Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Truro Union, Cornwall, 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 Annear | 19 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
Peggy James | 17 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary Clift | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
David Tonkin | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Samuel Francis | 7 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Betsy Collins | 6 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
Ann Smart | 7 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Joanna Clemow | 8 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
Ann Richards | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Elizabeth Pearce | 8 | 0 | Deafness | no. |
Dinah Trevethan | 8 | 0 | Deafness and dumb | no. |
Jane Richards | 6 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
Lucy Bullen | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary Northey | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary Gilbert | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
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