Workhouse, Exeter
Situated adjoining Heavitree Road, Gladstone Road, Grendon Road and Polsloe Road.
1701 Built by an Act of Parliament in 1697. Designed by Ralph Mitchell. It accommodated some 200 inmates and were employed in spinning white oiled wool.
1841 John Bragg, Housekeeper, with Elizabeth Bragg, Matron. Also James Marker, Schoolmaster and Mary Marker, Schoolmistress. 361 inmates resident.[1]
1851 Thomas ? Dunn is Master with his wife Sarah as matron. Two children. Seven other staff and families. 33 inmates listed (appears to be pages missing).[2]
1871 James Henley is master and his wife Jane is matron. Albert Foote is Schoolmaster and his wife Fanny is Schoolmistress. Nine other staff and families.[3]
By 1889 It consisted of a large hospital, schools, workshops, lunatic wards and could handle up to 500 inmates.
1901 Joseph Henry Bellamy is Master. Sarah Ann Bellamy is Matron. One daughter. Twelve officers resident. 298 Inmates.[4]
1906 Joseph Henry Bellamy is Master.[5]