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juliep123
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What's the difference??
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Ive been looking at the census information for the union workhouse in notts. Can any one tell me the difference between a lunatic, an idiot and an imbecile? I wonder how they came to the conclusion who was what?
Julie.
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Notts; Clay, Rose, clayton, parker. collishaw, trueman
derbyshire;Rose, clay
suffolk; Folger
Lincs, Norton disney; Rose
Steve Ley
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Here is a great site on lunatic asylums
http://www.mdx.ac.uk/www/study/4_13_TA.htm
and here is the page with a lot of definitions including the 3 you are interested in.
http://www.mdx.ac.uk/www/study/mhhglo.htm#farm
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Researching LEY, MEATS, LEVER (Nottingham)
KERRIAGE/KERRIDGE/CARRIAGE (Norfolk, Cambridge,Lincoln)
WISEMAN (Cambridge)
UNWIN (Staffordshire,Derbyshire)
FRANCES/FRANCIS (Norfolk)
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