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Axminster
Barnstaple
Bideford
Crediton
Stonehouse
Exeter
Holsworthy
Honiton
Kingsbridge
Newton Abbot
Okehampton
Plymouth
Plympton St Mary
South Molton
St Thomas
Stoke Damerel
Tavistock
Tiverton
Torrington
Totnes
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Poor Law Unions and Workhouses in the County of Devon
The Poor law unions in Devonshire are Axminster, Barnstaple, Bideford, Crediton,
Exeter, Honiton, Holsworthy, Kingsbridge, South Molton, Newton Abbott, Okehampton,
Plymouth, Plympton St. Mary, St Thomas, Stoke Damerel, Stonehouse, Tavistock, Tiverton,
Torrington and Totnes
Commissioners Reports
p 255 J - Workhouses, List of those visited in 1867
With Name of the Workhouse and numbers of
insane, idiotic, and imbecile inmates.
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MALE |
FEMALE |
TOTAL |
| Bideford |
2 |
1 |
3 |
| Crediton |
7 |
9 |
16 |
| East Stonehouse |
1 |
4 |
5 |
| Exeter |
19 |
20 |
39 |
| Kingsbridge |
5 |
8 |
13 |
| Newton Abbot |
4 |
11 |
15 |
| Plymouth |
29 |
20 |
49 |
| Plympton St Mary |
3 |
3 |
6 |
| South Molton |
5 |
5 |
10 |
| Stoke Damerel |
8 |
17 |
25 |
| St Thomas |
17 |
19 |
36 |
| Tiverton |
4 |
2 |
6 |
| Torrington |
3 |
11 |
14 |
| Totnes |
9 |
4 |
13 |
Source: From PP 1867/68 Vol XXXI pp 1-301
Twenty Second Report of the Commissioners in Lunacy
to the Lord Chancellor. Submitted by Alan Longbottom |
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