| Description | Annual 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 themselves or others, of dirty habits or not, and how long they have been of unsound mind. Includes:
- Ann Breckon aged 44 years, chargeable to Common Charges and sent to the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire 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 21 years
- Robert Mason aged 71 years, chargeable to Common Charges and sent to the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire Pauper Lunatic Asylum at Clifton in April 1853. His weekly cost of maintenance is 7s 7d; he is a lunatic dangerous to others, of dirty habits, and has been of unsound mind for several years
- Richard Dousland aged 67 years, chargeable to Common Charges and sent to the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire Pauper Lunatic Asylum at Clifton on 12 April 1854. His weekly cost of maintenance is 7s 7d; he is a lunatic, and has been of unsound mind for 29 years
- Anthony Normington aged 48 years, chargeable to Common Charges and sent to the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire 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 15 or 16 years
- Hannah Bell aged 38 years, chargeable to Common Charges and sent to the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire Pauper Lunatic Asylum at Clifton on 12 January 1858. 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 22 years
- Maria Harwood aged 47 years, chargeable to Common Charges and sent to the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire Pauper Lunatic Asylum at Clifton on 30 August 1858. 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 eight years, with short intervals of sanity
- Hannah Brown aged 68 years, chargeable to Common Charges and sent to the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire Pauper Lunatic Asylum at Clifton on 22 July 1860. Her weekly cost of maintenance is 7s 7d; she is a lunatic, dangerous to others, not of dirty habits, and has been of unsound mind for three and a half years
- Ann Baynes aged 53 years, chargeable to Common Charges and sent to the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire Pauper Lunatic Asylum at Clifton on 10 September 1860. 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 three and a half years
- Jane Jackson aged 50 years, chargeable to Common Charges and sent to the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire Pauper Lunatic Asylum at Clifton on 16 December 1863. 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 two months
- William Burrell aged 50 years, chargeable to Thornton Dale parish and living with his parents at Thornton Dale. His weekly cost of maintenance is 3s; he is an idiot, not dangerous to himself or others, not of dirty habits, and has been of unsound mind from birth
- Matthew Taite aged 37 years, chargeable to Lockton parish and living with his step-grandparents 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
- Louisa Kirby aged 22 years, chargeable to Pickering parish and living in the workhouse. Her weekly cost of maintenance is 2s 11d; she is an idiot, not dangerous to herself or others, not of dirty habits, and how long she has been of unsound mind is unknown, but probably from birth
Return exhibited at the Easter Sessions 1864 |