Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Tavistock 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Skinner | 20 | 0 | Subject to fits | no. |
| Cornelius Simmons | 11 | 0 | Infirmity from old age | no. |
| Peggy Cole | 22 | 0 | Old age, and being a cripple | no. |
| Rosamond Mears | 20 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| William Miles | 19 | 0 | Defective hearing and sight | yes. |
| Emily Strike | 16 | 0 | Weak intellect | yes. |
| William Cudlipp | 15 | 0 | Insanity (harmless) | no. |
| Richard Riddalls | 5 | 0 | Old age and infirmity | no. |
| George Dinnaford | 14 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Mary Ann Hicks | 14 | 0 | A cripple | no. |
| Angelina Harris | 7 | 0 | Widow with three children; one illegitimate born in widowhood | no. |
| Daniel Vallett | 23 | 0 | Old age and infirmity; nearly blind, and subject to disease | no. |
| Jane Halfyard | 9 | 0 | Idiotcy | no. |
| Daniel Comm | 9 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
| Jane Dawe | 6 | 0 | Insanity (harmless) | no. |
| Elizabeth Mears | 7 | 0 | Subject to fits | no. |
| Mary Coram | 16 | 0 | Deaf and dumb | no. |
| Jane Bennett | 8 | 0 | Idiotcy | no. |
| Margaret Hockin | 11 | 0 | Unable to maintain herself from illness | no. |
| Richard Muffle | 9 | 0 | Old age and infirmity | no. |
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