1881 Census: HM Gaol or County Prison, Shepton Mallet, Somerset
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| William CARTER | M | 61 | M | Head | Govnr H M Prison | Shepton Mallet, Somerset | |
| Elizabeth CARTER | M | 60 | F | Wife | Shepton Mallet, Somerset | ||
| Emily CARTER | U | 36 | F | Daur | Shepton Mallet, Somerset | ||
| Gilbert CARTER | U | 20 | M | Son | Shepton Mallet, Somerset | ||
| Eliza W. PORCH | U | 19 | F | Servt | Domestic Servt General | West Pennard, Somerset | |
| Mary Ann SOUTH | U | 50 | F | Officer | Warder (Prison Serv) | Bristol, Gloucester | |
| Elizabeth COURT | U | 47 | F | Officer | Warder (Prison Serv) | Stogursey, Somerset | |
| Eleanor L. BRODIE | U | 27 | F | Officer | Assistant Warder (Prison Serv) | Mullingar, Ireland | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| George ORAM | M | 43 | M | Prisoner | Gardener | Dunkerton, Somerset | |
| George FORD | U | 21 | M | Prisoner | Farm Labourer | Chewton Mendip, Somerset | |
| Mark CLIFFORD | M | 39 | M | Prisoner | General Labourer | Coombe Down, Somerset | |
| Henry HELLIER | M | 31 | M | Prisoner | General Labourer | Coombe Down, Somerset | |
| Henry W. WILLIAMS | M | 24 | M | Prisoner | (Rly Clerk) | Wells, Somerset | |
| Henry TRELEGGAN | U | 23 | M | Prisoner | Groom (D) | Catcott, Somerset | |
| William BENNETT | U | 20 | M | Prisoner | General Labourer | East Brent, Somerset | |
| Cornelius BIDGOOD | W | 63 | M | Prisoner | Hair Cloth Weaver | Castle Cary, Somerset | |
| George WILSON | U | 33 | M | Prisoner | General Laborer | Reading, Berkshire | |
| George MALE | U | 22 | M | Prisoner | Farm Laborer | Ashill, Somerset | |
| Henry DOVEY | U | 24 | M | Prisoner | House Painter | Taunton, Somerset | |
| Joseph CHIVERS | U | 25 | M | Prisoner | Farm Labourer | Dunkerton, Somerset | |
| Henry TARGETT | U | 22 | M | Prisoner | General Laborer | Binegar, Somerset | |
| Henry STEVENS | M | 23 | M | Prisoner | Butcher | Bristol | |
| George BEST | U | 20 | M | Prisoner | Boot & Shoe Finisher | Wincanton, Somerset | |
| Butson CHARD | M | 45 | M | Prisoner | Sawyer | Ashwick, Somerset | |
| Henry BALL | M | 24 | M | Prisoner | Barman (Inn Serv) | Long Ashton, Somerset | |
| Thos. KIDNER | U | 20 | M | Prisoner | Farm Laborer | North Petherton, Somerset | |
| John STONE | U | 29 | M | Prisoner | Bricklayers Laborer | Arlington, Middlesex | |
| Joseph BALL | M | 35 | M | Prisoner | Agricultural Laborer | Purton, Somerset | |
| James TUMBER | M | 30 | M | Prisoner | Agricultural Laborer | Evercreech, Somerset | |
| William SLADE | U | 21 | M | Prisoner | Brickmaker | Taunton, Somerset | |
| William POLLARD | U | 22 | M | Prisoner | Brickmaker Laborer | Bridgewater, Somerset | |
| Joseph TUTTIETT | M | 29 | M | Prisoner | General Labourer | Taunton, Somerset | |
| George GAIT | M | 22 | M | Prisoner | Coal Miner | Long Ashton, Somerset | |
| Robert | U | 18 | M | Prisoner | Brickmakers Laborer | Bridgewater, Somerset | |
| Job BRIMBLE | U | 50 | M | Prisoner | Coal Miner | High Littleton, Somerset | |
| Albert POPE | M | 31 | M | Prisoner | Butcher | Bath, Somerset | |
| Joseph EVERETT | M | 25 | M | Prisoner | Agricultural Laborer | Stalbridge, Dorset | |
| Henry COLLIER | M | 27 | M | Prisoner | Coal Miner | Paulton, Somerset | |
| Thomas CLARKE | M | 38 | M | Prisoner | Cordwainer | Bristol | |
| Isaac HUDSON | M | 41 | M | Prisoner | Tailor | Kingswood, Gloucester | |
| James WALTER | M | 22 | M | Prisoner | Laborer (Genl) | Coxley, Somerset | |
| William SMITH | U | 27 | M | Prisoner | Engine Fitter | Hilkestone, Derby | |
| Charles BIRD | U | 16 | M | Prisoner | French Polisher | Bath, Somerset | |
| William MOORE | U | 16 | M | Prisoner | Shop Porter | Wells, Somerset | |
| Alfred JONES | U | 23 | M | Prisoner | Cordwainer | Dudley, Worcester | |
| Martin BYE | W | 30 | M | Prisoner | Coal Miner | Bristol | |
| Joseph Henry ELSWORTH | M | 37 | M | Prisoner | Professor Of Music | (British Subject), China | |
| John CONSTABLE | M | 23 | M | Prisoner | Cordwainer | Scotland | |
| Joseph NARDING | M | 23 | M | Prisoner | Agricultural Laborer | Badgeley, Somerset | |
| Frederick MIDDLE | W | 63 | M | Prisoner | Butcher | Chewton Mendip, Somerset | |
| John JEFFRIES | M | 43 | M | Prisoner | Mason | Bath, Somerset | |
| James KELLAWAY | M | 24 | M | Prisoner | Agricultural Laborer | Holcombe, Somerset | |
| Robert HEMMINGS | M | 57 | M | Prisoner | Mason | Bath, Somerset | |
| William TRAVERS | M | 63 | M | Prisoner | Blacksmith | Chew Magna, Somerset | |
| John WHITE | U | 48 | M | Prisoner | Mason | Taunton, Somerset | |
| Joseph BEACHIM | M | 42 | M | Prisoner | Gardiner | Axbridge, Somerset | |
| Thomas FORD | U | 25 | M | Prisoner | Mason | Bristol, Somerset | |
| Richard SHORT | M | 32 | M | Prisoner | General Laborer | Bath, Somerset | |
| James PLUMALLE | M | 41 | M | Prisoner | Coal Miner | Dunkerton, Somerset | |
| Samuel Han. DWICK | M | 47 | M | Prisoner | General Laborer | North Curry, Somerset | |
| John COLEMAN | U | 24 | M | Prisoner | General Laborer | Bristol, Somerset | |
| William NICHOLAS | U | 61 | M | Prisoner | Rly Laborer | Leighton, Somerset | |
| John COLEMAN | U | 22 | M | Prisoner | Tailor | Paddington | |
| Henry FORD | U | 18 | M | Prisoner | General Laborer | Williton, Somerset | |
| Joseph FORD | U | 43 | M | Prisoner | General Laborer | Chewton Mendip, Somerset | |
| Henry STONE | U | 22 | M | Prisoner | Agricultural Laborer | Cannington, Somerset | |
| Thomas OSBORNE | U | 25 | M | Prisoner | Butcher | Fordham, Essex | |
| Geo.W. SMITH | W | 60 | M | Prisoner | French Polisher | Oxford, Oxford | |
| William DERMMETT | M | 25 | M | Prisoner | General Laborer | Otterford, Somerset | |
| William HUDD | M | 32 | M | Prisoner | General Laborer | Newton St Loo, Somerset | |
| Thos.E. BATH | U | 14 | M | Prisoner | General Laborer | Mells, Somerset | |
| William BROADWAY | U | 20 | M | Prisoner | Agricultural Laborer | Road, Somerset | |
| Henry P. GARLAND | U | 45 | M | Prisoner | Wood Carver | Broadmam, Dorset | |
| Charles BISHOP | W | 48 | M | Prisoner | Coal Miner | Wedmore, Somerset | |
| John DUNSTER | U | 21 | M | Prisoner | General Labr | Compton Dando, Somerset | |
| John STAINES | M | 25 | M | Prisoner | Bricklayer | Norwich, Norfolk | |
| Elias ASHMAN | U | 30 | M | Prisoner | General Laborer | Nunney, Somerset | |
| Edward MILLARD | U | 42 | M | Prisoner | General Laborer | Frome, Somerset | |
| William HEALE | U | 20 | M | Prisoner | Chimney Sweep | Bath, Somerset | |
| John EDWARDS | M | 57 | M | Prisoner | General Laborer | North Cadbury, Somerset | |
| John WHITMARSH | M | 43 | M | Prisoner | Agricultural Laborer | Feals, Wiltshire | |
| Wm. BAGGS | U | 17 | M | Prisoner | Masons Laborer | Mark, Somerset | |
| John PURNELL | W | 44 | M | Prisoner | General Laborer | East Brent, Somerset | |
| Edmund FARRELL | U | 18 | M | Prisoner | Butcher | Highbridge, Somerset | |
| John GOULD | U | 36 | M | Prisoner | Genl Laborer | Castle Cary, Somerset | |
| John HOPKINS | W | 48 | M | Prisoner | Wheelchairsman | Lyncham, Wiltshire | |
| John WITHEY | M | 54 | M | Prisoner | Genl Laborer | Frome, Somerset | |
| George THORN | M | 24 | M | Prisoner | Agricultural Laborer | Mark, Somerset | |
| Stephen BAKER | M | 51 | M | Prisoner | Agricultural Laborer | Street, Somerset | |
| Rhoda DAY | U | 25 | F | Prisoner | Genl Domestic Servt | Sparton, Somerset | |
| Mary SMITH | M | 30 | F | Prisoner | Genl Domestic Servt | Exeter, Devon | |
| Elizabeth BABER | M | 34 | F | Prisoner | Laundress | Bath, Somerset | |
| Ann JONES | M | 45 | F | Prisoner | Laundress | Wales, Monmouth | |
| Ellen BROOKMAN | M | 38 | F | Prisoner | Charwoman | Bristol, Gloucester | |
| Eleanor Jane JAGS | M | 31 | F | Prisoner | Hawker | Dartmoor, Devon | |
| Merion MATHEWS | W | 56 | F | Prisoner | Herbalist (Sms) | Exeter, Devon | |
| Sarah DOWN | U | 21 | F | Prisoner | Kitchen Maid | Weston Super Mare, Somerset | |
| Annie BERRYMAN | M | 18 | F | Prisoner | General (Domestic Servt) | Swansea, Wales | |
| Sarah BREWER | M | 31 | F | Prisoner | Glover | Langport, Somerset | |
| Susan BAILEY | M | 33 | F | Prisoner | Tailoress | Banwell, Somerset | |
| Sarah EDWARDS | U | 25 | F | Prisoner | Cook | Bath, Somerset | |
| Matilda HATHERLY | W | 55 | F | Debtor | No Occupation | Bath, Somerset | |
Total residents: 102
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