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  • What's a turnkey?

    I've just been looking at this census entry

    HO107; Piece: 1962; Folio: 244; Page: 18;

    The relationship of William Mapstone to the head is Turnkey, is this like a lodger?
    Clare

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    Turnkey
    "The keeper of the keys in a prison; a jailer"

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    • #3
      Originally posted by jackdaw View Post
      Turnkey
      "The keeper of the keys in a prison; a jailer"
      and the head is the govenor of the city jail!

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      • #4
        Thank you! I hadn't realised it went on to the next page and didn't notice that Merry:o
        Clare

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        • #5
          This term can also refer to the key holder at the workhouse, as seen on the recent version of Little Dorrit
          Lynn

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