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Crediton Poor Law Union and Workhouse
Erected on Western Road, Crediton, Devonshire in
1837 from designs by Sampson Kempthorne, to accommodate 300 Inmates.
Crediton
Union - White
Directory
Comprises 29 parishes, an area of about 138 sq miles, & in 1841,
22,076 inhabitants. Their total average annual expenditure on the poor, during
the 3 years preceding the formation of the Union in 1836, was £12,314. In 1838,
their expenditure was £9955, & in 1849, £11,528.
The Union Workhouse is at
Crediton, & was built in 1837, at the cost of about £5000. It has room for
300, but has seldom more than 200 inmates. The Union is divided into 2
relieving, & 9 medical districts. The Rev W Wellington is the chaplain,
& William Comyns Leach & Mrs Leach are master & matron of the
Workhouse. Mr Thomas Pring is union clerk & supt. registrar; W Wellacott & John Hookway are the
relieving officers; & M/s J A Edwards, W H Hugo, William Deans, C Basely, J
Body, J C Davy, W Luxton & W R Warren are the surveyors.
Source: White Directory 1850 p.267
Submitted by Betty Longbottom
Inmates
| Workhouses, List of those visited in 1867 With Name of the
Workhouse and numbers of insane, idiotic, and imbecile inmates. |
| WORKHOUSE |
MALE |
FEMALE |
TOTAL |
| Crediton |
7 |
9 |
16 |
| Source: 22nd Report of the Commissioners in
Lunacy to the Lord Chancellor. Submitted by Alan Longbottom. |
Records Available
1851 Census Crediton Union Workhouse
1851 census Crediton Union Workhouse
HO/107/1887
Folio 63
Page 40
William Leach - Master of Workhouse
Grace Leach - Matron of Workhouse
List of inmates in Crediton Union Workhouse
in the Devon 1851 census.
| Jane ANDREWS |
Inmate |
U |
27 |
Washer |
Morchard Bishop |
| John ANDREWS |
Inmate |
U |
2 |
|
Morchard Bishop |
| Jane TUCKER |
Inmate |
U |
51 |
Weaver |
Zeal monochorum |
| Mary A. JEFFRY |
|
|
11 |
Scholar |
Crediton |
| Robt. PRICE |
|
M |
55 |
Labourer |
Coleridge |
| Jna PRICE |
|
U |
20 |
Labourer |
Coleridge |
| Wm. PRICE |
|
|
12 |
Scholar |
Zeal Monochorum |
| Michael PRICE |
|
|
18 |
Labourer |
Zeal Monochorum |
| Saml. PRICE |
|
|
6 |
Scholar |
Zeal Monochorum |
| Tryphena BAMSEY |
|
W |
34 |
Servant |
Zeal Monochorum |
| Thomas BAMSEY |
|
|
10 |
Scholar |
Crediton |
| Emma BAMSEY |
|
|
2 |
|
Zeal Monochorum |
| Ellen BAMSEY |
|
|
2 |
|
Zeal Monochorum |
| Ann TOZER |
|
|
12 |
Scholar |
Zeal Monochorum |
| Wm. TOZER |
|
|
10 |
Scholar |
Broadwood Kelly |
| Mary MATTHEWS |
|
U |
23 |
Servant |
Crediton |
| Joan EVANS |
|
U |
50 |
Washer Woman |
Coleridge |
| Fanny TONKINS |
|
|
10 |
Scholar |
Crediton |
| Ann STENTIFORD |
Inmate |
U |
34 |
Servant |
Coleridge |
| Ellen STENTIFORD |
Inmate |
|
6 |
Scholar |
Coleridge |
Source: List of Inmates in Crediton Workhouse 1851
Submitted by Anthea Greenaway |
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August 06, 2007
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