The Axbridge Workhouse. A list of Inmates from East Brent Parish 1837 – 1911
compiled by Pat Hase of the Weston Family History Group
Surname / Forenames / Date / Event / Location / Occupation / Age / Relat / Con / Mother / Parish Born / Paying Parish / notes /ANDREWS / Charlotte / 24 November 1858 / Gave birth / Axbridge Workhouse / Single woman / East Brent / to Henry
ANDREWS / Henry / 24 November 1858 / Birth / Axbridge Workhouse / s/o / Charlotte / East Brent
ATYEO / Ann / 30 March 1851 / 1851 Census / Axbridge Workhouse / General Servant / 54 / un / SOM East Brent
BAGG / Albert Edward / 02 April 1871 / 1871 Census / East Brent / Scholar / 5 / s/o / Sarah / SOM East Brent / with mother & siblings including Jane aged 2
BAGG / Albert Edward / 03 April 1881 / 1881 Census / Bristol, St Paul's, 82 Martin Street / Printer's Apprentice / 15 / s/o / un / Sarah / SOM East Brent / s/o widowed mother, living in shared accommodation with her and younger sister
BAGG / Albert Edward / 31 March 1901 / 1901 Census / Bristol, St Nicholas, 7 King Street / Printer's Compositor / 35 / un / SOM East Brent
BAGG / Jane / 02 April 1871 / 1871 Census / East Brent / 2 / d/o / Sarah / SOM East Brent / with mother & siblings including Albert aged 5
BAGG / Jane / 12 June 1877 / Death / Axbridge Workhouse / 9 / East Brent / East Brent Churchyard
BAKER / ---- (male) / 26 May 1861 / Birth / Axbridge Workhouse / s/o / Jane / East Brent / Single woman
BAKER / Henry (2) / 01 July 1865 / Death / Axbridge Workhouse / 59 / East Brent
BAKER / Jane / 26 June 1861 / Gave birth / Axbridge Workhouse / Single woman / East Brent / to male child
BAKER / Kenrick / 11 October 1848 / Death / Axbridge Workhouse / 27 / East Brent
BAKER / Maria / 21 March 1879 / Death / Axbridge Workhouse / 83 / East Brent / Weare Churchyard
BAWDEN / James / 02 April 1871 / 1871 Census / Bristol Rd., East Brent / Mason / 30 / un / SOM East Brent
BAWDEN / James / 03 April 1881 / 1881 Census / Love Lane, Burnham, Somerset / No occupation / 46 / Head / mar / SOM East Brent / Deaf, with wife, son and step-son
BINDING / Emma / 04 December 1840 / Gave birth / Axbridge Workhouse / Single woman / East Brent / to Joseph
BINDING / Joseph / 04 December 1840 / Birth / Axbridge Workhouse / s/o / Emma / East Brent
BOWLER / Charity / 29 August 1857 / Death / Axbridge Workhouse / 84 / East Brent
BOYCE / ---- (male) / 05 January 1845 / Birth / Axbridge Workhouse / s/o / Harriet / East Brent
BOYCE / Harriet / 05 January 1845 / Gave birth / Axbridge Workhouse / Single woman / East Brent / to male child, still born
BROWN / Charles / 30 March 1851 / 1851 Census / Axbridge Workhouse / General Labourer / 80 / un / SOM East Brent
BROWN / Charles / 31 March 1851 / Death / Axbridge Workhouse / 80 / East Brent
BRYANT / Robert / 22 August 1856 / Death / Axbridge Workhouse / 27 / East Brent
BURROWS / Robert / 02 February 1847 / Death / Axbridge Workhouse / 67 / East Brent
CHANT / Thomas / 16 March 1910 / Discharge / Axbridge Workhouse / East Brent / own request
COOMBES / Martha / 03 April 1881 / 1881 Census / Factory Lane, East Brent / 43 / wife / mar / SOM East Brent / Wife of Robert (Farm Lab), with three children
COOMBES / Martha / 18 May 1910 / Admission / Axbridge Workhouse / East Brent / Wife of Robert (Farm Lab)
COOMBS / Samuel / 08 December 1881 / Discharge / Axbridge Workhouse / East Brent / By request
COOMBS / Thomas (1) / 03 April 1881 / 1881 Census / East Brent, Turnpike Rd / Farm Labourer / 68 / Head / wid / SOM East Brent / Head, Living alone
COOMBS / Thomas (1) / 05 April 1891 / 1891 Census / Axbridge Workhouse / Ag Lab / 75 / wid / SOM East Brent
COOMBS / Thomas (1) / 26 March 1815 / Christening / East Brent / son / Sarah / SOM East Brent
COOMBS / Thomas (1) / 30 March 1851 / 1851 Census / East Brent / Ag Lab / 36 / wid / SOM East Brent / Head, living with 6 children, A, widow, his 13 year old daughter, Eliza is looking after the family, Charles, 13, Henry, 9, James 8, Charlotte 5 & Thomas 2
COOMER / Hannah / 02 April 1871 / 1871 Census / Rooksbridge / Ag Lab’s wife / 68 / wife / mar / SOM Cossington / Wife of William Coomer
COOMER / Hannah / 01 August 1879 / Death / Axbridge Workhouse / 80 / East Brent / East Brent Churchyard
COUNSELL / ---- (female) / 12 September 1862 / Birth / Axbridge Workhouse / d/o / Elizabeth / East Brent / Single woman, surviving twin, other still born
COUNSELL / Ann / 23 December 1844 / Death / Axbridge Workhouse / 18 / East Brent
COUNSELL / Elizabeth / 12 September 1862 / Gave birth / Axbridge Workhouse / Single woman / East Brent / to Elizabeth, one of twins, other still born
COUNSELL / Harriet / 07 May 1845 / Death / Axbridge Workhouse / 27 / East Brent
COUNSELL / Maria / 06 March 1847 / Death / Axbridge Workhouse / 34 / East Brent
COUNSELL / Mary / 30 March 1851 / 1851 Census / Axbridge Workhouse / Girl / 11 / un / SOM East Brent
CRAMPTON / Jane / 31 March 1901 / 1901 Census / Cheddar / General Servant / 72 / SOM East Brent
DAUNTON / Caroline / 07 August 1838 / Christening / Axbridge Workhouse / d/o / Hester / East Brent
DAUNTON / Charles / 15 February 1872 / Christening / Axbridge Workhouse / s/o / Elizabeth / East Brent
DAUNTON / Elizabeth / 15 February 1872 / Child's christening / Axbridge Workhouse / Single woman / East Brent / of Charles
DAUNTON / Hester / 04 August 1838 / Gave birth / Axbridge Workhouse / Single woman / East Brent / to Caroline HATCH who took the name of DAUNTON on censuses
DAUNTON / Hester / 07 August 1838 / Child's Christening / Axbridge Workhouse / Single woman / East Brent / of Caroline HATCH
DAUNTON / Hester / 28 July 1877 / Death / Axbridge Workhouse / 75 / East Brent / East Brent Churchyard
DAUNTON / Richard / 06 February 1865 / Birth / Axbridge Workhouse / s/o / Elizabeth / East Brent / Single woman
DAUNTON / Richard / 06 March 1865 / Death / Axbridge Workhouse / 1 mth / East Brent
DAUNTON / Samuel / 24 August 1880 / Discharge / Axbridge Workhouse / East Brent / By request
DAUNTON / Samuel / 01 September 1880 / Admission / Axbridge Workhouse / Labourer / 80 / East Brent / By Master
DAUNTON / Samuel / 22 September 1880 / Discharge / Axbridge Workhouse / East Brent / By request
DAUNTON / Samuel / 23 September 1880 / Admission / Axbridge Workhouse / Labourer / 80 / East Brent / By Master
DAUNTON / Samuel / 10 November 1880 / Admission / Axbridge Workhouse / Labourer / 80 / East Brent
DAUNTON / Samuel / 03 April 1881 / 1881 Census / Axbridge Workhouse / Shoeing Smith / 81 / wid / SOM East Brent / East Brent
DAUNTON / Samuel / 03 August 1881 / Discharge / Axbridge Workhouse / East Brent / By request
DAUNTON / Samuel / 05 August 1881 / Admission / Axbridge Workhouse / Labourer / 81 / East Brent / By Master
DAUNTON / Samuel / 20 September 1886 / Death / Axbridge Workhouse / 86 / East Brent / East Brent Churchyard
DAY / William / 14 February 1842 / Death / Axbridge Workhouse / 74 / East Brent
DOWN / William / 23 August 1904 / Admission / Axbridge Workhouse / East Brent
DOWN / William / 01 May 1905 / Creed Register / Axbridge Workhouse / East Brent
DOWN / William / 15 January 1911 / Discharge / Axbridge Workhouse / East Brent
DUNSTONE / Bessie / 24 July 1896 / Christening / Axbridge Workhouse / d/o / Eva Meretta / East Brent / Single woman
DURSTON / Charles / 31 March 1851 / 1851 Census / East Brent / 07 / s/o / SOM East Brent / with father, James and his second wife, Susan and assorted children.
DURSTON / Charles / 03 April 1881 / 1881 Census / Rooksbridge, East Brent / Ag Lab / 37 / Head / mar / SOM East Brent / with wife, Ann, and 5 children
DURSTON / Charles / 31 March 1901 / 1901 Census / East Brent / Farm Lab / 56 / SOM East Brent
DURSTON / Charles / 04 January 1906 / Admission / Axbridge Workhouse / East Brent
DURSTON / Charles / 28 September 1906 / Death / Axbridge Workhouse / East Brent
EDWARDS / Joseph / 20 February 1870 / Death / Axbridge Workhouse / 77 / East Brent / East Brent Churchyard
EDWARDS / Mary Ann / 29 August 1854 / Death / Axbridge Workhouse / 8 mths / East Brent
EDWARDS / Sophia / 30 March 1851 / 1851 Census / Axbridge Workhouse / General Servant / 50 / un / SOM East Brent
EVANS / Jeremiah / 31 July 1877 / Death / Axbridge Workhouse / 76 / East Brent / East Brent Churchyard
FIELD / Ann / 29 September 1847 / Gave Birth / Axbridge Workhouse / East Brent / to William
FIELD / Ann / 31 March 1851 / 1851 Census / South Brent / Charwoman / 27 / un / SOM East Brent / with Joseph Board, farmer
FIELD / Ann / 02 August 1857 / Gave birth / Axbridge Workhouse / Single woman / East Brent / to George, her 4th bastard
FIELD / Ann / 10 September 1862 / Gave birth / Axbridge Workhouse / Single woman / East Brent / to female child
FIELD / Ann / 01 October 1862 / Child's christening / Axbridge Workhouse / Single woman / East Brent / of Sarah Jane
FIELD / Ann / 03 April 1881 / 1881 Census / Worle, Worle Hill / Charwoman / 60 / wid / SOM East Brent / visiting William VOWLES, a general labourer and his wife
FIELD / George / 02 August 1857 / Birth / Axbridge Workhouse / s/o / Ann / East Brent / Her 4th bastard
FIELD / Mary Ann / 06 May 1861 / Death / Axbridge Workhouse / 6 / East Brent
FIELD / Sarah Jane / 10 September 1862 / Birth / Axbridge Workhouse / d/o / Ann / East Brent / Single woman, child later christened "Sarah Jane"
FIELD / Sarah Jane / 01 October 1862 / Christening / Axbridge Workhouse / d/o / Ann / East Brent / Single woman
FIELD / William / 29 September 1847 / Birth / Axbridge Workhouse / s/o / Ann / East Brent
FRY / Arthur / 28 January 1879 / Sent to Prison / Shepton Mallet Jail / Labourer / 60 / SOM East Brent / Poor Law Act - Being an inmate of Axbridge Union, did make use of profane and obscene language and threaten to assault John Hurlestone, another inmate, with a poker - 1 month Hard Labour
FRY / Arthur / 03 April 1881 / 1881 Census / Axbridge Workhouse / Ag Lab / 46 / un / SOM East Brent / East Brent
FRY / James / 15 May 1865 / Death / Axbridge Workhouse / 61 / East Brent / brother to Robert
FRY / Robert / 07 April 1861 / 1861 Census / Axbridge Workhouse / 46 / un / SOM East Brent
FRY / Robert / 14 May 1865 / Death / Axbridge Workhouse / 57 / East Brent / brother to James
HARDWIDGE / ---- (female) / 12 April 1860 / Birth / Axbridge Workhouse / d/o / Charlotte / East Brent / Single woman
HARDWIDGE / Charlotte / 12 April 1860 / Gave birth / Axbridge Workhouse / Single woman / East Brent / to male child
HARDWIDGE / Robert / 03 April 1881 / 1881 Census / East Brent, Factory Lane / Shoemaker / 69 / bro / wid / SOM East Brent / with his sister, Sarah CLIPSON, a widow
HATCH / Caroline / 04 August 1838 / Birth / Axbridge Workhouse / d/o / Hester / East Brent / Hester later married Samuel DAUNTON, child took his surname.
HATCH / Caroline / 07 August 1838 / Christening / Axbridge Workhouse / d/o / Hester / East Brent
HATCH / Hester / 04 August 1838 / Gave birth / Axbridge Workhouse / Single woman / East Brent / to Caroline HATCH who took the name of DAUNTON on censuses
HATCH / Hester / 07 August 1838 / Child's Christening / Axbridge Workhouse / Single woman / East Brent / of Caroline HATCH
HAWKINS / Isabella / 07 August 1862 / Child's christening / Axbridge Workhouse / Single woman / East Brent / of Jane
HAWKINS / Isabella / 20 July 1862 / Gave birth / Axbridge Workhouse / Single woman / East Brent / to Jane
HAWKINS / Isabella / 22 February 1867 / Child's christening / Axbridge Workhouse / Single woman / East Brent / of Mary Ann
HAWKINS / Jane / 07 August 1862 / Christening / Axbridge Workhouse / d/o / Isabella / East Brent
HAWKINS / Jane / 08 August 1862 / Death / Axbridge Workhouse / 2 wks / East Brent
HAWKINS / Jane / 20 July 1862 / Birth / Axbridge Workhouse / d/o / Isabella / East Brent / Single woman
HAWKINS / Jane / 12 August 1862 / Burial / East Brent Churchyard / Infant / East Brent
HAWKINS / Mary / 10 March 1845 / Gave birth / Axbridge Workhouse / Single woman / East Brent / to Isabella
HAWKINS / Mary Ann / 22 February 1867 / Christening / Axbridge Workhouse / d/o / Isabella / East Brent
HIGGINS / Mary / 11 September 1880 / Discharge / Axbridge Workhouse / East Brent / Death
HIGGINS / Mary / 11 September 1880 / Death / Axbridge Workhouse / 67 / East Brent / East Brent Churchyard
HOWELL / George / 30 March 1851 / 1851 Census / Axbridge Workhouse / Boy / 15 / un / SOM East Brent
JAMES / Ann / 17 June 1851 / Gave birth / Axbridge Workhouse / Single woman / East Brent / to George Thomas
JAMESON / Letitia / 07 April 1861 / 1861 Census / Axbridge Workhouse / 11 / un / SOM East Brent
LEWIS / Eliza / 16 June 1859 / Gave birth / Axbridge Workhouse / Single woman / East Brent / to male child
LEWIS / George / 18 January 1854 / Death / Axbridge Workhouse / 76 / East Brent
LEWIS / William / 16 June 1859 / Birth / Axbridge Workhouse / s/o / Eliza / East Brent / Single woman, child later baptised "William"
LIANTS / ---- (male) / 04 March 1858 / Birth / Axbridge Workhouse / s/o / Sarah Ann / East Brent
LIANTS / Sarah Ann / 30 March 1842 / Ready for Service / Axbridge Workhouse / 13 / East Brent
LIANTS / Sarah Ann / 31 December 1842 / Ready for Service / Axbridge Workhouse / 14 / East Brent
LIANTS / Sarah Ann / 30 March 1845 / Ready for Service / Axbridge Workhouse / 15 / East Brent
LIANTS / Sarah Ann / 04 March 1858 / Gave birth / Axbridge Workhouse / Single woman / East Brent / to male child, Her 2nd child
MASTERS / Henry / 22 May 1849 / Death / Axbridge Workhouse / 7 / East Brent
MASTERS / James (George) / 19 May 1847 / Death / Axbridge Workhouse / 9 / East Brent
MASTERS / Robert / 30 September 1845 / Ready for Service / Axbridge Workhouse / 12 / East Brent
OFFER / William / 30 March 1851 / 1851 Census / Axbridge Workhouse / Boy / 15 / un / SOM East Brent