1881 Census: Residents of Axminster Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Thomas PICKERING | U | 38 | M | Head | Workhouse Master | Axminster, Devon | |
| Mary J. HUTCHINGS | M | 38 | F | Matron | Workhouse Matron | Axminster, Devon | |
| Emma HORWOOD | U | 38 | F | Trainer | Infants School Mistress | Fintenhall, Somerset | |
| Mary HILL | M | 36 | F | Nurse | Nurse | Kingsbury, Somerset | |
| Hubert PETHERICK | U | 22 | M | Porter | Shoemaker | Hatherleigh, Devon | |
| Thomas POTTER | W | 69 | M | Master Shoemaker | Shoemaker | Charmouth, Dorset | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| Elizabeth AUSTIN | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Axminster W H, Devon | ||
| George AUSTIN | 2 | M | Inmate | Axminster WH, Devon | |||
| Mary A. AUSTIN | U | 44 | F | Inmate | Farm House Servant | Uplyme, Devon | |
| Thomas BAKER | U | 66 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Axminster, Devon | |
| Alfred E. BASHFORD | 3 | M | Inmate | Axminster WH, Devon | |||
| Florence BASHFORD | 8m | F | Inmate | Axminster WH, Devon | |||
| Sarah A. BASHFORD | U | 22 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Hawkchurch, Dorset | |
| Frederick BENNETT | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Guernsey, Channel Islands | ||
| Mary BENNETT | M | 59 | F | Inmate | Needlewoman | London St Saviours, London, Middlesex | |
| Melina BENNETT | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Guernsey, Channel Islands | ||
| William BENNETT | M | 75 | M | Inmate | Formerly Merchants Clerk | Lyme Regis, Dorset | |
| Matilda BOARD | U | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Stockland, Devon | |
| George BOLLING | W | 60 | M | Inmate | Formerly Carpenter | Imbecile | Rampisham, Dorset |
| Edwin BRACKNEY | U | 71 | M | Inmate | Formerly Shoeing Smith | Axminster, Devon | |
| Elizth. BUCKNOLE | U | 55 | F | Inmate | Formerly Lacemaker | Imbecile | Axminster, Devon |
| William BULFORD | U | 65 | M | Inmate | Carpenter | Hawkchurch, Dorset | |
| John CASE | W | 85 | M | Inmate | Formerly Shoemaker | Uplyme, Devon | |
| Jane CAWLEY | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | London, London, Middlesex | ||
| Mary CAWLEY | U | 41 | F | Inmate | Formerly Shoe Binder | Axminster, Devon | |
| William CHAMP | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Formerly Fisherman | Axmouth, Devon | |
| Edwin W.N. CHURCHWARD | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Charmouth, Dorset | ||
| Ethel F. CHURCHWARD | 3 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Charmouth, Dorset | ||
| Polly L. CHURCHWARD | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Itchen Abbas, Hampshire | ||
| Rebecca CHURCHWARD | M | 46 | F | Inmate | Needlewomen | Tavistock, Devon | |
| Albert CLARKE | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Axminster WH, Devon | ||
| Charlotte CLARKE | U | 32 | F | Inmate | Dairy Women | Smallridge, Devon | |
| Laura CLARKE | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | AxminsterWH, Devon | ||
| Walter CLARKE | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Axminster WH, Devon | ||
| William H. CLARKE | 1 | M | Inmate | AxminsterWH, Devon | |||
| Annie COLLIER | W | 83 | F | Inmate | Farmer Labourer | Winsham, Somerset | |
| Robert COLLIER | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Formerly Farm Labourer | Blind | Uplyme, Devon |
| Michael COLLINS | U | 52 | M | Inmate | Groom & Gardener | Queenstown, Ireland | |
| Henry COX | U | 42 | M | Inmate | Engine Fitter | Lyme Regis, Dorset | |
| Rachael CULVERWELL | U | 76 | F | Inmate | Formerly A Lady Of Independent Means | Seaton, Devon | |
| Isaac J. CUMMINS | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Axminster, Devon | ||
| Elizabeth CUZONS | W | 75 | F | Inmate | Formerly Nurse | Beaminster, Dorset | |
| Phebe DARE | U | 68 | F | Inmate | Formerly Washerwoman | Lyme Regis, Dorset | |
| Amelia FOWLER | U | 19 | F | Inmate | Farm Servant | Axminster WH, Devon | |
| Henry FOWLER | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Lyme Regis, Dorset | ||
| Henry GAVERICK | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Formerly Post Boy | Seaton, Devon | |
| Ann GIGG | U | 38 | F | Inmate | Farm House Servant | Hembury, Devon | |
| Johannah GIGG | U | 35 | F | Inmate | Farm Servant | Membury, Devon | |
| Mary Jane GIGG | U | 16 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Axminster WH, Devon | |
| Sydney GIGG | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Axminster WH, Devon | ||
| Albert GOFF | 15 | M | Inmate | Farmers Boy | Stockland, Devon | ||
| Frederick GOFF | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Stockland, Devon | |
| William H. GREGORY | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | AxminsterWH, Devon | ||
| Mary A. GRIFFIN | U | 50 | F | Inmate | Formerly Domestic Servant | Imbecile | Lyme Regis, Dorset |
| Mary HARRIS | U | 56 | F | Inmate | Formerly Domestic Servant | Seaton, Devon | |
| William HARRIS | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Formerly Blacksmith | Ireland | |
| Joseph HAWKER | U | 80 | M | Inmate | Thorncombe, Dorset | ||
| Peter HILBERT | W | 47 | M | Casual | Farm Labourer | Sligo, Ireland | |
| Flora HILL | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Axminster WH, Devon | ||
| Caroline HITCHCOCK | U | 30 | F | Inmate | Farm Servant | Dumb | |
| David HODDER | U | 38 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Uplyme, Devon | |
| James HODGE | W | 63 | M | Inmate | Formerly Farm Lab | Crewkerne, Somerset | |
| Elisha HORNER | M | 70 | M | Inmate | Formerly Carter | Chardstock, Dorset | |
| Susan HOUNSELL | U | 45 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Hawkchurch, Dorset | |
| Thomas HUNT | U | 75 | M | Inmate | Formerly Lime Burner | Chardstock, Dorset | |
| William JAMES | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Musbury, Devon | |
| Albert JEFFORD | 1 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Uplyme, Devon | ||
| Caroline JEFFORD | U | 42 | F | Inmate | Washerwoman | Uplyme, Devon | |
| Sarah A. JEFFORD | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Uplyme, Devon | ||
| Thomas JEFFORD | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Uplyme, Devon | ||
| Alice S. JERRARD | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Uplyme, Devon | ||
| Henry J. JERRARD | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Uplyme, Devon | ||
| Ellen LARCOMBE | U | 29 | F | Inmate | Idiot | Hawkchurch, Dorset | |
| Samuel LARCOMBE | U | 20 | M | Inmate | Formerly Farm Labourer | Idiot & Dumb | Hawkchurch, Dorset |
| Rhoda LEGG | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Axminster WH, Devon | ||
| Mary LOVERIDGE | U | 40 | F | Inmate | Formerly Domestic Servant | Colyton, Devon | |
| Ann LUXON | 16 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Blind | Kilmington, Devon | |
| William MARTIN | U | 52 | M | Casual | Dock Labourer | Newcastle Tyne | |
| William MAYNE | W | 40 | M | Inmate | Formerly Carter | Colyton, Devon | |
| John MITCHELL | U | 38 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Dalwood, Devon | |
| George NEWBERY | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Formerly Farm Labourer | Blind | Thorncombe, Dorset |
| Thomas NEWTON | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Beer, Devon | ||
| William NORTHCOTT | M | 70 | M | Inmate | Formerly Stone Mason | Branscombe, Devon | |
| William PALMER | U | 51 | M | Inmate | Formerly Farm Labourer | Imbecile | Axminster, Devon |
| Ebenezer PEARSE | U | 30 | M | Inmate | Formerly Cordwainer | Ilminster, Somerset | |
| Joseph PEARSE | M | 69 | M | Inmate | Formerly Gardener | Axminster, Devon | |
| Maria PHIPPEN | U | 53 | F | Inmate | Idiot | Lyme Regis, Dorset | |
| Arthur PITMAN | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Formerly Carter | Crewkerne, Somerset | |
| Elizabeth PURSE | U | 17 | F | Inmate | Kitchen Maid | Colyton, Devon | |
| William RAPSEY | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Colyton, Devon | ||
| Amos ROCKETT | U | 24 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Hawkchurch, Dorset | |
| Thomas ROCKETT | U | 64 | M | Inmate | Formerly Farm Labourer | Hawkchurch, Dorset | |
| William RUSSELL | U | 80 | M | Inmate | Formerly Wheelwright (Letter Carrier) | Colyton, Devon | |
| Daniel SALWAY | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Axminster WH | ||
| Elizabeth SALWAY | U | 27 | F | Inmate | Farmhouse Servant | Shute, Devon | |
| Herbert SALWAY | 2 | M | Inmate | Axminster WH, Devon | |||
| Louisa SALWAY | 6m | F | Inmate | Axminster WH, Devon | |||
| Almond SAMSON | U | 44 | M | Inmate | Formerly Sailor | Imbecile | Axminster, Devon |
| Rose SANSOM | U | 16 | F | Inmate | Orphan | Imbecile | Axminster WH, Devon |
| Robert SPILLER | W | 94 | F | Inmate | Formerly Farm Labourer | Lippett, Devon | |
| John START | U | 67 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Musbury, Devon | |
| Rachael STENT | M | 72 | F | Inmate | Formerly Needlewoman | Chardstock, Dorset | |
| Frank STOODLEY | 16 | M | Inmate | Farmers Boy | Axminster WH, Devon | ||
| Alice STOUNMAN | 3 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Membury, Devon | ||
| Mary J. STOUNMAN | M | 30 | F | Inmate | Lace Mender | Kilmington, Devon | |
| Sydney STOUNMAN | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Membury, Devon | ||
| Thorhill STOUNMAN | 1 | M | Inmate | Membury, Devon | |||
| Samuel STUART | M | 55 | M | Inmate | Formerly Farm Labourer | Dalwood, Devon | |
| Elizabeth SWEETLAND | U | 21 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Lyme Regis, Dorset | |
| Henry SWEETLAND | 3 | M | Inmate | Axminster WH, Devon | |||
| Mary A. SWEETLAND | U | 22 | F | Inmate | Stockland, Devon | ||
| Mary THOMAS | W | 47 | F | Inmate | Formerly Seamstress | Wane, Hertford | |
| George TUCKER | U | 65 | M | Inmate | Formerly Wheelwright | Shute, Devon | |
| Mary TURNER | U | 57 | F | Inmate | Formerly Farm Labourer | Imbecile | Stockland, Devon |
| Robert TURNER | U | 75 | M | Inmate | Formerly Farm Labourer | Hawkchurch, Dorset | |
| Jane VANSTONE | U | 65 | F | Inmate | Formerly Domestic Servant | Tiverton, Devon | |
| George WAKLEY | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Axmouth, Devon | ||
| Keziah WAKLEY | M | 45 | F | Inmate | Farm Servant | Christchurch, Hampshire | |
| William WAKLEY | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Axminster W H, Devon | ||
| Henry WARREN | U | 19 | M | Inmate | Basket Maker | Blind | London, London, Middlesex |
| Charles WATERMAN | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Formerly Turnpike Gate Keeper | Blind | Winchester, Hampshire |
| Rachael WELMAN | U | 67 | F | Inmate | Formerly Lab | Thorncombe, Dorset | |
| Amelia WHITE | U | 18 | F | Inmate | Hawkchurch, Dorset | ||
| James WHITE | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Wheelright | Shute, Devon | |
| Ann WILKINS | U | 53 | F | Inmate | Laundry Woman | Stockland, Devon | |
| James WOOD | U | 31 | M | Casual | Smith Striker | Oldham, Lancashire | |
| Annie A. WOODMAN | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Hawkchurch, Dorset | ||
| Edith WOODMAN | 3 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Hawkchurch, Dorset | ||
| Mary E. WOODMAN | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Hawkchurch, Dorset | ||
| Susan WOODMAN | U | 33 | F | Inmate | Laundress | Hawkchurch, Dorset |
Total residents: 130
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