Document referenceQSB 1867 2/12/38
TitleAnnual return of lunatics: Pickering Union
DescriptionAnnual return of lunatics in the Pickering Union giving names, ages, where chargeable, where maintained and when sent there, weekly cost of maintenance, whether lunatic or idiot, dangerous to himself or others, of dirty habits or not, and how long they have been of unsound mind. Includes:

- Ann Breckon aged 47 years, chargeable to Common Charges and sent to the North Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum at Clifton on 8 April 1847. Her weekly cost of maintenance is 7s 7d; she is a lunatic with a violent temper, not of dirty habits, and has been of unsound mind for 24 years

- Anthony Normington aged 51 years, chargeable to Common Charges and sent to the North Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum at Clifton on 28 September 1857. His weekly cost of maintenance is 7s 7d; he is a lunatic, dangerous to others, not of dirty habits, and has been of unsound mind for 19 years

- Hannah Brown aged 71 years, chargeable to Common Charges and sent to the North Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum at Clifton on 22 July 1860. Her weekly cost of maintenance is 7s 7d; she is a lunatic, dangerous to others, of dirty habits, and has been of unsound mind for six and a half years

- John Warwick aged about 76 years, chargeable to Common Charges and sent to the North Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum at Clifton on 5 March 1866. His weekly cost of maintenance is 7s 7d; he is a lunatic, dangerous to himself, not of dirty habits, and has been of unsound mind for ten months

- John Kirk aged 24 years, chargeable to Common Charges and sent to the North Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum at Clifton on 13 December 1866. His weekly cost of maintenance is 7s 7d; he is a lunatic, not dangerous to himself or others, not of dirty habits, and has been of unsound mind for seven months

- Isabella Marshall aged 66 years, chargeable to Common Charges and sent to the North Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum at Clifton on 14 August 1866. Her weekly cost of maintenance is 7s 7d; she is a lunatic, violent at times, not of dirty habits, and has been of unsound mind for ten years with intervals of sanity

- Jane Dawson aged 17 years, chargeable to Common Charges and sent to the North Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum at Clifton on 1 November 1866. Her weekly cost of maintenance is 7s 7d; she is a lunatic, not dangerous to herself or others, not of dirty habits, and has been of unsound mind for three months

- Whitwell Coates aged 52 years, chargeable to Common Charges and sent to the North Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum at Clifton on 13 December 1866. His weekly cost of maintenance is 7s 7d; he is a lunatic, dangerous to himself, not of dirty habits, and has been of unsound mind for ten months

- Louisa Kirby aged 25 years, chargeable to Common Charges and maintained in the workhouse. Her weekly cost of maintenance is 3s 6d; she is an idiot, not dangerous to herself or others, not of dirty habits, and has been of unsound mind from birth

- Matthew Taite aged 40 years, chargeable to Common Charges and living with his stepmother at Wilton. His weekly cost of maintenance is 2s 6d; he is an idiot, not dangerous to himself or others, not of dirty habits, and has been of unsound mind from birth

- Ann Spence aged 33 years, chargeable to Common Charges and living with her sister at Thornton Dale. Her weekly cost of maintenance is 3s; she is an idiot, not dangerous to herself or others, not of dirty habits, and has been of unsound mind from birth


Return exhibited at the Easter Sessions 1867
Date31 Jan 1867
LevelItem
Extent1 piece
Catalogue statusCatalogued
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