Stoke Damerel

Stoke Damerel

Stoke Damerel Incorporation

Stoke Damerel Incorporation ceased in 1898, and became Devonport Parish. The Workhouse was erected from 1850 to 1854 from designs by the Architect Alfred Norman.

Devonport

The Workhouse for the parish of Stoke Damerel, which includes Devonport, is under the control of the Commissioners. It is an old building, in the centre of the town, & has been enlarged at various periods; but being very inconvenient & too small for the present wants of the parish, it is about to give place to a commodious New Workhouse, now building on the Saltash Rd, nearly 2 miles from the town.

This building will have room for 500paupers; & attached to it will be a Lunatic Asylum, large enough for 35 inmates. There have been as many as 470 paupers crowded in the old workhouse. The expenditure of the parish for the maintenance of the poor was £10,358 in 1838, & £9841 in 1848. Mr John Beer jr is the clerk; Mr James & Mrs Lancaster are governor & matron of the workhouse.
Source:
White Directory 1850
Submitted by Betty Longbottom

Devonport Census, Devonshire.

1851 census - HO/107/1881 Folio 449 Page 2

James Lancaster - Governor of Workhouse
Joanna Lancaster - Matron Wife of Governor

1861 census - RG 9 1454 Fol 91

Peter Francis Gruselier - Master of Workhouse
Eleanor Richardson - Matron of Workhouse

1871 census - RG2137 Fol 85+

James Cox - Master of Workhouse
Eleanor Richardson - Matron of Workhouse

1881 census - PRO Ref RG11 Piece 2212 Folio 124

Richard Burck - Master of Workhouse
Eleanor Clarinda Richardson - Matron of Workhouse

Useful Links

Link to Val Henderson's Index for 1841 census
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