1881 Census: Residents of Axbridge Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| James Edward WADDON | M | 38 | M | Head | Master Of The Axbridge Union Wk House | South Brent, Somerset | |
| Anna Maria WADDON | M | 38 | F | Wife | Matron (Muni) | South Brent, Somerset | |
| Roland G. WADDON | 4 | M | Son | South Brent, Somerset | |||
| Louisa HILL | W | 52 | F | Officer | Nurse Workhouse Infirmary | Bedminster, Somerset | |
| Mary WOOLMINGTON | U | 19 | F | Officer | General Assistant | Weston Super Mare, Somerset | |
| William Geo. CORE | U | 36 | M | Officer | Workhouse Porter | Mark, Somerset | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| George ACKLAND | W | 61 | M | Inmate | Pedlar | Abingdon, Berkshire | |
| Charles ADAMS | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Winscombe, Somerset | |
| William ADAMS | U | 67 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Axbridge, Somerset | |
| Robert ANDREWS | U | 72 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Wedmore, Somerset | |
| John ARNEY | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Congresbury, Somerset | |
| Fanny ATHAY | W | 81 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Shipham, Somerset | |
| George BAILEY | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Quantoxhead, Somerset | |
| Edmond BARNARD | U | 73 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Chewton Mendip, Somerset | |
| Thomas BARNETT | W | 60 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Churchill, Somerset | |
| Harriet BEACHAM | U | 68 | F | Inmate (Head) | Farm Serv | Wick St Lawrence, Somerset | |
| William BEACHAM | U | 24 | M | Inmate | Idiot & Blind | Compton Bishop, Somerset | |
| Charles BILLINGER | U | 32 | M | Inmate | Firestone Mason | Imbecile | Bridgwater, Somerset |
| Caroline BRICE | U | 15 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bristol, Somerset | |
| Thomas BRINCE | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Churchill, Somerset | ||
| Elizabeth BROOKMAN | U | 46 | F | Inmate | Lunatic | ||
| Emily BROOKS | U | 17 | F | Inmate | Farm Servant | Banwell, Somerset | |
| Esther BROOKS | W | 71 | F | Inmate | Wick St Lawrence, Somerset | ||
| Selina BROOKS | U | 18 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servt | Banwell, Somerset | |
| Ernest BRUNT | 1 | M | Inmate | Cheddar, Somerset | |||
| George BUCKLAND | W | 85 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Churchill, Somerset | |
| Joshua CARPENTER | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Blagdon, Somerset | |
| James CASTLE | U | 42 | M | Inmate | Idiot | Churchill, Somerset | |
| Frances CHAPLIN | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Weston Super Mare, Somerset | ||
| Hannah M. CHURCHES | U | 16 | F | Inmate | Nursemaid (Domestic Serv) | Uphill, Somerset | |
| Mary CLEMENTS | W | 86 | F | Inmate | Nurse Domestic Serv | Trull, Somerset | |
| Caroline COOLING | U | 29 | F | Inmate | Lunatic | Compton Bishop, Somerset | |
| Joseph COUNSELL | W | 66 | M | Inmate | Formerly A Farmer | Bleadon, Somerset | |
| Joseph COUNSELL | U | 76 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Huntspill, Somerset | |
| Eliza COURT | U | 50 | F | Inmate | Ag Lab | Wedmore, Somerset | |
| Charlotte COX | U | 40 | F | Inmate | Domestic Serv | Wick St Lawrence, Somerset | |
| John CREEDON | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Fly Driver | Street, Somerset | |
| Samuel DAUNTON | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Shoeing Smith | East Brent, Somerset | |
| Ann DAVIS | U | 75 | F | Inmate | Domestic Serv | Banwell, Somerset | |
| John DAY | U | 67 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Axbridge, Somerset | |
| James C. DEAKINS | W | 57 | M | Inmate | Lawyers Clerk | London, Middlesex | |
| Amelia DOUGHTY | W | 46 | F | Inmate | General Serv | Farnboro, Warwick | |
| George DOWZELL | U | 80 | M | Inmate | Army Pensioner | Lunatic | |
| Mary Ann DUNSTONE | U | 24 | F | Inmate | Domestic Serv | Farnboro, Warwick | |
| James DYKE | M | 64 | M | Inmate | Groom | Corfe, Somerset | |
| Jesse EVANS | M | 56 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Cheddar, Somerset | |
| Alice FEAR | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Axbridge, Somerset | ||
| Elizabeth FEAR | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Axbridge, Somerset | ||
| Ellen FEAR | 4 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Axbridge, Somerset | ||
| Sarah FEAR | U | 36 | F | Inmate (Head) | Farm Serv | Axbridge, Somerset | |
| Maria FISHER | U | 60 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Wedmore, Somerset | |
| Arthur FRY | U | 46 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | East Brent, Somerset | |
| George FRY | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Hardstone Mason | Kewstoke, Somerset | |
| George GALLOP | U | 66 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Blagdon, Somerset | |
| Charles GOVIER | U | 42 | M | Inmate | Cordwainer Journeyman | Lyme Regis, Dorset | |
| William HAM | U | 65 | M | Inmate | Formerly A Farmer | Chapel Allerton, Somerset | |
| John HARLE | M | 71 | M | Inmate | Hardstone Mason | Worle, Somerset | |
| Thomas HARRIS | U | 74 | M | Inmate | Stone Mason | Cheddar, Somerset | |
| John HAWKINS | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Formerly Licensed Victualler | Stowford, Devon | |
| Sarah HILE | U | 66 | F | Inmate | Lunatic | Wrington, Somerset | |
| William HILLMAN | U | 74 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Worle, Somerset | |
| Emma HOWARD | U | 45 | F | Inmate | Nurse To Children (Dom) | London, Middlesex | |
| George HOWELL | U | 43 | M | Inmate | Labourer In An Iron Foundry | Compton Bishop, Somerset | |
| Charles HUCKER | W | 59 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Middlezoy, Somerset | |
| John HUNT | W | 58 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Kenn, Somerset | |
| William HUNT | W | 67 | M | Inmate | Carpenter And Wheelwright | Banwell, Somerset | |
| John HURLSTONE | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Cattle Drover | Blagdon, Somerset | |
| James ISGAR | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Burrington, Somerset | |
| John JAMES | M | 61 | M | Inmate | General Smith | Minehead, Somerset | |
| Samuel JENKINS | U | 31 | M | Inmate | House Painter | Prees, Shropshire | |
| Edwin JONES | W | 37 | M | Inmate | Masons Lab | Bristol, Gloucester | |
| Matilda L. JONES | D | 25 | F | Inmate (Head) | Domestic Serv | Brislington, Somerset | |
| Samuel J. JONES | 1m | M | Inmate | Compton Bishop, Somerset | |||
| Walter A. JONES | 1 | M | Inmate | Axbridge, Somerset | |||
| Joseph KING | U | 56 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Weare, Somerset | |
| Edward KINGSBURY | U | 29 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Worle, Somerset | |
| Susannah KNIGHT | U | 31 | F | Inmate | Deaf And Dumb | Wedmore, Somerset | |
| Emily LAMPBERT | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Banwell, Somerset | ||
| James LATCHAM | U | 66 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Mark, Somerset | |
| Hugh LEFEVRE | W | 65 | M | Inmate | Pedlar | France | |
| Edward LEONARD | U | 25 | M | Inmate | Wheelchair Man | Huntspill, Somerset | |
| Edgar LUKEY | 10 | M | Casual | Walworth, Surrey | |||
| Louisa LUKEY | W | 49 | F | Casual | Laundress | Rotherhithe, Surrey | |
| Eliza MAINE | 6 | F | Inmate (Head) | Scholar | Weston S Mare, Somerset | ||
| Elizabeth MAINE | 2 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Weston S Mare, Somerset | ||
| George MAINE | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Weston S Mare, Somerset | ||
| Alfred Wm. MAYNE | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Weston Super Mare, Somerset | ||
| Jane MAYNE | M | 28 | F | Inmate (Head) | Domestic Serv | Weston S Mare, Somerset | |
| Jesse MAYNE | 3 | M | Inmate | Weston Super Mare, Somerset | |||
| Sarah MAYNE | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Axbridge, Somerset | ||
| Thomas NEALE | W | 67 | M | Inmate | Cordwainer | Dunster, Somerset | |
| John PADDON | W | 66 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Huntspill, Somerset | |
| John PALMER | U | 32 | M | Inmate | Idiot | Locking, Somerset | |
| Amelia R. PARSONS | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Churchill, Somerset | ||
| Ellen J. PARSONS | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Churchill, Somerset | ||
| James W. PARSONS | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Churchill, Somerset | ||
| Melinda G. PARSONS | 1 | F | Inmate | Burrington, Somerset | |||
| Prudence PARSONS | W | 43 | F | Inmate (Head) | Wrington, Somerset | ||
| William H. PARSONS | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Churchill, Somerset | ||
| Elizabeth PEDDLE | U | 49 | F | Inmate | Lunatic | Wedmore, Somerset | |
| Ann PIPE | U | 51 | F | Inmate | Idiot | Churchill, Somerset | |
| Reuben RADFORD | M | 50 | M | Inmate | Labourer At A Pottery | Kewstoke, Somerset | |
| Sarah RAINES | W | 71 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Wedmore, Somerset | |
| Eliza ROGERS | U | 30 | F | Inmate | Ag Lab | Wedmore, Somerset | |
| William ROGERS | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Excavator | Hutton, Somerset | |
| Harriet ROPER | U | 27 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servt | Weare, Somerset | |
| Henrietta SALTER | U | 19 | F | Inmate | Washerwoman | Mark, Somerset | |
| Hannah SAUNDERS | U | 32 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servt | Banwell, Somerset | |
| Thomas SHERITON | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith | Congresbury, Somerset | |
| Walter SLOCOMBE | U | 15 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wedmore, Somerset | |
| Selina SMALL | W | 68 | F | Inmate | Wedmore, Somerset | ||
| Edward STEDMAN | U | 61 | M | Inmate | Carter And Gilder | Exeter, Devon | |
| Samuel STOCK | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Shipham, Somerset | |
| William STOKES | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bristol, Gloucester | ||
| Emma STONE | U | 27 | F | Inmate | Blind | Weston Super Mare, Somerset | |
| Elizabeth E. TANNER | M | 46 | F | Inmate | Sempstress | Taunton, Somerset | |
| James TANNER | M | 65 | M | Inmate (Head) | House Painter | Chippenham, Wiltshire | |
| William TAYLOR | W | 82 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | East Brent, Somerset | |
| William TEMPLAR | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Wedmore, Somerset | |
| Isaac THOMAS | M | 70 | M | Inmate | Carpenter | Minehead, Somerset | |
| Jane TILLEY | W | 62 | F | Inmate | Cook Domestic Servt | Ditcheat, Somerset | |
| Richard TREW | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Army Pensioner | Compton Bishop, Somerset | |
| Fanny VENN | U | 38 | F | Inmate (Head) | General Serv | Winscombe, Somerset | |
| Harry VENN | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Compton Bishop, Somerset | ||
| John VINCENT | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Badgworth, Somerset | |
| Benjamin VOWLES | W | 62 | M | Inmate | Cordwainer | Compton Bishop, Somerset | |
| Thomas VOWLES | U | 80 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Rowberrow, Somerset | |
| Amelia WALL | U | 24 | F | Inmate (Head) | Farm Serv | Wedmore, Somerset | |
| Dorcas WALL | 2 | F | Inmate | Axbridge, Somerset | |||
| Emily J. WALL | 9m | F | Inmate | Axbridge, Somerset | |||
| Mary J. WALL | 4 | F | Inmate | Axbridge, Somerset | |||
| Eliza WARBURTON | U | 70 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Downend, Gloucester | |
| William WARREN | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Weston Super Mare, Somerset | ||
| Ann WEBBER | U | 46 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servt | Chard, Somerset | |
| Ann WEST | U | 82 | F | Inmate | Ag Lab | Mark, Somerset | |
| George WESTON | M | 75 | M | Inmate | Stone Cutter | Weston Bath, Somerset | |
| Emily J. WEYMOUTH | 2 | F | Inmate | Compton Bishop, Somerset | |||
| Susan WEYMOUTH | U | 30 | F | Inmate (Head) | Cook Domestic Serv | Crookham, Somerset | |
| Charles WHITE | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Shipham, Somerset | |
| Benjamin WILLIAMS | M | 79 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Wedmore, Somerset | |
| Joseph WILLIAMS | W | 65 | M | Inmate | Excavator | Wedmore, Somerset | |
| Agnes YEALES | 9m | F | Inmate | Compton Bishop, Somerset | |||
| Anne YEALES | U | 18 | F | Inmate (Head) | Domestic Serv | Churchill, Somerset | |
| Elijah YOUNG | M | 51 | M | Inmate (Head) | Ag Lab | Highbridge, Somerset | |
| Joseph YOUNG | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Highbridge, Somerset | ||
| Mary YOUNG | M | 41 | F | Inmate | Bleadon, Somerset | ||
| Thomas Wm. YOUNG | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Highbridge, Somerset |
Total residents: 147
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