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Thanks Ayashi - It may be more common than we thought. It just seems such an odd way to describe yourself. I would have thought lodger was more accurate.

I am researching a branch of my tree with the family name Betteridge who lived in the Church Gresley or Swadlincote area of Derbyshire. William Betteridge b abt 1833 is recorded living with his father Thomas and his mother Mary nee Whitaker on the 1841 census. In the 1851 census he is recorded living in Orgill's Yard Measham with the Pickering family. The relationship to the head is "inmate" yet I can find nothing to suggest that the place was some kind of institution. Is there another explanation for using this term

Roger looks to be in prison in 1861 (sentenced in 1860 for 3 years) so I think I need to find out where he was in 1851 when he was about 6 years old. He is not on the 1851 census for John Rodgers b 1819 and his wife Mary Ann Whitley who is a candidate for Rogers father. I think finding John's brother's wedding cert would help too as would finding Roger's birth cert. Thank you everybody for your help.

Here's the correct 1871 census - sorry about that

Her are the 1871 census and wedding cert - thanks