Alan thank you for the census iformation,
I have never been able to get my head round William and William, ?? i.e who is who.

20/1/1847: William Exton absconded workhouse.
3/3/1847: William Exton regarding his apprehension and 7 year sentence for transportation
19/7/1848: William Exton, St. George, inflamed leg, given relief. (I think this means he wasn’t in the workhouse itself)
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26th June 1848, William Exton, died in the Bede house, Stamford.
However, the older Wm died 26 June 1848 in Bedihouse, Saint Martin’s, Stamford so may entry three belongs to the younger Wm?