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Axminster
Workhouse and Poor Law Union
The Axminster Union comprises 17 parishes.
The total average annual expenditure of the 17 parishes
for the support of their poor during the 3 years preceding the formation of the
Union was £10,218; during the 3 years ending 1840 £9058; & during the
succeeding 3 years, £10,029. Their total expenditure for the year ended Lady
Day, 1849, was £14,669, including £1297 paid to the county rates, £924 for
salaries, & about £90 paid for registration & vaccination fees.
The Workhouse, at Axminster, was built in 1836 based on the Square Plan from
designs by Sampson Kempthorne, at the cost of £7000, but it
has since been altered & enlarged, at the cost of £2500. It has room for
450 paupers, but seldom has more than 300 inmates. 10 surgeons are employed by
the Union & the other principal officers are Charles Bond Esq, Union clerk
& supt.registrar; Rev Z J Edwards, chaplain; William & Mrs Gomm, master
& matron of the Workhouse.
Axminster Union Workhouse
Situated on Musbury Road, Part of Tything, Axminster,
Devonshire.
1851 census HO/107/1862
Folio 261 Page 16
William Gonam Master of Administrative Union
Esther Gonam Matron of Administrative Union
Sources Used:
White Directory - 1850 - p356/7. Submitted by Betty Longbottom
1851 census HO/107/1862 Folio 261 Page 16
Records available from Devon Records Office Web Site
http://www.devon-cc.gov.uk/dro/
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06 August, 2007
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