 | 0 | Out of employ | no. |
| Francis Welman | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Jane Wright | 5 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Eliza Wills | 12 | 0 | Drunkenness | no. |
| Grace Wilkinson | 35 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
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