Bridgwater Times 1854 1854 13Jul Abbot John - didn't support wife Yeovil parish 1854 08Jun Abott Charles Hardcastle - Long Ashton ag soc prize 1854 26Jan Abrahams Hannah - New Court Bath insanity 1854 13Jul Abrassart Emilie v Rev Luttrell Moysey Clerk - court case Queens Bench 1854 26Oct Ackerman William - piano maker robbed borough quarter sessions 1854 09Nov Ackland Ann - Milveton award 1854 23Mar Ackland Mr - whitesmith sale of smiths shop High St Taunton 1854 09Nov Ackland Mr - grocer Bridgwater Police Court forged coin 1854 01Jun Ackland W - Portland Town linen drapers bankrupt 1854 05Jan Adams H C - solicitor Exmouth 1854 03Aug Adams J - Banff survived shipwreck 1854 02Feb Adams Mr - itinerant preacher Luton almost starved to death 1854 11May Adams Owen - Midsomer Norton dau Ann marr 1854 13Jul Adams Rev John Exley - to recotry Ashmore nr Shaftesbury 1854 28Sep Adams Rev John Exley - rector Ashmore Dorset dau Mary Ann marr 1854 02Nov Adamson Joseph - age 45 fireman Liverpool fire 1854 29Jun Adcock Samuel - Ashby Shrubs Enderby Lane nr Leicester murdered 1854 07Dec Addington W W - Upottery birth of son 1854 20Jul Addison Rev Edward of Yeovil marr Miss Male at East Chinnock 1854 31Aug Affleck George - Weston Super Mare native of Haddingtonshire died 1854 02Mar Ailes James of Angel Inn marr Susan Ridout of Okeford Fitzpaine at Mere 1854 13Jul Aish Robert - plumber and glazier Sherborne died age 42 1854 03Aug Aisholt Henry - ag lab Chedzoy age 30+ mother chargeable 1854 27Apr Aldersley William - Blackburn baby at Masons Arms 1854 03Aug Aldham Mr - superintendant Barnstaple police 1854 16Nov Aldridge William - drunk Bridgwater Police Court 1854 06Apr Alexander Abraham - Bridgwater dau Mary marr 1854 15Jun Alexander Mr - tenant North Petherton house sale 1854 21Sep Alexander Mr - North Petherton house sale 1854 23Feb Alford Mr - baker Chard agent for Bulpins cattle medicine 1854 30Mar Alford Rev Samuel - Heale House nr Langford died age 78 1854 17Aug Alford Rev Samuel - decd sale of Heale House Curry Rivel 1854 20Apr Alford Rev W - to rectory of Folke Dorsetshire 1854 19Jan Alford W N - Sherborne 1854 12Oct Allen B T - marriage at Burnham 1854 19Oct Allen Benjamin Tuthill of Burnham marr Catherine Harriett Daniel 1854 09Feb Allen H - Bristol chemist bankrupt 1854 20Jul Allen J R - Lyngford House Taunton elected Royal Horticultural Soc 1854 17Aug Allen John - engine driver Camden Town railway accident 1854 24Aug Allen John - engine driver Camden railway inquest 1854 31Aug Allen John - engine driver North London railway accident 1854 18May Allen John jun - Burnham birth of son 1854 05Oct Allen John marr Susan Clark at St Johns 1854 29Jun Allen John Goodland - age 47 Cannington land sale 1854 20Apr Allen Mrs - sale of household furniture Bishops Hull 1854 14Dec Allen R C - Yeovil birth of daughter 1854 19Jan Allen William - exciseman Bridgwater Police Court 1854 16Nov Allen William Jeffery v Abraham Frost - Bridgwater Fryerns case 1854 17Aug Alleyne Rev J F - to rectory of Kentisbeare 1854 09Mar Anderdon R Brough - tenant land sale Chilton Trinity 1854 09Feb Ando Robert - Wells hawking Shepton Gaol 1854 12Oct Andrews Capt - RN decd son Thomas marr at Clifton 1854 12Jan Andrews G - Bridgwater dau Harriet marr 1854 20Jul Andrews G - Kimpton nr Sherborne elected Royal Horticultural Soc 1854 30Mar Andrews George - foreman Bridgwater Sessions jury 1854 15Jun Andrews George solicitor Weymouth marr Eliza Welch of Stoke Newington 1854 14Sep Andrews James - Devizes disturbance 1854 28Sep Andrews James - soldier 6th royal artillery shooting Devizes Sessions 1854 20Apr Andrews Mr - nominated organist St Marys Bridgwater 1854 24Aug Andrews Mr - clockmaker inquest fall of the Lynn workhouse 1854 16Nov Andrews Rev William - to rectory of Magna Somerfield 1854 28Sep Andrews Robert - soldier 6th royal artillery shooting Devizes Sessions 1854 12Oct Andrews Thomas of Bagshot marr Emily Parr of Parkstone Dorset 1854 14Dec Angell George - Paignton cottage sale 1854 09Nov Anning J - builder Colyton cured of blindness 1854 02Feb Anning John - landlord Railway Inn Highbridge meal 1854 25May Anning John of Misterton marr Letitia Fenner of Colyford 1854 28Dec Ansdell Carnaby - driver of Barnet mail 1854 26Oct Anson Rev Henry - died age 80 Bath 1854 19Jan Anstice Charles - Street dau Mary marr at West Chinnock 1854 26Jan Anstice Charles - Street dau Mary marr 1854 06Jul Anstice John - baker South Petherton boy killed 1854 09Nov Anstice Mrs - house sale Cannington 1854 30Nov Anstis Rev J B - Dorchester corns 1854 16Mar Aplin Henry - birth of son at Combe St Nicholas nr Chard 1854 26Oct Aplin Henry - Combe St Nicholas ploughing contest 1854 13Jul Aplin Mr - Combe St Nicholas case of sovreign 1854 14Sep Appleby v Fry - court case 1854 30Nov Appleyard J E marr F Bull at Wells 1854 30Mar Apthorn Rev William H- his money stolen at Wedmore 1854 09Feb Arbuthnot Major - Pulteney St Bath daughter had riding accident 1854 11May Archdall Audley Mervyn marr Sybilla Mary Miles of Leigh Court Somerset 1854 08Jun Arkers James - Prinknash Park nr Painswick ag soc prize 1854 20Jul Arliss Ward West - Plymouth ale merchant bankrupt 1854 20Jul Armytage Rev Green - Painswick visitor to Burnham 1854 20Jul Arney Edward - Badgworth and Weare land sale 1854 11May Arney John - sale of 'Six Acres' at Mark and farm at Watchfield 1854 30Mar Arnold T - Northover robbed 1854 08Jun Arnold Thomas - house sale Burnham and Highbridge 1854 10Aug Arscott Dick - the Rival Mail 1854 09Nov Arthur John - cooper High St inquest on wife Maria Sophia 1854 08Jun Arvey Rev Sherborne gallery collapsed Ilchester 1854 13Jul Ash George - acquitted Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 23Nov Ash W - long service award South Petherton Ag Soc 1854 11May Ash William - sale of land at South Brent 1854 13Jul Asher Stephen - his bread stolen Nunney Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 06Jul Ashill Joseph - house sale Bawdrip 1854 06Apr Ashman E A - forgery at Yeovil 1854 30Mar Ashman William - stole pototoes at Whatley 1854 20Jul Ashworth Alice - age 21 explosion at Bridge Fold Mill Rochdale 1854 20Jul Ashworth John - age 22 explosion at Bridge Fold Mill Rochdale 1854 26Jan Atkins J - decd Ashcott House Somerset dau Emily marr 1854 28Dec Atkinson Moorsom of Cliff House marr Elizabeth Garrow at Dodbrooke 1854 16Feb Atlee family - died at Cowlsdon nr Croydon arsenic 1854 30Nov Attwood John - foul provy St John St Bridgwater 1854 15Jun Attwood William - keeper of turnpike on way to Goathurst 1854 23Mar Atwell master - accident at Sydenham Farm Bridgwater Infirmary 1854 30Mar Atwood George - his smock stolen at Frome 1854 27Apr Auber H P - solicitor North Petherton birth of daughter 1854 08Jun Austen James - vet Ottery St Mary 1854 13Apr Austin Frank marr Johanna Eliza Urquhart at Melcombe Regis 1854 14Dec Austin John - Glastonbury paying off chapel debt Baltonsborough 1854 13Apr Austin John Drewett - decd son marr at Melcombe Regis 1854 14Dec Austin Josiah - brother of John paying off chapel debt Baltonsborough 1854 28Dec Auston J - Australian giving charity at Glastonbury 1854 19Oct Auston Mr - Glastonbury emigration of 20 youths 1854 08Jun Autton Mr - sale of blacksmiths shop Rowbarton Taunton 1854 19Jan Avery Charles - Devonshire food riots Exeter 1854 19Oct Awdry Rev C R B - Draycot Cerne rectory birth of son 1854 09Feb Axford Frederick Pain - trustee Bridgwater Patent Slip company 1854 20Apr Axford Frederick - churchwarden for St Johns Bridgwater 1854 06Jul Axford Frederic - died late merchant of Bridgwater flags half mast 1854 06Jul Axford Frederick - death at Weston Super Mare 1854 06Jul Axford Henry - of Bridgwater at Ilfracombe 1854 09Feb Axford John - prov ctte Bridgwater Patent Slip company 1854 19Jan Axford Mr - train adventure 1854 15Jun Axford Richard - surgeon Durleigh suicide of J Symes 1854 13Jul Aynsley Rev J C M - his towel stolen Walton Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 05Jan Ayshford W Meare marr Sarah Hannah Morrish at Pitminster 1854 20Jul Ayton and Battley - pitch and tar manuf Bow Common fire 1854 19Jan Backwell R O - Bridgwater Police Court 1854 30Mar Backwell R O - Bridgwater Borough Sessions jury 1854 09Feb Badcock Mr jun - Taunton survivor of the 'Tayleur' 1854 12Jan Badcock R - meeting about the poor Taunton 1854 13Jul Badman Mr - felon Somerset Assizes died in prison 1854 26Jan Badman Thomas - fly driver stabbed J Wilcox to Wilton gaol 1854 06Apr Badman Thomas - stabbing at Weston S M 4 years penal servitude 1854 22Jun Bagehot J B - prize Free Grammar School Bridgwater 1854 20Jul Bagehot Watson - North St Langport birth off daughter 1854 07Sep Bagg George - tenant Huntspill land sale 1854 11May Bagg George C - tenant Birds Common Huntspill 1854 20Jul Bagg James - died age 66 Puriton yeoman 1854 18May Baghot Rev Richard - bishop of Bath and Wells died Bridgton 1854 29Jun Bailey Ann - age 75 Shiplett Bleadon estate sale 1854 09Nov Bailey Henry - Hailes plouging match 1854 06Apr Bailey James - labourer age 19 murder of Eliza Coles at Cutcombe 1854 20Apr Bailey James - murder of ELiza Coles to be transported 1854 09Nov Bailey John - Halse award 1854 15Jun Bailey Mr - fight in New St Bristol 1854 16Mar Bailey Mr - White Hart Hotel Glastonbury 1854 19Jan Bailey S A - subscription for the poor Bridgwater 1854 21Sep Bailey William - servant of Mr Codrington of Wembdon injured 1854 09Nov Bailey William - Halse award 1854 30Mar Baily Mr - murder Taunton Assizes 1854 07Dec Baker v Gt Western Railway - Bridgwater accident visiting sister 1854 06Jul Baker Abraham - Brach of peace Bridgwater Court 1854 06Apr Baker Ann - purse stolen Wiveliscombe 1854 27Apr Baker Benjamin - Bridgwater guardian of the poor 1854 09Nov Baker Elizabeth - Castlemans Hill award 1854 20Jul Baker George - grocer High St Wells died 1854 17Aug Baker George - Wells election 1854 20Apr Baker Henry marr Elizabeth Phillips at Trinity Church 1854 05Jan Baker J - Stowel House Carlton St Weston Super Mare education 1854 12Jan Baker James - journeyman Bridgwater witness 1854 14Sep Baker James - sale of land at Cannington 'Pruers' 1854 09Nov Baker James - Wellington award 1854 06Apr Baker John - Hatch Beauchamp burgled 1854 20Apr Baker John - churchwarden for Trinity Bridgwater 1854 03Aug Baker John - witness Chedzot fir tree case 1854 21Dec Baker John - gardener to the Mayor Bridgwater 1854 03Aug Baker Joseph - stole fir tree at Chedzoy 1854 30Nov Baker Joseph - struck Mary Ann Hill Bridgwater Police COurt 1854 16Feb Baker Mr - house sale the Mount Bridgwater 1854 30Mar Baker Ms - robbed at Wiveliscombe 1854 07Dec Baker Philip - Southmolton died age 52 Shepton Mallet 1854 23Feb Baker Rev - sale of 'Parkers' Lyncombe 1854 05Oct Baker Rev Frederic Augustus rector Godmonstone marr Frances M Shaw 1854 27Jul Baker Rev Thomas - Boroughbridge sunday school anniv Isle of Abbots 1854 04May Baker Rev William Samuel - to assistant curacy Crewkerne 1854 13Jul Baker Rev William Samuel - assistant curate Crewkerne sermon 1854 06Apr Baker Richard - Cutcombe 1854 20Jul Baker Samuel E - Weston Super Mare town commissioner 1854 20Jul Baker W A of Cannington marr Maria Reed of Exeter at St Johns Wood 1854 23Mar Baker William - FGS Somerset Archaeological Society 1854 30Mar Balch Samuel - stole bread at Bruham 1854 28Sep Baldwin Samuel - Lymington Hants 1736 body immersed to stop wife 1854 21Dec Bale widow - fortune teller Glastonbury died 1854 09Nov Bale John - Barton Grange ploughman award 1854 20Jul Ball John - Furslands Court West St age 17 bound over 1854 30Nov Ball Richard - tide waiter Burnham 1854 26Oct Ball Thomas - Twerton his cotton stolen 1854 02Nov Ball Thomas - his handkerchief stolen Twerton 1854 23Nov Ball William - reaping award South Petherton Ag Soc 1854 22Jun Ballance Charles - Taunton 1st prize 1854 13Jul Ballance Charles of Lower Clapton marr Caroline Heudebourck of Taunton 1854 13Jul Ballance John - Lower Clapton Middx son Charles marr 1854 02Nov Ballett Ann - Westnzoyland maintenance of illegitimate child 1854 30Mar Balley Joseph - trunk and pattern maker died of consumption 1854 09Nov Bally W F - Sion Hill Bath dau Sarah marr at Walcot 1854 26Oct Balsover Edward - 16 tailor theft at Weston Super Mare 1854 17Aug Baly Dr W - Millbank prison physician 1854 23Nov Bambury Eli - reaping award South Petherton Ag Soc 1854 30Mar Banbury Hannah - stole bread at Kingsbury Episcopi 1854 19Oct Bandfield Mr - Martock runner 1854 21Dec Banfield James - Dawes Farm North Petherton excitement 1854 28Dec Banfield John - cabinet maker Chard accident 1854 06Jul Banfield Thomas - South Petherton cart accident 1854 21Dec Banks F W - birth of daughter Bridgwater 1854 13Jul Banks Joseph - acquitted Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 02Nov Banner Henry - stole cheese North Petherton 1854 07Sep Bannerman capt - loss of the 'Lady Nugent' Madras 1854 17Aug Bant Ms - charged with assault Bridgwater Petty Sessions 1854 09Mar Bar.e.t Mr - Stoford nr Yeovil died 1854 08Jun Barber Elias - seedsman Castle Cary 1854 27Jul Barber J - workman for G Bevan cabinet maker Wells 1854 27Jul Baring Rev F - Meare land sale 1854 07Dec Barker Mr - framemaker Agar Town drowned trying to save child 1854 02Mar Barker Mrs - 2 Blessington Place Dublin buried alive 1854 27Apr Barker Rev Philip C - preached Sion Chapel 1854 23Mar Barker William of Winsham marr Mary Pearce of Thorncombe 1854 05Oct Barlow John - died age 60 Post Office Willisbridge 1854 15Jun Barnard G - yeoman Somerton birth of son 1854 07Sep Barnard John - cholera alarm 1854 11May Barnard Rev Edward - vicar of Yatton to Canonry of Coombe 1854 04May Barnard Rev Henry John - to prebend of Combe 1854 03Aug Barnard T - Rose and Crown Langport birth of son 1854 16Nov Barnard T of Weston SM marr Elizabeth Coulton of Uphill 1854 30Mar Barnard William - no bill Wells Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 07Dec Barnes Dr George - Barnstaple son James died in India 1854 07Dec Barnes James Ralph - died age 35 Nynee Tal India son of Archd of Bstple 1854 24Aug Barnet Mr - Swan Inn Stogursey sale of wagon 1854 12Oct Barnicott James - accident East St Taunton 1854 28Dec Barns Alfred - auction at Clarence Hotel Bridgwater 1854 10Aug Barnsley Edward - cholera death Plymouth hospital ship 1854 27Apr Barnstaple Joseph - Middlezoy guardian of the poor 1854 03Aug Barnstaple Joseph - Chedzoy fir tree case 1854 05Oct Barnstaple John - his sheep stolen Middlezoy 1854 02Nov Barnstaple John - his sheep stolen at Middlezoy 1854 14Sep Barnwell master W - model ship Bridgwater Exhibition 1854 16Nov Barratt Joseph - Wells decd dau Mary Elizabeth died 1854 01Jun Barrel Robert - bailiff of Bridgwater 1587 1854 14Dec Barrett Dr T - birth of daughter St James Sq Bath 1854 12Oct Barrett Jacob - late Kings Square London and Wandsworth dau Sarah marr 1854 30Mar Barrett James - Luckham blacksmith his nails stolen 1854 06Jul Barrett Mr - governor Monmouth County Gaol arrested 1854 29Jun Barrett William - ensign 2nd Somerset Regiment of Militia 1854 09Nov Barrington Thomas - Farrington Gurney ploughing match 1854 03Aug Barrough John - Ashcott his liver stolen 1854 09Mar Barrow lieut Arthur - RN Burnham birth of daughter 1854 02Nov Barry Robert - theft of peck measure Odcombe 1854 26Jan Barston Frederick - Milverton 1854 22Jun Barter Samuel - Kingskerswell dau Mary marr 1854 20Apr Barter Thomas - surgeon Bath wife Susanna Howley died age 69 1854 14Dec Barthelemy Emanuel - Frenchman murderer London 1854 21Dec Barthelmy Emanuel - murder in Warren St 1854 03Aug Bartlet N - baker Yeovil his employee was sheep stealer 1854 11May Bartlett G - Ebrington St 1854 07Dec Bartlett Samuel marr Ann Hull at South Perrot 1854 27Apr Barton Charles - vice chairman board of governors Wincanton 1854 08Jun Barton Mr - lace manuf Basford nr Nottingham suicide 1854 31Aug Bartrum George - stone mason Salmon Lane Bridgwater crossing 1854 19Oct Baskett C H - solicitor birth of daughter Evershot 1854 20Jul Basley Mrs - Victoria St Burnham 1854 16Feb Bassett Peter of Linsdale marr Elizabeth Harding of Frome 1854 16Feb Bassett Samuel Theobald - of Linsdale Bucks son Peter marr 1854 06Apr Batch Joseph - poaching in Earl of Ilchesters wood 6 weeks 1854 08Jun Bate Mr - Bridgwater sale of 'Cheeks' Dunwear 1854 05Jan Bate Robert - birth of daughter Bridgwater 1854 27Jul Bath R - Meare land sale 1854 11May Bath R- land at Allerton Moor 1854 11May Bath R- land at Allerton Moor 1854 22Jun Bath Robert - relict Mary died age 86 Glastonbury 1854 06Jul Batten John - died Hollands nr Yeovil age 80 1854 13Jul Batten John - died at Hollands nr Yeovil 1854 02Nov Batten John - his stockings stolen at Yeovil 1854 03Aug Baulch Edward - Langport birth of son 1854 23Feb Baverstock Isaac - sale of cottage at Midford 1854 06Jul Baverstock Mr - Hosdon nr Swindon fire 1854 10Aug Bawden J - Weston S M birth of son 1854 20Jul Bawden Richard - tenant Middlezoy land sale 1854 04May Bawden Robert - tenant Lake Wall Westonzoyland house sale 1854 27Apr Bawn Joseph - Curry Rivel church pew dispute 1854 25May Baye J B - druggist Bristol royal infirmary concert died 1854 26Oct Bayley James - died age 60 Dowlais native of Gurney Slade 1854 16Feb Baylis J N - Swansea architect Beaufort Dock 1854 02Mar Bayly Charlton Booth - RN dau Lucy Hammond marr Notting Hill 1854 05Oct Bayly Mr - Devizes solicitor office broken into 1854 26Oct Bayly Robert - his boots stolen at Frome 1854 20Jul Bayson Mr - Drayton labourer pigs bewitched 1854 20Jul Beadle John - merchants Hull ship accident 1854 23Nov Beadon Capt - sale of grass Bathpool 1854 10Aug Beadon Edward - Taunton stall at Wellington fete 1854 11May Beadon John Northover - Taunon dau Mary marr 1854 15Jun Beadon Rev F F - 31 Pulteney St Bath dau 1854 26Jan Beadon Rev R J - birth of son at Sherwill Rectory 1854 24Aug Beale John - Bridgwater organ 1854 28Sep Beale Mr - organ builder Bridgwater organ to hire 1854 13Jul Bean Abraham - his purse stolen Twerton Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 13Jul Bean Thomas - stole sheep Blagdon Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 06Jul Bearcroft Rev G C K - Bridgwater exhibition 1854 28Sep Beard PC - Cardiff police 1854 21Dec Beart John - stole newspaper London attorney Falcon Ct Fleet St 1854 09Feb Beattie George - robbed at Queens Hotel Manchester 1854 02Feb Beaumont Rev Henry - birth of son Vane St Bath 1854 09Nov Beaumont Rev H - to rectory of Freshford 1854 07Sep Beer Alfred - Exeter painted windows Bridgwater Exhibition 1854 25May Beer E - dau marr at Tabernacle Chapel Yeovil 1854 30Mar Bees Francis - Keynsham ham 1854 13Jul Bees Mary - assualted at Midsomer Norton Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 28Dec Beggeley Charles - Hatch Court timber 1854 09Mar Beging W K - solicitor Wincanton agent for Crown Life Ass 1854 13Apr Beha Lorenz - travelling watchmaker Norwich murdered 1854 30Mar Belbin Thomas - stole duck at Charlton Horethorne 1854 03Aug Belford Joseph - sale of corn Smoky Farm Staplegrove 1854 30Mar Bell David - North Petherton land sale 1854 03Aug Bell Miss C - Chard school fete 1854 25May Bell Mr - Chard petition against church rates 1854 03Aug Bell Rev J H - Chard school fete 1854 22Jun Bellchambers Mr - schoolmaster St James day school 1854 29Jun Bellhouse Mrs - wool fair Ilminster 1854 27Jul Bellinger Henry - labourer Hennets foundry Bridgwater Police Court 1854 13Jul Bellingham Jane - jumped from train at Corsham 1854 08Jun Belton Henry - musician Shorts Gardens Drury Lane his watch stolen 1854 30Mar Bence John - Weston burgled 1854 06Apr Bennet James - Luckham his nails stolen 1854 23Mar Bennet Mr - druggist Bath dau Elizabeth Carleton died age 14 1854 24Aug Bennet William - Gloucester murder 1854 28Dec Bennett Charlotte - servant witness in Warren St murder case 1854 14Sep Bennett Edward Wentworth - ensign 2nd Somerset Militia 1854 13Jul Bennett John - bill ignored Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 19Jan Bennett Mary Ann - order against Edward Tilly of Bristol Bridgwater Court 1854 28Dec Bennett Mr - Banwell robbed of fir poles 1854 07Sep Bennett Mrs - South Brent land sale 1854 21Dec Bennett Rev - Frome school 1854 23Mar Bennett Rev W J E - attacked in pulpit Frome 1854 06Jul Bennett Rev W J - Frome St Peters now St Johns 1854 02Nov Bennett W H - age 18 2nd Bengal Fus died Prome Burmah of Frome Selwood 1854 09Nov Bennett Ziber - beer shop Bridgwater Police Court forged coin 1854 20Apr Benson Henry - witness petty sessions 1854 07Dec Bently v Edwards - farmer at Wambrook and Rev Henry Edwards 1854 05Oct Beringer J - Penzance silversmith bankrupt 1854 31Aug Bernie v Glencross - Bridgwater county court packman 1854 09Feb Berry George - prov ctte Bridgwater Patent Slip company 1854 19Jan Berry Samuel - Whitestaunton burgled 1854 30Mar Berry Samuel - burgled at Whitestaunton 1854 26Jan Berryman Henry - West Bagborough relative of Mary Bosley 1854 21Sep Berryman Mr - wine and spirit stores Wells his housekeeper died 1854 25May Berthone Rev - Fareham collapsable troop boats 1854 12Oct Bertram Charles - Gateshead fire 1854 12Oct Bertram Charles - brokers Gateshead fire 1854 07Dec Berwick George - seaman 'Marain' Waterford wages Bridgwater Police Court 1854 30Mar Besgrove Mary Ann - riot at Kingsbury Episcopi 1854 09Nov Besley John - Wiveliscombe award 1854 15Jun Besley T S - Tiverton grocer bankrupt 1854 21Sep Best Henry - Bridport wife Eliza died age 30 dau of S Diller 1854 30Mar Best Ms - murder of child at Chard 1854 28Dec Bethell Richard Augustus - son of solicitor general Dunblin insolvent 1854 30Mar Betts W - Crescent Teingmouth birth of son 1854 11May Betty Edward Sturton - sale of King Alfred Inn Boroughbridge Lyng 1854 27Jul Bevan G - cabinet maker Sadler St Wells his workman killed 1854 27Apr Bice David Hawes - Wembdon guardian of the poor 1854 16Mar Bice Mr - accident at Wembdon 1854 15Jun Bickford John Walter of Bristol marr Mary Ann Hurt of Ilminster 1854 15Jun Bickford Mr - Ashburton son John marr at Taunton 1854 10Aug Bickland Thomas - West Sedgmoor land sale 1854 10Aug Biddulph Rev Theophilus - decd St Matthews Bristol dau marr 1854 11May Bidgood William - witness Cullompton robbery 1854 28Sep Biffen Emma - witness Aisholt post mortem 1854 09Feb Biffen Mr - turned waste water from waterwheel across the road 1854 21Dec Biffin Mr - Swing Farm nr Cannington 1854 02Mar Biggs George - Farmborough sheepstealing 1854 02Mar Biggs George jun - Farmborough sheepstealing 1854 30Mar Biggs George - snr 5 years penal servitude for stealing sheep Priston 1854 30Mar Biggs George - jun 5 years penal servitude for stealing sheep Priston 1854 05Oct Biggs Mrs - Kingswood Hill father C Jenkins died age 73 1854 24Aug Bigwood Henry marr Jane Thyer at St Johns Eastover 1854 09Mar Bigwood James John - Chard birth of daughter 1854 20Jul Billin Rev Robert -headmaster Wye College nr Ashford sudden death 1854 10Aug Billing Rev J P - curacy of Huish Cum Langport 1854 12Oct Billing Rev Joseph Phelps - curate Huish Episcopi 1854 20Jul Billinge Thomas H - Weston Super Mare town commissioner 1854 20Jul Billings J - Bath and London visitor to Burnham 1854 02Nov Billings James - dau Julia Sutch died age 21 at Taunton 1854 03Aug Binding Jane - witness North Petherton assault 1854 05Jan Bindon Mr - Watchet labourer comitted suicide 1854 02Nov Bindong Charles - his money stolen at Stogursey 1854 23Nov Bingham Mr - house sale St John St Bridgwater 1854 31Aug Binging William Keal - solicitor Wincanton died age 54 1854 27Jul Binning Mr and Mrs - Blakeway Heath Wedmore cruelty 1854 21Sep Birch Joseph - labourer Sunderland drowned 1854 11May Bird Arabella Phillips - died at Bath wife of Major Bird 1854 28Sep Bird J - solicitor Taunton birth of still born son 1854 25May Bird James - South Brent House sale 1854 13Jul Bird Mr - captures Wells 1854 13Jul Bird Mr - Crewkerne dinner for opening factory 1854 20Jul Bird Mrs - Derby visitor to Burnham 1854 06Jul Bird Samuel James - brewer Weston nr Bath bankrupt 1854 13Jul Bisdee John - Hutton Park Van Diemens Land son Thos marr 1854 13Jul Bisdee Thomas Denning of Van D Land marr Emily Burroughs of Shep Mall 1854 10Aug Bisgrove C - Exeter Inn Bridgwater decorations 1854 13Jul Bisgrove Samuel - his gown stolen Wells Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 05Jan Bishop H - birth of daughter Ottery St Mary 1854 27Apr Bishop James - Spaxton guardian of the poor 1854 02Nov Bishop Joseph - his coat stolen Westonzoyland 1854 07Dec Bishop Mr - printer Taunton died 1854 17Aug Bishop Walter - his employee in Martock riding accident 1854 19Oct Bishop William - Burton ploughing contest 1854 12Oct Bittel Mr - witnesss to disturbance at Bridgwater 1854 23Nov Blacker Arthur Edward - son of George inquest at Midsomer Norton 1854 02Nov Blackmore Ann - recieved stolen money Carhampton 1854 03Aug Blackmore Harriet - age 17 stole bread at Wellington 1854 13Jul Blackmore Henry - drunk Bridgwater Police Court 1854 18May Blackmore James - Gollick Farm Clayhidon sale 1854 09Nov Blackmore James - Buckland award 1854 06Jul Blackmore Thomas - stole sheep Somerset Sessions 1854 09Nov Blackmore Thomas - Buckland award 1854 12Jan Blake F C of London marr Harriet Sarah Andrews of Bridgwater 1854 11May Blake Mrs - Dolphin Hotel Honiton birth of son 1854 26Oct Blake Rhoda - tenant messuage sale Lime St Nether Stowey 1854 01Jun Blake Robert - alderman of Bridgwater 1587 1854 21Dec Blake William - birth of daughter Bishops Hull 1854 16Nov Blanchflower Ann - prize Williton and Dunster Ag Assoc 1854 20Apr Bland Edmund - West Bagborough inquest 1854 20Apr Bland James - West Bagborough inquest 1854 04May Blandford H T - Netherclay Corfe nr Taunton sale of steam engine 1854 08Jun Blatchford Walter - sadler Hatherleigh 1854 09Nov Blathwayt Rev W T - to curacy of Langridge 1854 17Aug Blencowe John - stoker Camden Town railway accident 1854 19Jan Blennershasset Mr - at Yeovil ball 1854 31Aug Blinkow John - fireman and stoker North London railway accident 1854 16Feb Blinman H - Temple Cloud 1854 07Sep Blower J- sheepdog shit Bridgwater Petty Sessions 1854 20Jul Blundell William - died age 68 Taunton of Crosby Hall Lancs 1854 16Mar Board Charles - sale of horse 'Rattler' Taunton 1854 06Jul Board Edward - burglary Somerset Sessions 1854 11May Board Mr - Puriton Cement Works 1854 14Dec Board R - Churchingford blacksmith bankrupt 1854 16Nov Board Robert - Burnham railway 1854 27Jul Board W - board of health Burnham 1854 21Sep Boase John - barrack master Pendennis Castle died age 81 1854 03Aug Bobbet Samuel - age 35 stole liver at Ashcott 1854 23Mar Bodley T H - Taunton birth of son 1854 28Dec Bodley T H - printing Bridgwater Times 1854 06Jul Bodley Thomas Harper - St Marys St Bridgwater 1854 27Apr Body Benjamin - yeoman Broadfield Down Wrington son William marr 1854 27Apr Body William of Broadfield Down marr Susannah Withey of Chew Magna 1854 25May Body William - South Brent House sale 1854 28Dec Body William - died age 71 South Brent 1854 28Dec Body William - South Brent auctioneer died age 71 1854 20Jul Bolding Mr - customs timber measurer Hull ship accident 1854 06Apr Bollan sgt - his shilling stolen Somerset Assizes 1854 06Apr Bolt John - stole lime at Taunton 2 weeks 1854 21Sep Bond George - Long Sutton gun accident 1854 12Jan Bond J of Barrington marr Miss Rodnerse of South Petherton 1854 08Jun Bond John - chemist Minehead 1854 07Dec Bond Thomas - Park North Petherton 2nd prize ag show 1854 13Jul Bonfield master - age 9 South Petherton fell from cart parents London 1854 05Oct Bonser Mr - shot people Nottingham bread riots 1854 14Sep Bonser Mr - Radford riots 1854 19Oct Boon Joseph - servant to Mr Jennings Martock Ag Assoc 1854 02Nov Boon Mr - farmer Lyng 1854 09Nov Born Mrs - North Tawton cuered of stomach complaint 1854 02Nov Bosley James - stole cheese North Petherton 1854 26Jan Bosley Jane - drowned Milverton 1854 26Jan Bosley Mary - widow Fitzhead suicide letter from dau Jane 1854 30Nov Boswell Peter - PC officer Watchet 1854 07Dec Boud F H - Royal Grammar School Marlborough birth of dau 1854 13Jul Boulting John - age 10 Bridgwater inquest drowned 1854 26Oct Bourchier Eliza - murder at Barnstaple 1854 28Sep Bourrecoud Mons - French and drawing lessons Castle St Bridgwater 1854 02Mar Bouverie P Pleydell - chairman Somerset Central Railway Co 1854 24Aug Bowden Mr - Dartmoor prison warder attacked 1854 06Jul Bowden William - breach of pound - Bridgwater Police Court 1854 05Jan Bowditch W H - Bridgwater Agent for Globe Insurance 1854 09Feb Bowditch W H - secretary Bridgwater Patent Slip company 1854 06Jul Bowell John - Wells 1738 old custom revived 1854 24Aug Bowen Frederick - perjury Yeovil 1854 30Mar Bowen John - Bridgwater died 1854 06Apr Bowen John - funeral Bridgwater 1854 25May Bowen Mr - Bridgwater and Over Stowey 1854 09Nov Bowen Rear Admiral Charles - died age 66 Brentry Lodge Henbury 1854 30Mar Bowen William - wife Mary Ann died Bridgwater age 67 1854 18May Bower Peter - dau Mary Ann marr at Yeovil 1854 27Apr Bowering misses - sale of household furniture Court Farm House Treborough 1854 06Apr Bowerman James - wounded Wellington 1854 30Mar Bowman James - fraud at Bruton 15 months 1854 06Apr Bowring W - tender for Bridgwater Union 1854 07Dec Box E L - Bristol corn merchant bankrupt 1854 28Sep Boyce Samuel - birth of son Evercreech 1854 17Aug Boyd James - engineer travelled Bristol to Bridgwater without ticket 1854 03Aug Boyd William - struck by lightning Pomeroy 1854 21Sep Boyle lieut col Robert - MP died Varna Bay 1854 16Nov Boyle lieut col - left œ10,000 Frome 1854 09Nov Bradbeer Sarah - Milverton womanservant award 1854 24Aug Bradbury Mr - prisoner Dartmoor prison age 20 attacked warder 1854 24Aug Bradfield David - Bridgwater made stone pulpit for Berkswell Church 1854 07Sep Bradford Mr - coal merchant Thorney fierce dog 1854 11May Bradley Rev B - Huntspill lands 1854 06Jul Bradley William - his horse beans stolen Somerset Sessions 1854 10Aug Bradshaw John - cottage sale St Matthews field Bridgwater 1854 06Jul Brady Mr - guard Wilton Gaol 1854 30Mar Bragg Henry - no bill Wells Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 21Sep Braine John - Carton Denham dau marr 1854 22Jun Brake George - Banwell Old Friendly Society 1854 14Dec Brakspear Mr - architect Bridgwater Church Restoration claim 1854 07Dec Brakspear W H - Bridgwater Church restoration 1854 28Dec Brande Rev T C - oresented with silver teapot by St Marys Church 1854 27Apr Brande Rev W T C - preached Bridgwater Parish Church 1854 06Jul Brande Rev W J C - Bridgwater exhibition 1854 27Jul Bratton George - St John St Bridgwater Sessions 1854 29Jun Bray W - Frome Selwood clothier bankrupt 1854 13Jul Breck Joseph - American ship Harkaway shooting 1854 24Aug Breen Mr - age 30 assaulted woman nr Greystone Wicklow 1854 22Jun Bremridge T J - Penrose Villa Heavitree 1st prize 1854 04May Brend Isaac - died age 81 4 Daniel St Bath 1854 03Aug Brettingham C - his raspberries stolen Shepton Mallet 1854 21Dec Brewer Eli - caught stealing swedes Chard 1854 05Oct Brewer George Thomas - stole sheep at Middlezoy 1854 02Nov Brewer George Thomas - stole sheep at Middlezoy 1854 29Jun Brewer John - land sale North Moor North Petherton 1854 20Jul Brewer Mr - Langport drunk 1854 19Oct Brewer William - porter Bridgwater Union 1854 26Oct Brewer William - porter Bridgwater Union witess 1854 15Jun Briant Edward - Bridgwater died age 61 at Finchley 1854 09Nov Brice F - Gothelney Bridgwater Ag Assoc 1854 16Mar Brice John - Balls Farm Woolmersdon 1854 13Jul Brice John - Glewstone House nr Ross caught blind salmon 1854 15Jun Brice Mrs James - White Hart Inn Wells birth of daughter 1854 19Jan Brice W - at Yeovil ball 1854 13Jul Brickley John - stole tarpaulin Weston Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 09Nov Bridges Mr - Bridgwater Ag Assoc 1854 02Mar Bridges Thomas - Farmborough sheepstealing 1854 20Jul Brierley Betsey - age 20 explosion at Bridge Fold Mill Rochdale 1854 27Jul Briggs Mary - tenant cottage sale Prospect Place Glestonbury 1854 23Nov Brightwell Martha - husband died at Alma refused relief 1854 13Jul Brimble Henry - acquitted Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 05Oct Brindles John - witness Bridgwater Police Court 1854 19Oct Brine Alexander - Shepton Montague Burton ploughing contest 1854 20Jul Brine Maj - 8th fusiliers son James marr at Oxford 1854 20Jul Brine Rev James Gram marr Mary Amelia Pusey at Oxford 1854 16Nov Brittan Thomas - fatal accident at Pennywell Rd Collieries nr Bristol 1854 13Jul Brittington Mr marr Miss Harrison at Shepton Mallet 1854 31Aug Britton Ann - Bristol Terr inf of Chimney Sweepers Act Bridgwater Petty Sessions 1854 10Aug Broadribb Selina - age 18 stole at Shepton Mallet 1854 12Jan Brock George - Dr age 58 Wellington poisoned himself 1854 02Feb Brock Joseph sen - cordwainer died age 74 Glastonbury 1854 25May Brock Rev Mourany - to St Mayyews Church Widcombe Bath 1854 17Aug Bromley William - London pickpocket 1854 14Sep Bromsgrove J - sale of furniture Harp Inn Shoreditch Rd Taunton 1854 13Apr Brooking W E - St Stephens Saltash coal merchant bankrupt 1854 13Jul Brooks George - emplyed by Mr Burtis barber Yeovil Petty Sessions 1854 22Jun Brooks Henry - died age 12 chorister Wells cathedral 1854 22Jun Brooks John - shoemaker Axbridge theft 1854 13Jul Brooks John - stole knife Wells Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 24Aug Brooks John - escaped from Tring lockup 1854 26Oct Brooks Thomas - private Royal Marines Shepton Mallet Yeovil cholera 1854 27Jul Brooks William Henry - age 15 Wells apprentice manslaughter 1854 31Aug Broom John - stole horse cloth Bridgwater Petty Sessions 1854 09Feb Broom Mr - Rising Sun Inn died East Reach Taunton 1854 30Nov Broome William - navvy suicide at Preston Pluckett 1854 12Oct Brotherton Rev Thomas - Madras missionary 1854 15Jun Brough Cairy - age 8 West Esher murder 1854 16Feb Brough Elizabeth - Boston murder 1854 15Jun Brough George - West Esher murder 1854 15Jun Brough Georgina - age 11 West Esher murder 1854 15Jun Brough Harriet - age 3 West Esher murder 1854 15Jun Brough Henry - age 3 West Esher murder 1854 15Jun Brough Mary Ann - wet nurse to Prince of Wales Esher murder 1854 06Jul Brough Mary Ann - age 43 murder at Esher 1854 03Aug Brough Mary Ann - Esher murder case 1854 15Jun Brough William - age 7 West Esher murder 1854 21Sep Brown A J marr M A Terrel at Stoke Sub Hamdon 1854 05Oct Brown Caroline - Bristol pickpocket 1854 27Apr Brown Charles of Madgley marr Jane Wall of Wedmore 1854 21Sep Brown G - London late of Yeovil son A J Brown marr 1854 31Aug Brown G - Victory beer house Bridgwater license 1854 09Nov Brown H - Stawell Bridgwater Ag Assoc 1854 06Apr Brown H C - Crocombe burgled 1854 19Jan Brown Henry - sale of lands part of Sutton Mallet Manor 1854 02Feb Brown Henry - draper Crowcombe burgled 1854 03Aug Brown Henry - employed by Mr Hammil accident at brickyard Bridgwater 1854 15Jun Brown Isaac - witness to Durleigh Rd suicide nr Pound Farm 1854 03Aug Brown Jacob - Stromness survived shipwreck 1854 26Jan Brown James - farmer Milverton winess to mill accident 1854 13Jul Brown James - farmer Burton Bradstock fire 1854 13Jul Brown John - stole coat Charterhouse Hinton Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 26Oct Brown John - stole horse cloth Bridgwater 1854 10Aug Brown Mark - wood stealing Chinnock bill ignored Somerset Assizes 1854 23Feb Brown Mr - Mudgley Wedmore tree sale 1854 03Aug Brown Mrs - Ashington her sheep stolen 1854 12Jan Brown Samuel - died age 64 Chardleigh Green nr Chard 1854 21Sep Brown Samuel marr Maria Emily Oxley at Frome 1854 09Nov Brown T A - Corfe nr Taunton 1854 21Sep Brown W - timber merchant son Samuel marr at Frome 1854 27Apr Brown William - Madgley son Charles marr 1854 19Jan Browne C J P - subscription for the poor Bridgwater 1854 27Jul Browne Capt - West Somerset Yeomanry Cavalry 1854 31Aug Browne Capt George - related to J Pyke of Bridgwater 1854 19Jan Browne George - subscription for the poor Bridgwater 1854 30Nov Browne J - mayor Bridgwater propesed railings round cemetery 1854 20Apr Browne J - nominated as Bridgwater churchwarden 1854 19Jan Browne John - subscription for the poor Bridgwater 1854 16Mar Browne John - Bridgwater Town Council meeting 1854 27Apr Browne John - Bridgwater guardian of the poor 1854 01Jun Browne John - Dr Morgans charity Bridgwater 1854 15Jun Browne Messrs - Hamp archealogical discovery 1854 02Feb Browne Mrs - wife of labourer drowned at Burrow Bridge 1854 04May Browne Rev George Francis - to assistant curacy Batcombe 1854 19Jan Browne W - mayor subscription for the poor Bridgwater 1854 11May Browne W W - Westonzoyland furniture sale leaving for Australia 1854 16Mar Browne William - mayor Bridgwater Town Council meeting 1854 16Nov Brumble Isaac - fatal accident at Pennywell Rd Collieries nr Bristol 1854 07Dec Brunsden Mr - innkeeper Frome riots 1854 17Aug Brunskill Mr - tailor Exeter left œ200,000 1854 09Feb Bruyn Lucy De - died Overcombe House Weston Super Mare 1854 21Sep Bryant Alfred - Long Sutton gun accident 1854 02Nov Bryant Alfred - Chard ploughing match boys under 18 1854 10Aug Bryant Edward - burglary at Ashcott 9 months 1854 05Oct Bryant Elizabeth - house sale Barclay St Bridgwater 1854 06Apr Bryant G - Newport coal tender for Bridgwater Union 1854 23Feb Bryant Henry - Bridgwater coal merchant birth of son 1854 06Jul Bryant Mary - acquitted Somerset Sessions 1854 13Apr Bryant Mr - cottage to let top of Wembdon hill 1854 06Apr Bryant Robert - Abbots Leigh dau Harriet marr 1854 06Apr Buck Edward - stole half pence Congresbury 1 month 1854 16Nov Buck John - White Horse Fiels St Cuthbert Wells railway 1854 19Oct Buckland v Stone - Chard County Court 1854 07Dec Buckland v Stone - Chard case 1854 21Sep Buckland Elizabeth - widow housekeeper Wells died 1854 28Sep Buckland Mrs - inquest Bristol asthma 1854 28Sep Buckland Mrs - died suddenly High St Wells 1854 07Sep Bucknell John - Cannington land sale 1854 12Oct Budd Mr - baker Collumpton bread riot 1854 24Aug Budd R - Barnstaple mayor 1854 09Nov Budden D - Wells dau Isabella died age 15 1854 21Dec Budden Elizabeth - of Bridport died age 78 at Netherbury 1854 20Jul Buffet John - Stogursey land 1854 12Oct Bull Sarah - died Picks Hill nr Langport 1854 24Aug Buller J Wentworth - opening of Central Somerset Railway 1854 08Jun Buller James Wentworth - The Downs nr Crediton ag soc prize 1854 11May Buller John - Fairfax House Putney birth of son 1854 06Apr Bullock George - Bathford burglary 1854 10Aug Bullock George Froyte - lieut 1st Somerset Militia 1854 29Jun Bullock Rev J - High Ham potatoes stolen 1854 19Jan Bullock Troyte - at Yeovil ball 1854 02Feb Bulpin C- dau Ann died age 17 Westonzoyland 1854 13Apr Bulpin Charles - yeoman died age 65 Westonzoyland 1854 06Jul Bulpin Charles - Westonzoyland church rate 1854 27Jul Bulpin Charles - secretary Bridgwater races 1854 09Feb Bult George Norman chemist Tiverton marr Louisa Ramsey Frampton of Exeter 1854 08Jun Bult George Norman - chemist Tiverton 1854 28Dec Bunclark Richard - died Ashbirton age 100 1854 12Jan Buncombe John - surgeon Wellington witness 1854 19Jan Buncombe John - Burnham road repairs 1854 16Mar Buncombe John - Rookery Wellington birth of dau 1854 22Jun Buncombe John - Wellington 1st prize 1854 24Aug Buncombe John - died age 77 1854 24Aug Buncombe John - clerk Burnham Local Board died 1854 11May Bunker Mr - master emigrant ship 'Black Hawk' destroyed by flames 1854 09Nov Bunn Alfred - Bridgwater Lit and Scientific Inst lecture 1854 14Sep Bunney Arthur - shooting at Aylestone nr Leicester 1854 13Apr Bunston Benjamin - sale of Curl Pit Chard 1854 06Jul Bunston Joseph - his watch stolen Somerset Sessions 1854 13Apr Bunston Mr - watchmaker Chard birth of son 1854 20Jul Bunter William - Westonzoyland blacksmiths wheelwrights shop sale 1854 07Sep Burch Ann - died Ashcott nr Glastonbury 1854 30Mar Burcher Mr - Sir Alexander Hoods under gamekeeper 1854 06Apr Burcher Richard - shooting at Studleigh Wood 1854 02Nov Burdge William - Yatton his dau Mary marr 1854 13Jul Burfitt Charles - stole milk Ashwick Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 14Dec Burfitt James - formerly of Frome died Carcoar Bathurst NSW 1854 09Nov Burford Thomas - Angersleigh award 1854 16Nov Burge Isaac - prize Williton and Dunster Ag Assoc 1854 20Apr Burge James - West Munckton dau Lydia marr at New St Pancras church 1854 18May Burge James - yeoman Weston dau Caroline marr 1854 31Aug Burge R - infringement of Chimney Sweepers Act Bridgwater Petty Sessions 1854 10Aug Burge Sophia - age 17 stole cloth at Taunton 1854 06Jul Burge Thomas - his donkey stolen Somerset Sessions 1854 26Oct Burgess Eliza - robbed at Shepton Mallet 1854 11May Burgess Robert - witness Cullompton robbery 1854 06Apr Burgess William - unlawful wounding at Wellington 14 years 1854 03Aug Burgin John - Railroad Inn St John St Bridgwater 1854 10Aug Burke Michael - attempted to bury child alive St Albans 1854 11May Burlton H - sale of land at Burnham 1854 06Jul Burlton Rev H Beaumont - to rectory of Farway nr Honiton 1854 29Jun Burnell Edward - decd Westonzoyland house and cider mill sale 1854 29Jun Burnell Edward - age 32 Kings Sedgmoor 1854 29Jun Burnell Edward - Cannington estate sale 1854 21Dec Burnell Edward - sale of land at Westonzoyland 1854 12Jan Burnell Thomas - Bridgwater son Thomas died aged 37 Marylebone 1854 11May Burnett John jun - Huntspill 1854 02Nov Burnett Mary - her hay stolen at Chard 1854 02Nov Burnett Mary - her hay stolen at Chard 1854 09Mar Burnett Susan - Charlton nr Cheltenham murder of child 1854 18May Burnett Thomas - Claverham dau Jane marr at Yatton 1854 23Nov Burnie v Glencross - Bridgwater court case 1854 22Jun Burns James - Banff 'Felix' sealer died 1854 30Mar Burr Joseph - acquitted Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 19Jan Burridge Arthur - at Yeovil ball 1854 23Nov Burrington Ernest Francis - died age 5 Fore St 1854 13Jul Burroughs G F - decd Shepton Mallet dau Emily marr 1854 06Apr Burrows Abel - Bedford Assizes penal servitude 1854 09Nov Burrows William - Woodram ploughman award 1854 18May Burry Mr - North Brook Farm Shapwick grass sale 1854 21Sep Burston Mr - sale of house North Petherton 1854 22Jun Burt C J T - Blackheath dau marr 1854 03Aug Burt Charles - age 34 burglary at Odcombe 1854 02Nov Burt Frederick - stole boots at Yeovil 1854 10Aug Burt Robert - his gun stolen Compton Dundon 1854 30Mar Burton William - Bath assaulted 1854 02Nov Burton William - labourer robbed 1854 02Feb Busby Mrs Walter - birth of daughter Cottage Pl City Rd London 1854 10Aug Bush Edward - his tea stolen Somerset Sessions 1854 07Dec Bush H - son lieut Bush injured at Inkerman 1854 23Mar Bushell prof Llewellyn - electro biology night at Bridgwater 1854 20Apr Bussell J jun - St Marys Bridgwater church clock 1854 19Jan Bussell James jun - subscription for the poor Bridgwater 1854 18May Bussell James - charged 3 men with ill treating calves Bridgwater 1854 18May Bussell James - lodging house regs Bridgwater Police Court 1854 25May Bussell James - Bridgwater Police Court 1854 08Jun Bussell James jun - Bridgwater horticultural society 1854 27Jul Bussell James jun - Bridgwater Police Court 1854 12Oct Bussell James - candidate asst overseer Bridgwater 1854 10Aug Bussell Mr - Bridgwater decorations 1854 12Jan Bussell Robert - constable Bridgwater 1854 28Sep Bussell Robert - police constable Bridgwater 1854 26Oct Bussell Robert - witness borough quarter sessoins 1854 27Jul Butler Capt James A - died fighting at Sillatria age 27 1854 14Dec Butler George marr A Andrews at Shepton Mallet 1854 08Jun Butson Charles - Highbridge Inn apology 1854 25May Buttle John - case of F Denman of Bridgwater 1854 20Jul Button Charles - 44 Westbourne Park Rd Paddington fire 1854 07Sep Byfield Mr - Chewton Mendip and Evercreech cricket 1854 09Feb Byres William G - died Devonport age 61 1854 13Jul Cabble Jacob - stole bread Nunney Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 06Jul Caines James - stole mangold wurzel Somerset Sessions 1854 16Nov Caines Mrs - widow of Capt Caines of the 'Marathon' at Princes St child 1854 15Jun Call James - decd dau Caroline marr at Marylebone 1854 30Mar Callow Ann - North Petherton land sale 1854 29Jun Callow Mrs - land sale Broadmead North Petherton 1854 29Jun Callow Mrs - land sale Brodmead North Petherton 1854 29Jun Callow Mrs - land sale Brodmead North Petherton 1854 19Jan Calman J J - subscription for the poor Bridgwater 1854 14Sep Calman J J - Bridgwater letter 1854 03Aug Calman Mr - wine merchant St Mary St Bridgwater servant wanted 1854 09Mar Calvert Richard - Clerkenwell skinning cats 1854 28Dec Cameron Robert - Redcliff Cres Bristol dau Mary Ann marr 1854 02Nov Cammish Richard - master 'Happy Return' Filey age 64 wrecked 1854 06Jul Campbell William - brother of Sir Angus accident at Connal Ferry 1854 05Jan Cannicott John - Stibbear Farm Donyatt 1854 13Jul Canzen Lorenzo - American ship Harkaway shooting 1854 16Mar Cape Thomas - tenant sale of Cothay barton estate 1854 08Jun Capes William - vet Bridport 1854 13Jul Card Samuel - acquitted Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 25May Cardale Rev Edward Thomas - to incumbancy of Flax Bourton 1854 03Aug Carden John - Tipperary abduction case 1854 26Oct Cardew lieut - Curry Mallet not killed at the Alma 1854 12Oct Cardew Lieut - Curry Mallet killed at battle of Alma 1854 23Mar Cardew Rev J H - decd Curry Mallet tenements sale 1854 11May Cardwell Mr - stone mason cart accident of way to Wells 1854 02Feb Cardwell Mrs - accident at East Wells 1854 25May Carew T G - Crocombe Court dau Florence died Cliff Castle Seaton 1854 16Feb Carling Capt - master WHDavies ship Liverpool wrecked Barra Island 1854 19Jan Carlyon Rev P - birth of dau St James's Exeter 1854 02Feb Carnell Robert - Weston Super Mare fraud 1854 10Aug Carpenter George - grocer Witham Friary currants 1854 19Oct Carrack John - in service of William Darby Martock Ag Assoc 1854 22Jun Carslake J B - recitation Free Grammar School Bridgwater 1854 20Apr Carslake J I B - Brents Lodge to let Bridgwater 1854 01Jun Carslake Mr - ancient muniments and charters of Bridgwater 1854 21Sep Carter Ann - died age 57 Minster St Salisbury 1854 21Sep Carter Ann Edna - dau of Ann died age 32 Salisbury 1854 13Jul Carter James - stole lead Midsomer Norton Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 21Dec Carter John - dau Harriet Elizabeth died age 18 Stroud 1854 26Oct Carter Rev Feeles - Kingston birth of son 1854 09Nov Carter Rev James - minor canon Bristol cathedral died 1854 29Jun Carter William - witness Bridgwater Police Court 1854 21Sep Carter William - age 61 died Salisbury 1854 20Jul Cartwright Mr - Weston Super Mare town commissioner 1854 30Nov Carver E G - Bridgwater Iron Works 1854 21Dec Carver Francis - assaulted by Mr Dyer Bridgwater Police Court 1854 27Apr Carver John - Chilton Polden guardian of the poor 1854 11May Carver John - the younger Moorlinch yeoman wife Sarah selling stock 1854 28Sep Carver Mr - architect Haines Hill Taunton Wesleyan College 1854 10Aug Carver William - age 45 unnatural offence Somerset Assizes 1854 23Nov Cary Mr - Pylle his sheep stolen 1854 06Apr Case Mr - baker West St intruder 1854 06Apr Case V - tender for Bridgwater Union 1854 02Nov Caswell Robert - Chard ploughing match boys under 18 1854 10Aug Catford J B - birth of son Chard 1854 18May Catford Mr - postmaster Bampton fire 1854 16Nov Cattle P - Long Acre coach maker bankrupt 1854 27Jul Cave and Brutton - giant egg Yeovil 1854 06Apr Cave John - witness Cutcombe murder 1854 01Jun Cave R - Bristol Manchester warehouseman bankrupt 1854 03Aug Cavendish Lord - Long Sutton 24th birthday celebrations 1854 22Jun Cavill v Sealey - Bridgwater County Court 1854 19Jan Cavill Henry - subscription for the poor Bridgwater 1854 02Mar Cavill Henry - auctioneer Bridgwater 1854 23Mar Cavill Miss - pastry cook Bridgwater shop sale 1854 25May Chadwick prof - electro biology Bridgwater 1854 19Jan Chadwick F - at Yeovil ball 1854 01Jun Chaffey R T - died Partridge House nr Shepton Mallet 1854 13Jul Chaffey William - his money stolen Keinton Mandeville Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 20Apr Chalice Abraham - employed by Samuel Webber of Shrapnell age 9 died 1854 03Aug Chalis Abraham - West Bagborough killed 1854 15Jun Challacombe Mrs Dr - Pembroke St Bath birth of son 1854 12Oct Chalmers George of Stone House Staplegrove marr Louise Edwards 1854 09Feb Chamberlain John - robbed at Queens Hotel Manchester 1854 05Oct Chambers F - erecting stall in High St Bridgwater Police Court 1854 02Nov Chambers R - Dunkerton his fowls stolen 1854 02Nov Chambers Richard - his duck stolen at Dunkerton 1854 12Oct Champayn John marr Mary Ann Taylor by license 1854 13Jul Champion James Horden - his flour stolen South Brent Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 22Jun Champney Clement - trotting match with R Greenslade of Charlton Farm 1854 23Feb Chancellor Elizabeth - sale of Millham Orchard Midford and Hope and Anchor 1854 23Feb Chancellor William - sale of 'Broadlands' Midford 1854 09Mar Channing Henry - solicitor Taunton agent for Crown Life Ass 1854 27Apr Channing Henry solicitor Taunton marr Miss Culverwell of Wilton 1854 22Jun Channing W L - Heavitree 1st prize 1854 11May Chapel Messrs - sale of land at Mark Moor 1854 15Jun Chapman C - wife died at Shovel House N Petherton age 73 1854 05Oct Chapman George King - son George Edmund died age 12 Taunton 1854 07Dec Chapman George - poaching Wells County Petty Sessions 1854 27Jul Chapman Richard - age 62 sale of Butterwell Orchards Glastonbury 1854 06Jul Chappell John - Wells 1714 old custom revived 1854 06Apr Chappell Thomas - his money stolen Bishops Hull 1854 21Sep Chapple C P - printer Ilminster birth of daughter 1854 13Jul Chapple George - Dulverton dau Julia marr 1854 06Jul Chapple Mr - Stogumber cutting timber accident 1854 13Jul Chapple Mr - Stogumber died in accident 1854 26Oct Chard Mr - land sale Milk Close nr Nether Stowey 1854 29Jun Chard Mr - Kings Sedgmoor 1854 25May Chard Sarah - Bridport inquest fire at St Andrews Wall Bradpole 1854 19Oct Charles Thomas - Garston House Frome decd dau Mary Jane marr 1854 12Oct Charlesworth Thomas - Summercoates Derbyshire labourer 1854 07Dec Chattle Mr - draper Frome riots 1854 28Sep Chave Joseph - Torquay builder bankrupt 1854 10Aug Chawner Emma - Longton case 1854 27Jul Chedzoy Mr - assault to constable West St Bridgwater 1854 08Jun Chereton Robert - Broomfield walking postman new policeman 1854 28Dec Cheriton PC - rescued drowning man Bridgwater 1854 05Oct Cheriton Robert - on duty Pigs Cross Bridgwater 1854 27Jul Cherriton Robert - constable West St Bridgwater assault 1854 26Oct Cherriton Robert - PC Bridgwater witness 1854 03Aug Chetwynd C - Chard school fete 1854 07Sep Chick Louisa - removed to Hemyock but returned to Bridgwater 1854 30Mar Chick Ms - died Coffee House Lane 1854 02Nov Chidgey John - assault at Heathfield acquitted 1854 09Nov Chidgey William - Heathfield award 1854 14Sep Chifney Sam - Brighton jockey died age 68 1854 02Nov Chilcott William - stole sheep Spaxton 1854 13Jul Childs Mary - infant case Chiselborough 1854 08Jun Ching John - chemist Launceton 1854 30Mar Chope and Co - Bristol selling adulterated guano 1854 29Jun Chord Mr - High Ham his sheep stolen 1854 02Nov Chorley Betsy - stole shawl at Milverton 1854 25May Chorley James - West St Bridgwater cottage sale 1854 30Nov Chorley T F - Taunton admitted as attorney 1854 02Nov Chown Ann - stole flour at Carhampton 1854 10Aug Chubb John - wounded James Nation at Upton 1854 09Nov Church Robert - Emberrow ploughing prize 1854 16Mar Churchill Robert - sale of Rapps Farm Ilton 1854 12Oct Clark A - shipbroker Gateshead fire 1854 31Aug Clark Byfield of Trowbridge marr Margaret Sinkins of Frome 1854 27Jul Clark C and J - rug and shoe manuf Street 1854 20Jul Clark Capt - Bath visitor to Burnham 1854 22Jun Clark Cyrus - Street Glastonbury 2nd prize 1854 17Aug Clark Cyrus - Society of Friends Street 1854 27Apr Clark E - farmer North Wootton fire 1854 18May Clark Harry - Cloford hay 1854 02Mar Clark James - director Somerset Central Railway Co 1854 13Apr Clark James - Street British and Foreign Bible Society 1854 17Aug Clark James - Society of Friends Street 1854 31Aug Clark John - ostler Commercial Inn witness Bridgwater County Court 1854 04May Clark John Aubrey - land surveyor Somerset Levels essay 1854 19Jan Clark Martha - Devonshire food riots Exeter 1854 26Oct Clark Mr - Kingston messuage sale 1854 02Feb Clark Mrs W H - birth of son Cerne Abbas 1854 05Oct Clark William - sale of Holcombe estate Uplyme 1854 21Sep Clarke A A - artist child died age 5 mths Clayfield Cottage 1854 15Jun Clarke Alfred - artist wife Elizabeth Maria died age 26 Taunton 1854 23Mar Clarke Edward marr Mercy Fry of Banwell 1854 23Mar Clarke George - Sand Farm Kewstoke son Edward marr 1854 06Apr Clarke George - constable Stowey assaulted 1854 01Jun Clarke J - Woolavington benefit club 1854 29Jun Clarke James Archdall - ensign 2nd Somerset Regiment of Militia 1854 27Apr Clarke Joseph Bawden - Woolavington guardian of the poor 1854 30Nov Clarke Messrs - Street supplying army in Crimea 1854 16Nov Clarke Mr - saddler rescued drowning girl Taunton 1854 29Jun Clarke Mr and Mrs - Weston S M neighbours of Mr Elf died 1854 06Apr Clarke Rev Samuel - birth of still born son 1854 19Oct Clarke Rev Samuel Childs - vacancy at St Thomas Launceton 1854 08Jun Clarke T T - chemist Bodmin 1854 19Oct Clarke Thomas - boy Burton plouging contest 1854 22Jun Clatworthy v Loscombe - Bridgwater County Court 1854 10Aug Clatworthy Eliza - her husband J Webber committed bigamy Somerset Assizes 1854 25May Clayton C - stone quarry Bradford Wilts Som and Weymouth railway 1854 10Aug Clements Henry - Bath defrauded 1854 30Mar Clements William - his shovel stolen at Frome 1854 09Mar Clemmitt John - Clemmits Inn gunpowder seizure in the City 1854 16Feb Clifford Charles - New North Terrace Exeter birth of daughter 1854 16Feb Clift Mr - left barrow on line nr Frome 1854 26Jan Clifton John - Langport cart accident 1854 09Nov Clothier J - Pawlett Bridgwater Ag Assoc 1854 11May Clothier Miss - sale of land at Mark Moor 1854 23Feb Clothier Mr - sale of Hawkers Bristol Rd Bridgwater 1854 26Oct Clothier Susanna - Twerton robbed 1854 20Apr Clothier William - churchwarden for St Johns Bridgwater 1854 10Aug Clutterbuck Emma - age 3 accident at Northwoods Green Westbury on Svn 1854 05Oct Coaley Daniel - Kingstanley accident 1854 28Sep Coate John Gristock yeoman marr Jane Gristock at N Petherton 1854 23Feb Coate Mr - grocer High Ham agent for Bulpins cattle medicine 1854 19Oct Coate Thomas - his tallow stolen 1854 02Nov Coate Thomas - his fat stolen Langport 1854 30Mar Coate William - acquitted Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 30Mar Coate William - acquitted Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 01Jun Coates lieut S B - Staunton Court nr Bristol 1854 16Feb Cobb B - Appledore his horse stolen 1854 10Aug Cobley John - Bridgwater his rope stolen 1854 16Mar Cochrane Lady - birth of dau Admiralty House Portsmouth 1854 09Nov Cock J - Boomer Farm Bridgwater Ag Assoc 1854 20Apr Cock James - Coal Oak Farm Pitcombe widow Agnes died 1854 24Aug Cocking Mr - shop nr CLarence hotel 1854 12Oct Cockshot Mr - superintendant South Devon traffic 1854 14Sep Codd Mr - supt of police Plymouth 1854 28Dec Codrington H - freemason Lodge of Perpetual Friendship 1854 23Nov Codrington Mr - clergyman Goathurst County Court case witness 1854 17Aug Cogan Mr - died Priddy 1854 30Nov Cogan Mr - tanner Kingston horse accident 1854 23Nov Cogan Mrs - Taunton had her pocket picked 1854 02Feb Cogle Thomas jun - Stogursey birth of daughter 1854 24Aug Coker Maj - Clare House Devon birth of daughter 1854 03Aug Colbourne Miss - sale of household furniture Nether Stowey 1854 10Aug Cole Eliza - girl under 12 East Harptree assaulted 1854 28Sep Cole George brick manuf marr Mary Caines at Wimborne 1854 28Dec Cole Mrs - Charterhouse burgled 1854 02Nov Coleman James - Fivehead Farm Otterford sale of stock 1854 02Mar Coleman John - tenant land sale North Newton 1854 21Dec Coleman Miss - died at Glastonbury 1854 22Jun Coleridge F J - Ottery St Mary 1st prize 1854 30Nov Coles A - surgeon Yeovil corns 1854 16Nov Coles Betty - age 84 prize Williton and Dunster Ag Assoc 1854 29Jun Coles C - London Inn case re stolen tongs Bridgwater Police Court 1854 02Feb Coles Charles - landlord London Inn fined 10s Bridgwater police court 1854 11May Coles Charles - Puriton Cement Works crushed hand 1854 06Jul Coles Charles - his sugar tongs stolen Bridgwater Borough Sessions 1854 09Mar Coles Edith - decd sale of livestock Lyng nr Taunton 1854 28Dec Coles Edward - his relict died at Paul's House Taunton 1854 06Apr Coles Eliza - age 11 murdered at Cutcombe Lype cottage 1854 06Apr Coles Elizabeth - mother of Eliza Coles of Cutcombe 1854 01Jun Coles Elizabeth - Luxborough murder 1854 13Jul Coles Henry - his handkerchief stolen Yeovil Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 26Oct Coles J - tenant house sale Claypitts nr Nether Stowey 1854 27Apr Coles John - cottage for sale Pawlett 1854 20Jul Coles John - sale of crops Bankland Farm North Petherton 1854 26Oct Coles John - tenant messuage sale Castle St Nether Stowey 1854 26Oct Coles Joseph - tenant messuage sale Castle St Nether Stowey 1854 25May Coles Mr - Bankland Farm North Petherton live stock sale 1854 23Feb Coles Mr - London Inn Bridgwater agent for Bulpins cattle medicine 1854 03Aug Coles Mr - Stone Farm Yeovil his sheep stolen 1854 04May Coles Mr marr Miss Peach at the Baptist Chapel 1854 06Apr Coles Richard - Cutcombe sister ELiza murdered 1854 26Oct Coles Sarah - tenant messuage sale Castle St Nether Stowey 1854 06Apr Coles William Gale - Clifton birth of son 1854 08Jun Coles William - house sale Fryern St Bridgwater 1854 20Jul Collard Benjamin - died age 68 Wiveliscombe was landlord Half Moon Inn 1854 14Dec Collard Charles - greengrocer 74 Warren St Tottenham Ct Rd 1854 23Nov Colley Thomas - inquest on son at Angel Inn Castle Cary 1854 30Mar Collier George - his measuring taps stolen Burton 1854 26Oct Collier George - his knife stolen Writhlington 1854 20Jul Collinge Absalom - age 20 explosion at Bridge Fold Mill Rochdale 1854 20Jul Collinge Alice - age 15 explosion at Bridge Fold Mill Rochdale 1854 20Jul Collinge Betty - age 96 explosion at Bridge Fold Mill Rochdale 1854 27Apr Collings James - North Petherton guardian of the poor 1854 09Nov Collings Mr - Ford Gate Bridgwater Ag Assoc 1854 27Apr Collings Richard - Sutton Mallett guardian of the poor 1854 28Dec Collings Richard - timber sale Hindes Farm Moorlinch 1854 28Dec Collings W - timber sale Godfrys Farm Moorlinch 1854 30Nov Collings William - tree sale at Sutton Mallet nr Bridgwater 1854 28Dec Collings William - timber sale Gappers Farm Moorlinch 1854 08Jun Collins and Potter - chemists Barnstaple 1854 13Jul Collins C - landlord George Inn died age 33 1854 31Aug Collins H Powell - died age 78 at Weston of Hatch Beauchamp 1854 30Mar Collins John - stole cheese Yeovil 1854 25May Collins John - tenant Mark Moor land sale 1854 06Jul Collins John Stratford - Wythale Walford son marr 1854 29Jun Collins Mr - sale of land at Meare 1854 16Nov Collins Mr - yeoman Priddy pigs stolen 1854 15Jun Collins Mrs - late of Bruton died Bullemore Farm nr Shepton Mallet 1854 06Jul Collins Nathaniel Kyrie of Ross marr Isabella Hancocks of Worcs 1854 27Apr Collins Rev J C - preached St Johns Church Bridgwater 1854 03Aug Collins Sansom - sheep stealer Yeovil Mudford Road Ashington 1854 30Mar Collins Thomas - Bridgwater Borough Sessions jury did not appear 1854 09Nov Collins William - Wiveliscombe plouging match 1854 02Feb Collinson Mr - farmer Teesdale perished in the snow 1854 10Aug Colman Billy - the Rival Mail 1854 18May Colman Henry - his cabbages stolen 1854 05Oct Colman James - sale of hay Fivehead Farm Otterford 1854 13Jul Colman Sarah - her shoes stolen Rodden Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 23Feb Colmer Joseph - tenant Fursland Buildings West St Bridgwater cottage sale 1854 19Jan Colmer Mr - Bridgwater madrigal society 1854 20Apr Colmer Mr - Bridgwater madrigal society 1854 10Aug Colston Capt George Washington - incident in the Channel 1854 20Jul Colston Charles Kelway - assistant surgeon 1st Somerset Militia 1854 27Jul Colston Charles Kalway - asst surgeon 1st Somerset Militia 1854 27Apr Colthurst Jonathan Colmer - St Michael Church guardian of the poor 1854 01Jun Colthurst Jonathan - North Petherton club 1854 27Apr Colthurst Thomas Colmer - Thurloxton guardian of the poor 1854 03Aug Colthurst Thomas Colmer - Thurloxton christening 1854 29Jun Coluta Joseph - age 46 Cannington land sale 1854 05Jan Combe R T - sale of trees at Donyatt 1854 13Jul Combolck Henry - stole weather glass Weston Super Mare Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 27Jul Comer Thomas - Meare land sale 1854 13Jul Comfort James - acquitted Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 09Nov Comins Richard - Tiverton now Melbourne birth of daughter 1854 04May Compton James - Kingston Deverell son Sidney marr 1854 15Jun Compton Samuel - Torquay freemasonry 1854 04May Compton Sidney of Kingston Deverell marr Marianne Garrett 1854 07Dec Compton Stephen - decd Bear Inn South St Exeter dau Mary marr 1854 26Oct Coney Rev Thomas - Pucklechurch his son wounded at the Alma 1854 28Sep Coney Rev William John of Sidcliffe marr Mary Ann Adams 1854 09Nov Connett Mr - Corley Bridge Inn Exeter cured of liver complaint 1854 06Apr Connock John yeoman Stawell marr Mary Alexander of Bridgwater 1854 04May Conry Rev Charles - to assistant curacy Evercreech 1854 20Jul Cook and Co - warehousemen fire St Pauls Churchyard London 1854 06Jul Cook Ann - stole bacon Somerset Sessions 1854 27Jul Cook H - assistant overseer Bridgwater Sessions 1854 14Dec Cook H - asst overseer Bridgwater taken over Anchor Inn Cannington 1854 25May Cook H - Bridgwater sworn a special constable 1854 19Jan Cook Henry - assistant overseer Bridgwater Police Court 1854 12Oct Cook Henry - resigning as asst overseer Bridgwater 1854 02Nov Cook Henry - Frome theft acquitted 1854 09Feb Cook Henry Trapnell marr Mary Ann Tucker both of Bridgwater 1854 29Jun Cook John - Shiplett Bleadon estate sale 1854 09Feb Cook John - Wedmore horse killed 1854 28Sep Cook Mr - assistant overseer Bridgwater 1854 28Dec Cook R - freemason Lodge of Perpetual Friendship 1854 10Aug Cook Robert - cottage sale St Matthews field Bridgwater 1854 10Aug Cook William - Albert Inn St Matthews field Bridgwater sale 1854 29Jun Cooke Alfred - ensign 2nd Somerset Regiment of Militia 1854 09Nov Cooke Mrs E - Clist St Goerge nr Exeter cured of erysiplas 1854 21Dec Cooke Sarah - died age 21 Weston Super Mare 1854 09Nov Cooksley Henry - West St house sale Bridgwater 1854 21Sep Coolen Charles - High Ham now Australia sent money to brother 1854 24Aug Coombe Charles of Barrow Court Tickenham marr Mary Jane Holesgrove 1854 08Jun Coombe George - Creech St Michael ag soc prize 1854 31Aug Coombes v Hart - Bridgwater County Court horse T Coombes Birtle 1854 01Jun Coombs Messrsr - labourers East Brent tree accident 1854 20Jul Coombs William - decd Shapwock furniture sale 1854 20Apr Coomey Patrick - executed Monaghan gaol 1854 26Oct Cooper Ann - 23 labourer theft at Cheddar 1854 16Mar Cooper Charles - sudden death at 'Fortune of War' Giltspur St City 1854 26Jan Cooper Edward of Southampton marr Mary Anstice of Street 1854 05Oct Cooper Edward Yalden - Wincnaton soclictor perpetual comm 1854 18May Cooper Job - died Clifton formerly Shepton Mallet 1854 30Nov Cooper John - Bridgwater Iron Works 1854 18May Cooper Misella - age 22 gypsey wedding Wrington 1854 20Jul Cooper Mr - Milton tanner tree 1854 04May Cooper Rev Astley - to curacy of Monkton Combe 1854 05Jan Cooper Rev M - election Vicarage of Crediton 1854 29Jun Cooper Thomas Arthur - High St Bridgwater house sale 1854 13Jul Cooper William - his eggs stolen Lovington Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 28Dec Cop Richard - visiting assistant of Dr John Neil of 75 Aldersgate St 1854 08Jun Cordwent George - Taunton surgeon deputy coroner 1854 10Aug Cordwin Richard - his fowl stolen Somerset Assizes 1854 07Sep Corner Edward - Cannington land sale 1854 12Jan Corner Mr - Wellington Academy 1854 08Jun Corner Richard - printer Wellington 1854 27Jul Corner Richard - secretary church nat schools South St Wellington 1854 08Jun Cornfield James - ironmonger Yeovil 1854 22Jun Cornish John - 'Four Chimnies' Hillfarrance sale 1854 02Nov Cornish John - tenant sale of land 'Catfords' Stogursey 1854 02Nov Cornish John - Upton his bread stolen 1854 09Nov Cornish Mary - Kittisford award 1854 20Jul Cornish Mr - rebuilding of tower St Marys Church Taunton 1854 23Nov Cornish T S - sale of furniture Hele Mount Bradford nr Taunton 1854 02Nov Corry Dr - coroner Bridport 1854 30Mar Corry Jane - Yeovil her cheese stolen 1854 29Jun Cory Henry - drowned at Oxford age 22 1854 02Nov Cosens Mary Ann - stole money at St Decumans 1854 31Aug Coson Emmas - age 12 assaulted Leamington 1854 31Aug Costelloe Mr - Connaught soldier murdered wife in India 1854 12Oct Cosway Thomas - bootmaker Bampton St Tiverton wife Mary died 50 1854 23Mar Cottell George - died age 49 New Inn Gas St Weston S M 1854 09Nov Couch Mr - Anchor Inn Chudleigh cured of stomach complaint 1854 20Jul Coulson John - age 24 labourer Witham drowned Hull ship accident 1854 09Mar Coulson Mrs T L - Bristol fell and died 1854 09Nov Coulson Rev J E - to Walton and Weston in Gordano 1854 16Nov Coulson Rev John Edmund - to curacy of Walton and Weston 1854 09Mar Coulson Thomas Lane - wife Susannah died age 77 Gloucester Row Clifton 1854 09Feb Counsell Mr - Wells his son excise officer 1854 06Apr Counsell Phoebe - stabbing at Wedmore 1 month 1854 16Nov Court J - prize Williton and Dunster Ag Assoc 1854 27Jul Court James - tenant sale of messuage at Glastonbury 1854 02Nov Court Robert - Bridgwater soldier at battle of Alma report 1854 20Jul Court William - millwright Dunster broke leg 1854 22Jun Courtis J - Beeralston grocer bankrupt 1854 06Jul Cousins Elizabeth - stole butter Somerset Sessions 1854 07Sep Cousins John - dau Ellen Mary marr at Long Ashton 1854 16Mar Cousins Samuel - sale of land Abbots Isle 1854 21Dec Cousins William - died Stroud age 65 1854 16Mar Couzens D - East Stanhope cab proprieter bankrupt 1854 09Mar Coward Mrs - died Stockland Farm W Pennard typhus wid of James of Cloford Fm 66 1854 12Oct Cowden J - fire brick manuf Gateshead fire 1854 02Nov Cowling George - 'Happy Return' Filey age 26 drowned 1854 06Apr Cowling Thomas - Cutcombe murder 1854 10Aug Cox v Carrington - Bath surgeon case 1854 16Nov Cox Benjamin - Burnham railway 1854 29Jun Cox Charles - Westonzoyland land sale 1854 21Dec Cox Charles - sale of Westonzoyland land 1854 10Aug Cox Emanuel - stole gun at Compton Dundon 1854 10Aug Cox Henry - age 29 assalt on Eliza Cole East Harptree 1854 30Nov Cox Henry - tide waiter Burnham 1854 28Dec Cox James Robinson - landlord Chelsea house murder case witness 1854 12Oct Cox James Thomas - painter South St Yeovil died age 32 1854 23Nov Cox John - late of Dorchster dau Darkey Knight marr 1854 13Apr Cox Mrs - widow of Rev J Cox of Cheddington died Bath 1854 24Aug Cox Rev - missing clergyman Burn Hall Sunderland 1854 03Aug Cox Rev J C - Chard school fete 1854 06Apr Cox W - Pilton sugar 1854 30Mar Cox William - painter Church St Yeovil birth of daughter 1854 06Apr Cox William - birth of daughter Church St Yeovil 1854 02Nov Cox William goldsmith marr Sarah Guppy at Yeovil 1854 06Apr Cozens G - shooting at Chedzoy 1854 23Feb Cozens Mr - grocer High Ham agent for Bulpins cattle medicine 1854 29Jun Coznes Mr - land sale Ruishton Somerset 1854 25May Crabb Mary Ann - Bridport inquest fire at St Andrews Wall Bradpole 1854 29Jun Crabb Mr - Wells saleof land at Ruishton 1854 20Jul Crabb Mrs - sale of live stock Capland Farm nr Hatch Beauchamp 1854 08Jun Craddock Francis - Lypeat ag soc prize 1854 18May Crandon John - ill treating calves Bridgwater Police Court 1854 18May Crawley Lieut - explosion on 'Jasper' off Beachey Head 1854 29Jun Crazes policeman - Bridgwater Police Court 1854 08Jun Creak T E - chemist Honiton 1854 30Mar Crease Jane - widow Milverton court case 1854 09Nov Crease Sandy - labourer Wedmore attack 1854 28Sep Creed James - porter Bridgwater police court stole tobacco 1854 26Oct Creed James Thomas - stole tobacco borough quarter sessions 1854 22Jun Creedy v Biddell - Wells beer house case 1854 15Jun Creedy Edward - Bridgwater nephew of John Symes 1854 07Sep Creedy William - labourer North Gate Bridgwater petty sessions 1854 30Mar Crees William - stole suet at Yeovil 1854 26Oct Cresswell Joseph - marine store dealer borough quarter sessions 1854 11May Creswell Joseph - sale of potatoes Bridgwater 1854 10Aug Cribb William - stole trousers at Baltonsborough 1854 05Oct Crichet James - died at New Ship Inn Dorchester 1854 02Nov Criddle John - Coombe Florey theft acquitted 1854 06Jul Criddle Mary - acquitted Somerset Sessions 1854 02Nov Cripps John - Barstons Bridge nr Highbridge wrong medicine 1854 19Oct Crocker James - AB lost HMS Vixen 1854 26Oct Crocker John - witness borough quarter sessions 1854 28Sep Crocker Mr - witness Bridgwater Police Court 1854 03Aug Crockett William - Bindon House nr Wellington sale 1854 19Jan Croft Rev James Halls - preferment to vicarage of Timberscombe 1854 08Jun Croker Charles - auctioneer Holsworthy 1854 09Nov Crook Sarah - Stawley award 1854 26Oct Crosby William - fell in dye vat died Manchester infirmary 1854 10Aug Cross Matilda - age 16 stole cloth at Taunton 1854 09Nov Cross R - Axminster cured of deafness 1854 11May Cross William - vet Cullompton robbed 1854 01Jun Cross William - Bridgwater Police Court 1854 30Mar Crossby Celia - no bill Wells Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 02Mar Crosse A - Tone Court Broomfield birth of daughter 1854 27Apr Crossman James - Puriton guardian of the poor 1854 02Mar Crossman Thomas - Buckham Farm Ashcott niece S Richards marr 1854 23Feb Crotch Rev W R - Somerset Archaelogical Society 1854 17Aug Crowdy William Morse - Chiseldon his groom committed suicide 1854 18May Crudge Mr - constable Bampton 1854 20Jul Crumb Charles - stole wheat Bridgwater to Hambridge 1854 10Aug Crump Charles - stole wheat at Bridgwater 1854 19Jan Crutch G - at Yeovil ball 1854 23Nov Cuff W F - chair Crewkerne cattle show 1854 29Jun Cullen T - deacon Langport Independent chapel 1854 21Dec Cullen Thomas - Wearn nr Langport age 71 1854 02Nov Culliford James - Ilchester butcher died age 84 1854 21Dec Culverwell James - birth of son 1854 09Mar Culverwell T - sale of baking business Williton 1854 06Apr Culverwell Thomas - St Decumans his bread stolen 1854 09Nov Cummins John - labourer Market Lavington plouging prize 1854 13Jul Cummins Mary Ann - stole shoes Wrington Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 24Aug Cunningham Mr - warder Dartmoor prison hit by spade 1854 09Mar Curnick T - accountant son Theophilus died 18 mnths 1854 23Feb Curry capt Douglas - birth of son Chettle Lodge Cranborne Devon 1854 27Jul Curry Mr - brickyard Taunton fish 1854 09Mar Curtis Ann Sophia - died Axminster age 28 wife of Charles W Bond 1854 06Jul Dalbyn Thomas - his sheep stolen Somerset Sessions 1854 17Aug Dale Robert - age 49 former brewer London died cholera 1854 06Apr Dally farmer - Cutcombe 1854 06Apr Dally Benjamin - shooting at Chedzoy 1 week 1854 30Mar Dally J B - Bridgwater Borough Sessions jury 1854 09Nov Dally Robert - labourer Chewton 1854 29Jun Damen Angel - Isle Brewers 1854 24Aug Dampier Alexander - sale of livestock Blagdon Fair Blagdon 1854 09Mar Dampier Rev John - Collinshays nr Bruton dau Frances marr 1854 18May Dampier S R - lieut 1st Somerset Militia 1854 22Jun Dando Edward of Churchill marr Mrs Mary Perry at Turnham Green London 1854 17Aug Dando William - Temple Cloud accident 1854 27Apr Danger Thomas - Chilton Trinity guardian of the poor 1854 08Jun Danger Thomas - Huntstile nr Bridgwater ag soc prize 1854 22Jun Danger W - recitation Free Grammar School Bridgwater 1854 19Oct Daniel Edward - Bristol dau Catherine Harriett marr at Clifton 1854 23Nov Daniel Edward of Clifton marr Darkey Knight Cox of Dorchester 1854 09Nov Daniells Mr - Otterton Devon cured of liver complaint 1854 06Apr Darby Benjamin - stole bread at St Decumans 6 months 1854 10Aug Darch Thomas - Batheaston arson 1854 19Oct Dare Thomas - ploughing match Chard 1854 02Nov Dare Thomas - Chard ploughing match 1854 28Sep Daubent Martha - died Clifton sister in law of Edward Sampson 1854 26Jan Dauncey Messrs - Queen Camel cart accident 1854 08Jun Davey H - chemist Wiveliscombe 1854 02Nov Davey Mary - stole money at Wellington 1854 19Oct Davey Richard - caulker lost HMS Vixen 1854 26Jan Davey William - ostler White Hart Inn Milverton 1854 23Feb Davidge George - master of ship 'Industry' Bridgwater 1854 23Feb Davidge Humphrey - master of ship 'Nelly' 1854 26Oct Davidge Robert - 13 coal miner theft at Writhlington 1854 19Oct Davidson Edward - carpenter's mate lost HMS Vixen 1854 09Feb Davie Rev J Chapman - his dau Eunice died age 11 at Mrs Waldrons Wellington 1854 09Nov Davies General - Tan Y Bwlch Cardiganshire son Lewis marr 1854 14Sep Davies Henry - resigning as clerk to the tow comm Weston SM 1854 17Aug Davies John - coal cutter Weegfach Mines Glamorgan explosion 1854 09Nov Davies Lewis Charles marr Emma Frances Leir at Ditcheat 1854 17Aug Davies William - carter Weegfach Mines Glamorgan explosion 1854 06Jul Davis Charlotte - non payment of market rate Bridgwater Police Court 1854 02Mar Davis Elizabeth Brocklesby - died age 20 vicarage Cannington 1854 05Jan Davis J G - son smashed window of John Hurman with snowball 1854 30Mar Davis J G - Bridgwater Borough Sessions jury 1854 07Dec Davis James - Isle Abbots blacksmith poaching 1854 23Mar Davis John - stole looking glass Bridgwater Police Court 1854 30Mar Davis John - his duck stolen Charlton Horethorne 1854 30Mar Davis John - Shepton Mallet 1854 09Nov Davis John - Washford baker 1854 04May Davis John marr Ellen Parsons of Langport at Taunton 1854 26Jan Davis Maria - wife of John Davis of Milveton witness 1854 05Jan Davis Misses - Ivy Cottage Cannington education 1854 16Mar Davis Mr - Ashill Inn 1854 10Aug Davis Rev Charles William - to Breane 1854 23Feb Davis Rev George Henry - leaving Bristol 1854 18May Davis Robert marr Hannah Stephens at St Johns Church 1854 26Jan Davis Sarah Jane - dau of John Davis of White Hart Inn Milverton 1854 29Jun Davison John - Moorabool St Geelong birth of dau formerly Sherborbe 1854 12Oct Davison Mr jun - miller Gateshead fire 1854 17Aug Davy H - Fordton Crediton linen manuf bankrupt 1854 08Jun Davy John Tanner - Rose Ash nr S Molton ag soc prize 1854 13Apr Davy Mrs - New Inn North Petherton birth of son 1854 27Apr Dawbin John - Stawell guardian of the poor 1854 23Mar Dawe G - North Curry accident to W Wagget 1854 30Mar Dawe William - his peas stolen Puddimore Milton 1854 19Oct Dawkins Rev Richard - to vicarage of Westonzoyland 1854 09Nov Dawkins Rev R - to curacy if Westonzoyland 1854 21Dec Dawson Capt - Royal Flint Militia widow Sarah marr at Weston SM 1854 18May Day Charles - accident on the Richmond Railway 1854 23Nov Day Charles - Load Long Sutton drowned in river 1854 03Aug Day E - surgeon Bristol witness 1854 29Jun Day Isaac - land sale Long Acre Broadmead North Petherton 1854 02Nov Day J H - Shepton Mallett birth of daughter 1854 02Feb Day James - Weston Super Mare fraud 1854 12Jan Day John - died age 64 Haselbury 1854 11May Day Matthew - Weston dau Mary marr 1854 12Jan Day Mrs - died age 85 Haselbury 1854 30Mar Day Samuel - North Petherton land sale 1854 06Jul Day William - assaulted W Smith Bridgwater COurt 1854 08Jun Deagon W - wine and spirit merchant South Molton 1854 20Apr Dean G - nominated as Bridgwater churchwarden 1854 19Jan Dean George - Fore St Bridgwater glass and earthenware ad 1854 27Apr Dean William - Bridgwater guardian of the poor 1854 13Jul Deane Mary - Combe St Nicholas case of sovreign 1854 02Nov Deane William - Hayward Court Baron Manor of Chard 1854 23Mar Delanville Rev Hugh Gouly - curacy of St James Taunton 1854 24Aug Delarocco Mr - age 65 Brussels grocer injured 1854 14Dec Delihel John marr Harriet Palmer at St Johns Church 1854 08Jun Dell Henry - walking postman Cannington cart accident 1854 22Jun Dell Mr - postman Cannington recovering 1854 08Jun Dening Charles - ironmonger Chard 1854 02Nov Dening Robert - Chard ploughing match 1854 30Mar Denison George Anthony - Archdeacon of Taunton statement 1854 18May Denison Rev G A - Archdeacon of Taunton rumour of resignation 1854 25May Denison Rev G A - archbishop of Taunton denies resigning 1854 26Oct Denman Dennis - farmer 'Pounds' nr Bridgwater his potatoes stolen 1854 02Nov Denman Dennis - his potatoes stolen Bridgwater 1854 27Apr Denman Francis - miller Bridgwater insolvent debtor 1854 25May Denman Francis - Bridgwater insolvent miller 1854 26Jan Denman Henry B - his hog sheep stolem Downside Shepton Mallet 1854 28Sep Denman Jeffery marr Emma Gwyther at Bridgwater 1854 30Mar Denman Mary Ann - Yeovil forgery case 1854 06Apr Denman Mary Ann - forgery at Yeovil 1854 10Aug Denman Mr - Bridgwater decorations 1854 26Oct Denmead Robert - age 30 labourer Clapton burglary Someset Co Sess 1854 06Apr Denner E - tender for Bridgwater Union 1854 09Mar Denning John - birth of son at Pitt House 1854 10Aug Denning William - stole waistcoats of Thomas Menfield of Chard 1854 06Jul Dent Charles - stole fold stakes Somerset Sessions 1854 06Apr Derek William - 6 years penal servitude Somerset Assizes 1854 02Nov Derham Charles - Mount St dau Mary marr at Taunton 1854 13Jul Derham Mary - North Curry witness 1854 26Oct Derrick Daniel - Clapton burgled Somerset County Sessions 1854 26Oct Derrick Henry - Clapton burgled Somerset County Sessions 1854 31Aug Derrick William - died age 65 Weston SM of the Lower Arcade 1854 14Sep Devall Mr - fire at Hazel End Farm Farnham 1854 13Jul Devine Thomas - American ship Harkaway shooting 1854 16Feb Diamond Richard George - Newton Abbott stationer bankrupt 1854 23Feb Dibble Isaac - tenant Fursland Buildings West St Bridgwater cottage sale 1854 03Aug Dibble Joseph - assault at Combwich 1854 27Jul Dibble Mr - Burnham horse 1854 05Oct Dibble Robert marr Mary Reed at St Johns church 1854 20Apr Dibble William - farmer witness West Bagborough inquest 1854 07Sep Dibble William - Cannington land sale 1854 06Apr Dickendson Joseph - master Langport Workhouse died 1854 10Aug Dickenson Jane - glover Somerton her money embezzled 1854 07Dec Dickinson F H - Kingweston birth of dau 1854 27Jul Difford Mr - Meare land sale 1854 23Mar Difford S - Chard birth of son 1854 20Jul Diggle Selina - age 21 explosion at Bridge Fold Mill Rochdale 1854 17Aug Dight Caroline - beer shop Fryern St Bridgwater assault 1854 17Aug Dight W - beer shop Fryern St Bridgwater wife Susan assaulted 1854 21Sep Diller Samuel - dau Eliza Best died age 30 Bridport 1854 02Feb Diment William - public annoyance Fore St Bridgwater 1854 26Oct Dimmet Sarah Ann - hawker stole money Bridgwater St Matthews Fair 1854 30Mar Dimmick John - stole shovel at Frome 1854 12Oct Dimmock Joseph - birth of daughter Barwick 1854 15Jun Dimmock William - Frome remarriage 1854 05Oct Dimmott Sarah Ann - Exeter widow stealing Bridgwater Police Court 1854 08Jun Dingle W - chemist Callington 1854 26Jan Dinnicombe Mr - saddler Tiverton 1854 30Mar Ditcher Rev Joseph - East Brent letter 1854 30Mar Dixon Christopher - sailor killed South Shields 1854 19Oct Dixon James Henry - late Tollington Park London dau Margaret Edwards dau 1854 09Nov Dixon James Murray - rector of Trinity Parish Bath silver inkwell 1854 13Jul Dobel Joseph jun - bought stolen pullet West Coker 1854 23Feb Dobin John of Beer Farm marr Emily Evans at Aller 1854 16Nov Doble Abraham - appointed corn meterer 1854 30Nov Doble Alfred - ex soldier killed on Wellington road 1854 11May Doble Mr - Taunton Race Horse Tavern birth of dau 1854 02Nov Dobney John - Mosterton his carter had accident 1854 27Jul Dobree S - fireworks at Wellington 1854 25May Dod Henry - executors of Burnham house sale 1854 10Aug Dodge J S - St Austell rigging 1854 13Jul Dodge Samuel - stole brandy Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 03Aug Dodimead Mr - one of his men had wagon accident Wincanton 1854 16Nov Doeg Mr of Wells marr Amy Mare of Glastonbury 1854 11May Doeg W S - printer Wells dau Mary Anne died of consumption age 27 1854 09Feb Doel Joseph - prov ctte Bridgwater Patent Slip company 1854 16Nov Doel Joseph - finance committee 1854 25May Doel Mr - one of his carters had accident Westonzoyland 1854 16Nov Dolignon Rev J W - to curacy of Bothenhampton 1854 14Dec Domden Ephraim marr Hannah Condick at St Johns Church 1854 16Nov Dome Sarah - age prize Williton and Dunster Ag Assoc 1854 16Feb Dominy Henry - swordsman Dorsetshire Yeomanry Cavalry 1854 13Apr Dominy Henry of Cerne marr Lucy Johns Guy at Cerne Abbas 1854 16Nov Dommett William - mayor Chard 1854 12Oct Dore David - brokers Gateshead fire 1854 30Mar Dore William - burglary at Weston 1854 02Feb Dorse J - baker birth of daughter still born 1854 30Mar Dorse John - Westonzoyland his flour stolen 1854 23Mar Doubleday Mr - surgeon 13 Windsor St City Rd 1854 14Sep Dougherty Mr - Devizes disturbance 1854 28Sep Dougherty William - soldier 6th royal artillery shooting Devizes Sessions 1854 13Jul Dowding Rev Charles - rectory Maperton son William Langord died age 3 weeks 1854 29Jun Dowel master - worked at factory Spring Gardens Frome accident 1854 30Mar Dowling James - stole barley at Frome 1854 14Sep Down D I - oxyhydrogen microscope Bridgwater Exhibition 1854 09Mar Downing Elizabeth - widow of Roger died age 90 died Putford smugglers 1854 29Jun Downing Peter - Shiplett Bleadon estate sale 1854 16Nov Dowton John - West Quantoxhead waggon 1854 04May Dowty F G - Bridgwater 1854 05Oct Doy John - deserting the Royal Artillery Bridgwater Police Court 1854 22Jun Drake Bernard William Fraser - died age 29 Funchal Madeira 1854 19Oct Drake Rev C - to West Monkton Somerset curacy 1854 04May Drake Rev Francis Charles - to assistant curacy West Monkton 1854 25May Draper Mr - sale of cottage Union St Bridgwater 1854 21Dec Dredge James - decd Salisbury dau Mary Ann marr in Australia 1854 06Jul Drew James - his bran stolen Somerset Sessions 1854 06Jul Drew John - Bishops Cannings millers story 1854 17Aug Drew Joseph - solicitor felony Bath Police Court 1854 19Oct Drew Samuel - late of Exminster dau Sarah Matthews marr at Melbourne 1854 30Nov Drew Samuel - kept beer house Bond St Weymouth murderer 1854 10Aug Drewer William - his ducks stolen at East Chinnock 1854 30Mar Driscoll Cornelius - his oranges stolen Frome 1854 09Feb Drury Jane - age 15 months 13 South King St Dublin inquest 1854 08Jun Duckett George - the Grange Wedmore Blackwood rookery 1854 11May Duckett M - land at Allerton Moor 1854 20Jul Duckett Michael yeoman Puriton matt Sarah Dyer 1854 20Jul Duckett Michael - Puriton marriage to Sarah Dyer 1854 12Oct Duckett Michael - died Wedmore age 78 1854 17Aug Dudden William - fire at Paulton 1854 20Apr Dudderidge Robert - messuage sale Barclay St Bridgwater 1854 23Feb Dudderidge William - master of 'Bristol Parcket' 1854 08Jun Dudderidge William - tenant Barclay St Bridgwater house sale 1854 03Aug Duddridge Mr - hotel Staplegrove sale of hay at Fairwater Farm 1854 07Dec Dudeney Mrs - Mayfield Sussex birth of son 1854 26Jan Duffield W M - Heavitee commission agent bankrupt 1854 29Jun Duffin George Blair - ensign 2nd Somerset Regiment of Militia 1854 20Jul Duffy Owen - co Monaghan age 122 1854 30Nov Dugdale Elizabeth - New St Weymouth murder 1854 30Mar Duke Joseph - his fowl stolen Dowlish Wake 1854 29Jun Duke Joseph - Ilminster wool fair 1854 11May Dummett Mrs - East Reach Taunton furniture sale 1854 25May Dummett Mrs - East Gate Taunton furniture sale 1854 07Dec Duncombe Eleanor - died Chard age 67 relict of Augustine Wheadon 1854 13Apr Dunkley George - sale of 'Shattocks' Creech St Michael 1854 10Aug Dunkley George - corn sale North End Creech St Michael emigrating 1854 29Jun Dunn Mr - Egremont Hotel Williton 1854 09Nov Dunn Mr - Williton accident to employee 1854 07Sep Dunn Mr - Yearlstone farm Tiverton accident to child 1854 31Aug Dunn Robert - auction Great Western Wheel Works Wellington 1854 06Jul Dunster Mrs - scene at Castle Green and Market Place 1854 13Jul Durbin John - admitted as evidence Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 03Aug Durham Thomas - age 30 burglary at Durston 1854 02Nov Durk George - his pillow cases stolen at Ruishton 1854 24Aug Durk Henry - ecclesiastical builder Shireditch nr Taunton dau marr 1854 11May Durling Mrs - land at Allerton Moor 1854 27Apr Durling Thomas - Westonzoyland guardian of the poor 1854 07Sep Durman George - plumber and glazier N Petherton sale of furniture 1854 29Jun Durman William - land sale Broadmead North Petherton 1854 10Aug Durmand Mrs - landlady Bird In Hand Taunton her shawl stolen 1854 11May Durston G - decd sale of land at South Brent 1854 11May Durston John - tenant Moor House Allerton 1854 27Apr Durston Mr - Christon Court Banwell sheep 1854 24Aug Durston Mr - sale of brewery Kingston nr Taunton 1854 20Jul Durston Robert - inquest at Crown Inn nr Railway Station 1854 07Sep Durston Thomas - tenant Huntspill land sale 1854 13Jul Durston William - his sheep stolen Christon Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 27Jul Durston William - wife E Faver perjury Bridgwater Police Court 1854 31Aug DuCane Rev A - curacy of St Cuthberts Church Wells 1854 06Jul Dyer Ambrose - assault on James Lake Bridgwater Borough Sessions 1854 10Aug Dyer George - cottage sale St Matthews field Bridgwater 1854 05Jan Dyer James - the Castle Taunton 1854 19Jan Dyer Mr - one of Mr Ricks men fly accident 1854 13Apr Dyer Mr - North St Bridgwater his silver stolen 1854 06Jul Dyer Samuel - his butter stolen Somerset Sessions 1854 28Dec Dyer William - mayor of Barnstaple died Newport 1854 30Nov Dyke Eliza - Weymouth murder 1854 23Nov Dyke Mr - butcher Bath gig accident 1854 03Aug Dyment J - Railroad Inn St John St Bridgwater 1854 03Aug Dymock Rev Thomas Frederick - rector Hatch Beauchamp to Willes 1854 02Nov Dymond William - Chard ploughing match boys under 18 1854 03Aug Dyne Edward - relict Fanny died age 81 Bruton 1854 22Jun Dyne Henry - solicitor Bruton 1854 13Jul Eales R - Heavitree birth of son 1854 23Nov Eames Miss - age about 8 burnt Paul St Taunton 1854 05Jan Eardley Rev S - election Vicarage of Crediton 1854 08Jun Earle Robert - seedsman Totness 1854 28Dec Eason William - Hinton St George witness to murder 1854 02Nov East Frederick - North Petherton theft acquitted 1854 07Sep Eastment Charles - Warminster gun accident 1854 19Jan Eastment F - at Yeovil ball 1854 19Jan Eastment Mr - lecture Town Hall Wincanton 1854 14Dec Eastment Samuel - didn't finish work Chard 1854 29Jun Easton Daniel - drowned at Oxford age 28 1854 30Nov Easton E - sale of heifers Great Market Castle Green Taunton 1854 27Apr Ebrington Viscountess - birth of son 1854 20Jul Eckersall Mrs - St Catherines Hermitage nr Bath robbery 1854 16Nov Edbrooke Nathaniel - Williton baker prosecuted 1854 15Jun Eddy John - Kennford Exeter best plough 1854 20Jul Edgar Joseph - decd Weston Super Mare town commissioner 1854 05Jan Edge Rev W J - election Vicarage of Crediton 1854 12Jan Edols Mr - sale of property at Banwell 1854 19Oct Edwards cpl - carbine exercise winner W Somerset Yeomanry 1854 09Mar Edwards A F - surgeon Wiveliscombe agent for Crown Life Ass 1854 22Jun Edwards Charles - Brislington 2nd prize 1854 02Nov Edwards Charles - musician died age 54 Westbury upon Trym 1854 15Jun Edwards George - 'Hunts' Edgarley sale 1854 29Jun Edwards George - age 57 Shiplett Bleadon estate sale 1854 27Jul Edwards James - age 51 sale of land at Edgarly 1854 01Jun Edwards John - 1st mayor of Bridgwater 1587 1854 13Jul Edwards Mary - received stolen goods Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 17Aug Edwards Mr - coach builder West St birth of son 1854 16Nov Edwards Mr - grocer nr pig market gas explosion driver Clarence omni 1854 01Jun Edwards Mrs - 'Loads' Kingston sale of manor house 1854 28Sep Edwards Mrs - decd sale of furniture Manor House Loads Kingston nr Taunton 1854 13Jul Edwards Phoebe - stole flour South Brent Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 12Oct Edwards S - decd Hatch Beauchamp dau Louisa marr at Staplegrove 1854 01Jun Edwards S - North Curry birth of daughter 1854 29Jun Edwards Sarah - age 52 wife of George Shiplett Bleadon estate sale 1854 27Jul Edwards Thomas - qualified Morgans School Bridgwater 1854 19Oct Edwards William - Sidmouth wife Margaret had daughter 1854 19Oct Edwards William - boy of 1st class lost HMS Vixen 1854 02Nov Edwards William - carter Mosterton cart accident 1854 19Jan Ekins Rev Robert - vacancy Rectory of Folke 1854 23Feb Elditch Mr - ironmonger S Petherton agent for Bulpins cattle medicine 1854 02Nov Eldon Thomas - Chard ploughing match boys under 18 1854 29Jun Elf Mr - surgeon Weston S M died 1854 05Oct Ellicott L P - High St Wells birth of son 1854 25May Elliott James - innkeeper decd widow Ann died age 50 Bruton 1854 09Nov Elliott Rev J D - to curacy of Henford New Parish 1854 08Jun Elliott S - chemist Liskeard 1854 06Apr Elliott Sarah - stabbed Wedmore 1854 11May Elliott W - Ebrington St 1854 20Jul Ellis Emanuel - Liverpool brewer fined 1854 20Apr Ellis Mr - ropemaker HM dockyard Devonport discharged 1854 14Dec Ellis William - Paignton cottage sale 1854 30Nov Ellot William - Old Bank Weymouth corns 1854 26Oct Elris W Ackland of Castle Cary marr Anna Maria Osmond of Bath 1854 30Nov Else R C - Bridgwater Iron Works 1854 09Feb Else Richard Charles - prov ctte Bridgwater Patent Slip company 1854 02Mar Elton John W - solicitor Weston Super Mare 1854 16Nov Elton Sir Arther Hallam - appointed Sheriff of Somerset 1854 30Mar Elworthy Ann - died age 77 Taunton 1854 24Aug Elworthy Frederick T of Wellington marr Maria Kershaw at Manchester 1854 03Aug Elworthy Mr - Oakhampton Farm Wiveliscombe poor rate 1854 10Aug Elworthy Mr - butcher Bridgwater decorations 1854 25May Ely Rev Anthony - surrogate diocese of Glocs and Bristol 1854 30Mar Emblism Charlotte - murder of child Taunton Assizes 1854 06Apr Emblyn Charlotte - muder of child acquitted Somerset Assizes 1854 09Mar Endacott H - Okehampton innkeeper bankrupt 1854 07Sep Endacott Mr - Bell Inn Bovey Tracey fined 1854 01Jun England Henry marr Eliza Ann Perren of Load 1854 11May England Miss - of Haselbury died Weymouth 1854 07Sep England Mr - attacked by dog Langport 1854 14Sep England Mr - Lambrook sheep killed on railway 1854 17Aug England Rebecca - Long Aller Mead Hillfarrance sale Knapp Farm 1854 17Aug England William - West Three Acres West Monkton sale 1854 21Dec Ensor Edward John marr Mary Ann Dredge at Melbourne 1854 21Dec Ensor Thomas - Milborne Port son Edward marr in Australia 1854 20Apr Escott Capt - messuage sale Barclay St Bridgwater 1854 27Jul Escott George - non payment of rate Bridgwater Sessions 1854 12Jan Escott Rev W S - sale of Brompton Ralph rectory house 1854 20Apr Esdaile Mr - son of his coachman West Bagborough manslaughter 1854 20Jul Eustace J - sliiper maker 21 Gun St Spitalfields fire 1854 19Oct Evans Dr Robert - died Bristol City School cholera 1854 08Jun Evans John - Moat Lane Bridgwater house sale 1854 02Nov Evans John - stole coat at Taunton 1854 03Aug Evans Mr - Clogyfran drowned in flood 1854 23Feb Evans Richard - Aller Farm nr Langport dau Emily marr 1854 26Oct Evans Sarah - her purse stolen Weston Super Mare 1854 02Nov Evans William - defrauded John Toze Somerset Adjourned Sessions 1854 07Dec Evans William Sloane Sloane - Cornworthy Vicarage Barnstaple dau 1854 22Jun Everett Betty Ann - age 57 sale of estates at Wyke Champflower 1854 29Jun Everett Betty Ann - age 57 Bruton land sale 1854 26Oct Every Edward - 21 labourer stole lead at Long Ashton 1854 18May Eyre Stock and Co - Old Market St Bristol fire 1854 06Apr Eyres William - 6 years penal servitude fraud Bridgwater 1854 27Jul Fagair Mr - Sheffield cutler 1854 20Jul Fagan Mr - Bath visitor to Burnham 1854 13Jul Fagan Rev - preached sermon in aid of Bridgwater National School 1854 12Jan Fair Francis - apprentice to Mr Stone of Bridgwater 1854 20Jul Fair Mr - cooper fire 16 Sermon Lane London 1854 30Mar Farcey Thomas - Bath robbed 1854 12Oct Fareweather Mr - clockmaker Gateshead fire 1854 06Apr Farey Jacob - robbed Somerset Assizes 1854 06Apr Farey Jacob - his money stolen Somerset Assizes 1854 29Jun Farmer B - building new terminus Pile Hill Bristol and Exeter railway 1854 06Jul Farmer John - stole iron Somerset Sessions 1854 09Nov Farmer Mr - Chard song 1854 23Feb Farquhar John - house to let Kings Sq Bridgwater 1854 23Feb Farquhar John - Kings Sq Bridgwater birth of daughter 1854 31Aug Farrance Stephen - killed pigeon Bridgwater Petty Sessions 1854 13Jul Farrance W - master 'Carleon' at Bridgwater Quay theft of rope 1854 07Dec Farrow William - Golden Lion Hotel Ipswich watch 1854 06Jul Farthing Henry - his lamb stolen Somerset Sessions 1854 19Jan Farthing John Knight - 'Southfield' Wembdon sale 1854 27Apr Farthing John Knight - Nether Stowey guardian of the poor 1854 09Nov Farthing R - North Petherton Bridgwater Ag Assoc 1854 27Apr Farthing Robert - North Petherton guardian of the poor 1854 02Nov Farthing Robert - his fowl stolen North Petherton 1854 08Jun Farthing Samuel - Stowey Court Bridgwater ag soc prize 1854 02Nov Farthing Samuel - apoploctic fit Stowey 1854 14Dec Farthing Walter - Nether Stowey ag prize 1854 22Jun Fatcher Charles - ironmonger North St Taunton birth of daughter 1854 27Apr Faulkner Henry - caoch builder Bridgwater insolvent debtor 1854 21Sep Faven Ann - age 90 Langport workhouse inquest 1854 27Jul Faver Elizabeth - Union St perjury Bridgwater Police Court 1854 24Aug Featherstone Sarah - condemned Chester 1854 08Jun Feaver John - Wellow nr Bath ag soc prize 1854 27Apr Fender Capt - steam tug Perseverance killed in boat accident 1854 26Jan Ferroy Mr - hat manuf 16 New St Covent Garden fire 1854 13Apr Ffolliott Rev Francis - sale of cattage Chard 1854 04May Fiach Edward Hicks - died age 71 Bruton of Copthall Court and Surrey 1854 25May Field Miss - South Brent House sale 1854 03Aug Field Mr - Mudford his sheep stolen 1854 23Feb Fieldsend Mr - poacher Lincoln died 1854 30Mar Fisher George - stole smock at Frome 1854 06Apr Fisher J S - sale of house St Mary St Bridgwater 1854 27Apr Fisher John - cabinet maker St Marys St Bridgwater sale of stock 1854 04May Fisher John - St Marys St Bridgwater sale of furniture 1854 19Jan Fisher Mrs - wife of clergyman accused Mr Hunt of theft 1854 27Jul Fiske Capt - Plymouth amateur theatricals 1854 29Jun Fitzgerald J Preston of Discone Bruton marr Agnes Edith King 1854 19Oct Fitzgerald William - Bandon vagrant Bridgwater Police Court 1854 26Oct Fitzgerald William - stole counterpanes from Bridgwater Union 1854 29Jun Fitzherbert Rev Thomas - Marston Magna rectory birth of son 1854 26Oct Flew George - 22 labourer stole lead at Long Ashton 1854 29Jun Flindell F B S - Wembdon nr Bridgwater birth of daughter 1854 16Nov Flindell F B S - appointed inspector of nuisances Bridgwater 1854 20Jul Flindell Mr - Bridgwater times to Thomas Harper Bodley 1854 17Aug Flooks J - Sherborne brewer bankrupt 1854 13Jul Flower John - UP Cerne died age 66 1854 26Oct Flower Thomas - robbed at Farmborough 1854 06Apr Foan Emanuel - Yeovil 2 yrs for perjury 1854 02Nov Foan Hannah - her books stolen at Crewkerne 1854 08Jun Fogarty William - tenant Barclay St Bridgwater house sale 1854 09Feb Foley Mrs Richard - Horton Ilminster dau F M Sparke marr 1854 19Jan Follet B S - MP subscription for the poor Bridgwater 1854 27Jul Follett B S - steward Bridgwater races 1854 04May Follett Thomas - Liverpool relict Nancy died Exeter 1854 19Oct Foot Robert - servant to Messrs Lush of N Bruham 1854 30Nov Forbes William - stole razor Bridgwater Police Court 1854 22Jun Ford v Knight - Bridgwater County Court 1854 31Aug Ford Edward - his pigeon killed Bridgwater Petty Sessions 1854 31Aug Ford Elizabeth Ann - witness sister of Edward Ford Bridgwater Petty Sessions 1854 19Jan Ford Henry - Bridgwater warehouse 1854 03Aug Ford Henry - yoeman Gussage All Saints birth of dau 1854 21Sep Ford Henry - died age 56 1854 19Jan Ford J - Bridgwater madrigal society 1854 19Oct Ford John - Crowpill honorary secretary Bridgwater Madrigal Soc 1854 12Jan Ford Robert - tradesmens dinner at the Clarence 1854 09Feb Ford Robert - trustee Bridgwater Patent Slip company 1854 16Mar Ford Robert - Bridgwater Town Council meeting 1854 20Apr Ford Robert - St Marys Bridgwater meeting 1854 01Jun Ford Robert - Elm Cottage Bridgwater Police Court 1854 30Nov Ford Robert - Eastover house sale 1854 30Nov Ford Thomas - Durleigh accident to employee 1854 06Jul Ford W J - Bridgwater exhibition 1854 13Jul Ford William - lad stole flowers at Chiselborough 1854 09Nov Forshaw Rev C J - to curacy of Stocklinch Ottersey 1854 02Mar Forster George King of Wellington marr Mary Ann Haddy of Bath 1854 24Aug Forster James A - accident nr Croyden station 1854 26Oct Forward William - age 57 lab charged assault wife Hannah Som Sess 1854 22Jun Forwood T W J - solicitor Tiverton 1854 09Nov Foskett Henry - Tunbridge Wells dau Jane marr 1854 26Jan Foster Charles - shop to let Ball's Lane Bridgwater 1854 30Nov Foster Francis - surgeon Taunton corns 1854 12Jan Foster Frederick - Bridgwater witness 1854 30Mar Foster James - Bridgwater Borough Sessions jury 1854 31Aug Foster James - driver Worcs and Wolverhampton railway 1854 20Apr Foster Philip - North Curry sale 1854 26Oct Foster Thomas - Bristol dau Catharine marr 1854 01Jun Foster William - butcher Lyng birth of daughter 1854 29Jun Foster William - constable Lyng assault 1854 30Nov Fouracre John of Bridgwater marr Elizabeth Cook of Taunton 1854 02Nov Fouracre Joseph - his shawl stolen at Milverton 1854 08Jun Fowle William - Markey Lavington ag soc prize 1854 09Feb Fowler E P - St Clements Jersey 1854 23Nov Fowler E P - Torquay import of Alderney heifers 1854 19Jan Fowler Emma - Devonshire food riots Exeter 1854 29Jun Fowler Grace - land sale North Moor North Petherton 1854 27Apr Fowler John - late Yovil age 22 died Burstock 1854 14Sep Fowler John - tailor Devizes affray 1854 28Sep Fowler John - shooting incident Devizes Petty Sessions 1854 03Aug Fowler Josep - yeoman Winterbourne Kingston birth of son 1854 20Jul Fowler Rev - Langport visitor to Burnham 1854 21Sep Fox Henry - of Tonedale Wellington dau Rachel Crewdson marr 1854 31Aug Foy William - of Castle Green Taunton died age 28 Brompton 1854 12Jan Frampton Elizabeth - Nicholls Court Bridgwater witness 1854 09Feb Frampton H W - grocer St Sidwell St Exeter dau Louisa marr 1854 12Jan Frampton William Hamwood - died age 63 Hall House Frome son of James 1854 10Aug Frampton William marr Elizabeth Allsbury at Eastover 1854 19Jan Franch Ann - Devonshire food riots Exeter 1854 04May Francis master - severed fingers in turnip cutter Bridgwater 1854 13Apr Francis Abraham - decd New King St Bath dau Emma marr 1854 30Mar Francis John - Yeovil 1854 10Aug Francis John - age 19 wounding at Pensford 1854 02Nov Francis John -his boots stolen Twerton 1854 06Apr Francis Louisa - Bath murder no bill 1854 30Mar Francis Ms - manslaughter of child Taunton Assizes 1854 13Jul Francis Samuel - his fowls destroyed Yeovil Petty Sessions 1854 06Jul Francis W - non payment of market rate Bridgwater Police Court 1854 29Jun Francis W Deffett - birth of son at Bridgwater 1854 09Nov Francis William - house sale Eastover Bridgwater 1854 11May Frean J H of Plymouth marr Mary Siderfin of Watchet 1854 14Dec Freeman Edward - the Polygon Ardwick dau Sylvia marr 1854 30Mar Freeman John - Drayton his turnips stolen 1854 21Dec Freeman John - customs officer died age 88 Lyme 1854 09Mar Freeman William Osborne - age 69 Wembdon land sale 1854 21Dec Freeman William - builder Lark Hall Bath father died 1854 23Mar French Joel - Bridgwater land sale 1854 23Mar French John and Mary - inmates of Marylebone Workhouse dead child 1854 25May French Josias baker Merriott marr Sarah Smith baker Crewkerne 1854 16Mar French Mr - Hamp Farm Bridgwater 1854 23Mar French W - Victoria Terr Taunton birth of dau 1854 07Sep Frethill Mr - Ingbirchworth burglar 1854 19Jan Friend A - subscription for the poor Bridgwater 1854 19Jan Fripp v Reeves - tithe due on Farm farm 1854 13Jul Frost George - Pen Mill Inn fined Yeovil Petty Sessions 1854 09Mar Frost John - decd hay sale East Brent 1854 09Nov Frost Robert - Bickington Newton Abbott 1854 10Aug Frost Thomas - accused of stealing wheat at Bridgwater 1854 06Apr Froud James - chemist Dorchester 1854 26Oct Fry v Cock - Wells court case re landlord of the Three Kings 1854 19Jan Fry Bruges - coroner inquest at Reeves Hotel Weston SM 1854 27Apr Fry Edmund - formerly of Mitre Inn Knighcott sheep stealing Banwell 1854 13Jul Fry Edmund - stole sheep Christon Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 13Jul Fry Edmund - his knife stolen Wells Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 31Aug Fry Edward of Winscombe marr Clara Elizabeth Gatcombe 1854 23Mar Fry George - St George's Banwell dau Mercy marr 1854 27Jul Fry Harry - Newport attended hydrophobia case 1854 11May Fry J C of Bridgwater marr Hannah White of Stogumber 1854 13Jul Fry Jacob of Stanley Wilts marr Martha Turk wid of Lyneham 1854 27Apr Fry John - Curry Rivel church pew dispute 1854 22Jun Fry John of Coxley nr Wells marr Rebecca White at Bathwick 1854 29Jun Fry John of Coxley nr Wells marr Rebecca White at Bathwick 1854 16Nov Fry Miss - drowning in river at Priory Taunton 1854 02Nov Fry Mr - lime Cheddington kiln 1854 20Jul Fry Nathan - gardener to T Castle of Worle 1854 31Aug Fry Thomas Homfray - Winscombe son George marr 1854 30Mar Fry Walter - stole lead at Wilveliscombe 1854 06Apr Fry Walter - stole lead Wivleiscombe 3 months 1854 02Nov Fryer John - Wimborne died at Weymouth 1854 21Sep Fudge J - builder Yeovil dau Victoria died age 9 months 1854 16Nov Fuller E J - wife Mary Elizabeth died at 43 Argyle St London 1854 22Jun Fuller F - recitation Free Grammar School Bridgwater 1854 12Jan Fuller Messrs - fined for exposing goods outside premises 1854 19Jan Fuller W - subscription for the poor Bridgwater 1854 30Mar Fuller William - Bridgwater Borough Sessions jury 1854 31Aug Furmedge W L of Red Lion Gillingham marr Miss S Stacey of Penzelwood 1854 03Aug Fursland Elizabeth - witness North Petherton assault 1854 06Jul Fursland John - 'Liverpool Arms Swansea and 'Rose and Crown' Bridgwater 1854 31Aug Fursland John - insolvent debotor Bridgwater County Court 1854 31Aug Furzland John - North Petherton and Swansea victualler debtor 1854 23Feb Gabriel Mr - sale of 'Parkers' Lyncombe 1854 21Sep Gadd Mr - Hill Farm North Petherton sale of sheep 1854 13Jul Gadd Mr - North Petherton bought Loads House estate Kingston 1854 09Mar Gadd Thomas - furniture sale Shopnoller W Bagborough leaving England 1854 06Apr Gage John of Kingston Seymour marr Harriet Bryant of Abbots Leigh 1854 28Dec Gahagan Theodore Emilius of Madras Engineers marr Charlotte E Oakes 1854 05Oct Gainsford William - hawker Bristol Bridgwater Police Court 1854 26Oct Gainsford William - received stolen money Bridgwater St Matthews Fair 1854 16Mar Gaite David - sexton Shepton Mallet his relict died age 79 1854 25May Gale Mr - painter case of E Newman of Westonzoyland 1854 26Oct Gallop George - 19 labourer theft at Yatton bill ignored 1854 09Nov Gallop T - Blagdon son William married 1854 09Nov Gallop William marr Caroline Marshall at Burrington 1854 20Jul Galloway Rev James - trustee Dr Morgans charity Bridgwater 1854 27Jul Galloway Rev James - Morgans School Charity Bridgwater 1854 13Jul Galton Rev J L - St Sidwells Exeter removed credence table 1854 01Jun Gamlen Mr - East Brent tree accident 1854 06Jul Gamlin Mr - Syndercombe Farm Clatworthy sale of live stock 1854 18May Gammis Mr - endowed school High Ham 1854 22Jun Gandy J H - Old Cleeve 1st prize 1854 06Apr Gandy Rev James Hunter - Vicarage Old Cleeve birth of dau 1854 09Nov Gandy William - shepherd Spring Grove Park Milverton award 1854 09Nov Gapper W - Duddlestone swedes award 1854 09Mar Gapper William - wife Elizabeth died Bridge St Taunton bronchitis Winsham 61 1854 10Aug Gardener Susan - age 34 perjury bill ignored Somerset Assizes 1854 02Nov Gardiner Mr - Exeter rent Chard turnpike 1854 19Jan Garland Thomas - witness at Bridgwater Police Court 1854 09Feb Garneau P - American robbed at Queens Hotel Manchester 1854 07Sep Garnsey Moses - age 72 inquest Henton nr Wells fell from tree 1854 17Aug Garrant S - Penryn contractor bankrupt 1854 04May Garrett H - Frome dau Marianne marr 1854 17Aug Garrett M - butcher Shepton Beauchamp birth of son 1854 19Oct Garrod James - Wells mayor's dinner 1854 28Dec Garrow Rev David - dau Elizabeth marr at Dodbrooke 1854 31Aug Gatcombe George - Hutton dau Clara marr 1854 01Jun Gatcombe Mr - North Petherton club 1854 13Jul Gate W T - house surgeon Taunton and Somerset Hospital resigned 1854 14Dec Gautier Mr - London likked wifes lover Mr Rennier a clerk Vienne 1854 30Mar Gay John - his bread stolen at Temple Combe 1854 29Jun Gaye W T - amputatted mans hand at Williton 1854 08Jun Geake John - chemist St Columb 1854 24Aug Geake Mr - cabinet maker Sherborne creditors 1854 19Jan Geake Mr - Yeovil ball 1854 07Sep Geen Catherine - assaulted Bridgwater petty sessions age 17 1854 10Aug Geen James - stole fir pole Bridgwater 1854 12Oct Geen Thomas - landlord George Inn died at Mr Hennets foundry 1854 08Jun Geldard John - chemist St Austell 1854 16Feb Genese Samuel - Crown and Cushion Little Russell St 1854 13Jul Genn Edwin - lad stole flowers at Chiselborough 1854 21Sep George James - reaping contest Leighton Farm Leighton 1854 19Oct George Nicholas - AB lost HMS Vixen 1854 02Nov Gibbery John - 'Happy Return' Filey age 25 drowned 1854 18May Gibbings William sen - Bampton fire 1854 20Apr Gibbs Abraham - witness labourer West Bagborough inquest 1854 06Apr Gibbs George - stole gelding at Broomfield 15 months 1854 15Jun Gibbs George - farmer Wedmore died age 63 after accident 1854 13Jul Gibbs George - Nroadway Westminster hydrophobia 1854 10Aug Gibbs John - embezzlement at Stoke Under Hamden 1854 09Nov Gibbs Robert - Wembdon horse for sale 1854 23Nov Gibbs Robert - joint occupier of farm at Wembdon 1854 21Dec Gibbs W W - Beardley Farm Kittisford sale of sheep 1854 13Apr Gibbs William - master of Guernsey vessel died Lyme 1854 15Jun Giblett James - tenant 'Common Moor Estate' nr Glastonbury sale 1854 27Jul Giblett William - tenant Meare land sale 1854 15Jun Gibson Charles Austin - Durdham Lodge Stoke Bishop birth of daughter 1854 13Jul Gibson Harriet - her weather glass stolen Weston S M Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 06Jul Gibson Thomas - Bristol hat manufacturer 1854 26Oct Gifford J G - East REach Taunton sale of stock 1854 23Nov Gifford John - reaping award South Petherton Ag Soc 1854 05Jan Gifford Mr - superintendant Devonport police 1854 21Dec Gifford Thomas jun - North Cadbury bull 1854 28Dec Gilbert J jun - oil merchant Bristol felony 1854 30Mar Gilchrist James - Bridgwater Borough Sessions jury 1854 17Aug Gilder Mr - former hospital sergeant caught cholera Westminster 1854 27Jul Giles and Jarvis - Mark horse 1854 26Jan Giles Edward RN marr Emily Atkins at Belleau Lincs 1854 23Feb Giles Mr - innkeeper Mark agent for Bulpins cattle medicine 1854 09Feb Gill Clifford - Docks 1854 20Jul Gill D - Weston Super Mare town commissioner 1854 30Nov Gill G - Stoke Sub Hamdon fire 1854 02Nov Gill James - his bacon stolen at Chillington 1854 20Jul Gill Robert - Stogursey land 1854 02Mar Gill William - Timsbury sheepstealers 1854 30Mar Gill William - stole hen at Mudford 1854 08Jun Gill William - chemist Tavistock 1854 12Jan Gillard Miss - pupils Blake House Mill St Bridgwater 1854 05Jan Gillard Mr - school Fryern St 1854 01Jun Gillard Mr - postman Chedzoy post 1854 24Aug Gillard Mr - horse stuck in ditch 1854 19Oct Gillard Mr - Martock runner 1854 26Jan Gillard Richard - HM Customs birth of son at Flora Cottage Wembdon 1854 30Nov Gillard Richard - clerk Customs Officer Bridgwater 1854 06Apr Gillard Robert - stole sugar at Pilton 2 months 1854 08Jun Gillard Uriah - vet Sherborne 1854 13Jul Gillard William - Yeovil Petty Sessions 1854 19Jan Gillett Anthony - Langport wife Sarah died age 31 1854 15Jun Gillett Elizabeth - died Langport 1854 06Jul Gillett Francis - his potatoes stolen Somerset Sessions 1854 20Jul Gilling Mr - Victoria St Burnham 1854 06Jul Gillingham John - non payment of market rate Bridgwater Police Court 1854 07Dec Gillmore Mr - draper Frome riots 1854 30Mar Gillon v Harding Taunton Assizes 1854 12Jan Gillow Mr - surgeon Bristol 1854 07Dec Gilper Sarah Jane - Oldham died from stone in ear 1854 11May Gimlett W marr Mary Beadon at Taunton 1854 06Jul Ging John - labourer illegitimate child support Bridgwater Police Court 1854 13Jul Ginnett Mons - circus at Bridgwater 1854 30Mar Gisney Thomas - stole from old woman at Wiveliscombe 1854 15Jun Glandfield Samuel - sale of land at Crow Marsh Stogursey 1854 25May Glanville Joseph - case of F Denman of Bridgwater 1854 14Sep Glencross Mrs - sale of furniture Fryern St Bridgwater 1854 21Sep Glencross Mrs - house to let Fryern St Bridgwater 1854 11May Glencross Rev James - Liskeard birth of son 1854 06Apr Glencross Thomas - sale of house Monmouth St Bridgwater 1854 06Apr Glenister Charity - murdered Bedford Assizes 1854 02Nov Glenlow William - 'Happy Return' Filey age 24 drowned 1854 26Oct Glossop Joseph - Weston Super Mare his post boy stole 6s 1854 24Aug Glossop Mr - postmaster injured in railway accident Weston to Bristol 1854 02Nov Glover Jane - Walter's Court Langport fit 1854 19Oct Glover Samuel - age 68 award Martock Ag Assoc 1854 19Jan Glover William - witness Bridgwater Police Court 1854 27Apr Glover William - died Halswell House Inn 1854 11May Glover William - decd Halswell House Inn Bridgwater creditors 1854 19Oct Glyde Mr - Stamp Office Chard dau marr 1854 24Aug Godbeer Joseph of Nottingham marr Eliza Steadman at Bristol 1854 23Feb Godden Rev C C - Montacute birth of son 1854 03Aug Godfrey Ann - North Petherton assault 1854 28Dec Godfrey C - Chilton Polden contribution Crimean Army Fund 1854 17Aug Godfrey Charles - Langport birth of son 1854 12Oct Godfrey J B - Taunton coach mkr bankrupt 1854 07Dec Godfrey Rev D R - Collegiate School Weston SM birth of dau 1854 16Nov Godfrey Robert - fined for rescuing horse from pound North Petherton 1854 19Jan Godfrey Thomas - Rose and Crown Bridgwater Police Court 1854 27Apr Goding Mr - parish constable Banwell 1854 28Dec Godson Rev J - Colthurst garrotted 1854 23Nov Godwin Mrs - husband artilleryman died refused relief 1854 21Dec Goldesborough Rev J - relict Lydia died age 77 Tolbury House Bruton 1854 22Jun Good F W - prize Free Grammar School Bridgwater 1854 06Apr Good J M - grocery tender for Bridgwater Union 1854 19Jan Goodford Henry - at Yeovil ball 1854 13Jul Goodgrove Harriet - acquitted Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 26Oct Goodgroves Hannah - robbed at Weston Super Mare 1854 01Jun Gooding Anthony - tenant Greyhound Inn Watchet sale 1854 09Nov Gooding Edward - Bridgwater Ag Assoc 1854 28Sep Gooding Robert - died age 78 Batts House North Petherton 1854 19Oct Gooding Robert - Batts House North Petherton sale of furniture 1854 23Mar Goodland Charlotte - died at Tiverton age 50 relict of Wm N Curry 1854 23Mar Goodland John - Tiverton 1854 02Nov Goodland William - constable Taunton borough 1854 28Sep Goodman William - agapemonite 1854 01Jun Goodwin F M - Portland Town linen drapers bankrupt 1854 28Sep Gordon capt S B 45th reg marr Ellen Elizabeth Wollcombe at Alwington 1854 20Jul Gordon James - Weston Super Mare town commissioner 1854 21Sep Gore Henry - summoned by Henry Spriggs for ill treating cat Petty Sessions 1854 09Nov Gorwyn J L Arden - Cutley House Kingston nr Taunton 1854 25May Gough J B - oration at Bridgwater 1854 15Jun Gough Mr - sloop 'Elizabeth' launched for Capt Cobley and Berry 1854 07Dec Gould v Rowsell - boot and shoemaker and old lady 84 1854 29Jun Gould James - Westonzoyland 1854 21Dec Gould James - Westonzoyland trustee of Edward Burnell 1854 13Jul Gould John - Puxton his shirt stolen Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 12Jan Gould John mason marr Mary Crocker at South Petherton 1854 30Nov Gould John Scott - sale of timber at Hatch Beauchamp 1854 27Apr Gould Joseph - Ashcott guardian of the poor 1854 16Nov Gould Mr - Lambrook Farm nr Taunton fire 1854 25May Gould Mr - South Brent House sale 1854 14Dec Gould Mrs J Scott - timber sale Stowey Farm Fivehead 1854 07Dec Gould Robert jun - Pedwell nr Glastonbury peas 1854 16Nov Gould W - draper Ludgate House Ilfracombe wife Mary died 1854 28Dec Gourd William Matthew of Bishops Hull marr Mary Ann Cameron 1854 09Feb Govett Thomas - sale of Nether Stowey house as per court case 1854 09Feb Govett William - sale of Nether Stowey house as per court case 1854 04May Govier Jacob - Yard Place Taunton sale of draft horses 1854 24Aug Govier Misses - sale of brewery Kingston nr Taunton 1854 20Jul Gowan master - Milton stuck in tree 1854 20Apr Grace Mr - surgeon Stapleton 1854 02Nov Graham capt George - Cossington secretary Bridgwater Ag Assoc 1854 19Oct Granger Mr - surgeon Berkley Sq Clifton 1854 21Sep Granger Ms - returned to Bridgwater after removal to St Decumans 1854 20Apr Grant Bryan - executed Monaghan gaol 1854 20Jul Grant Miss - Clifton visitor to Burnham 1854 06Jul Grant Samuel - stole farthings Somerset Sessions 1854 21Sep Graves John Samuel - Bridgwater court of revision 1854 13Apr Gray Jonathan - director Bath poultry show 1854 30Mar Gray Mr - Bath executor of Miss Smith 1854 26Oct Greathead William - died age 82 Old Chapel St Stroud 1854 16Nov Greathed George H H - son of Edward of Uddens House killed Sebastapol 1854 09Nov Greeber John - appointed High Constable Shepton Mallet E div 1854 06Jul Greedy Benjamin - stole fowl Somerset Sessions 1854 06Jul Greedy Henry - burglary Somerset Sessions 1854 06Apr Green George - constable Dunster murder at Cutcombe 1854 19Jan Green James - subscription for the poor Bridgwater 1854 30Nov Green James - Ship Aground Bridgwater licence transferred to Mr Maidment 1854 30Mar Green Jeremiah - his bread stolen at Bruham 1854 29Jun Green John - yeoman Yeovil son Richard marr 1854 21Sep Green John - plasterer Portway urinating 1854 31Aug Green Joseph - labourer Street inquest on his daughter age 4 1854 18May Green Mr - Ship A Ground Inn meal 1854 19Oct Green Mr - Wedmore master tailor shot at 1854 23Feb Green Mrs - swindler Peers Court nr Dursley 1854 29Jun Green Richard of Yeovil marr Harriet Masters of Bradford Abbas 1854 08Jun Green Thomas - seedsman Wincanton 1854 06Jul Green Thomas - non payment of market rate Bridgwater Police Court 1854 12Oct Green Thomas - gunner 3rd Royal Artillery Crimea from Bridgwater 1854 26Oct Green William Henry - Bedminster assaulted 1854 17Aug Greenbank Miles - died Northern Hospital Liverpool shot 1854 27Jul Greenhill B - Meare land sale 1854 10Aug Greenhill B C marr Pelagie de Dubruille at Hanover Square 1854 13Jul Greenslade Joseph - stole iron Chelwood Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 08Jun Greenslade R N - auctioneer Trull 1854 22Jun Greenslade R - Charlton Farm nr Taunton 1854 13Jul Greenslade Robert - stole iron Chelwood Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 03Aug Greenway George - Wiveliscombe poor rate 1854 07Dec Greenwood Alexander - managing clerk brewery Spitalfields died 1854 20Jul Greenwood Joseph - explosion at Bridge Fold Mill Rochdale 1854 02Nov Gregory Geo - stole horse at Paulton 1854 01Jun Gregory Mr - East Brent tree accident 1854 20Jul Gregory Mr - Yatton visitor to Burnham 1854 31Aug Gregory Robert - Cottagers Great Exhibition Weston SM 1854 13Jul Gregory William - stole tarpaulin Weston Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 22Jun Grenville Rev George Neville - died Butleigh Court Somerset age 64 1854 06Apr Grey Mr - Liskeard election 1854 01Jun Gribbell R - Tavistock grocers bankrupt 1854 23Nov Griffen Samuel - reaping award South Petherton Ag Soc 1854 13Jul Griffin John Wheeler - his cheese stolen Shepton Mallet Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 21Sep Griffin Mr yeoman Othery marr Miss Shepherd at High Ham 1854 09Nov Griffin Uriah - Cutsey award 1854 27Jul Griffis C T - Woodford Bridge Exeter underwriter bankrupt 1854 05Oct Griffith Mr - late pastor Chard Congregational Chapel clock 1854 13Jul Grigg Ann - Combe St Nicholas case of sovreign 1854 13Jul Grimes Albin - stole eggs Lovington Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 19Oct Grindon J B - coroner Clifton inquest 1854 13Jul Grinter John - Coate turnpike gate Martock 1854 09Nov Grist Giles - Femington 1854 14Dec Gristock Thomas - yeoman North Petherton wife Eliza died age 57 1854 28Sep Gristock William - gent North Petherton dau Jane marr 1854 17Aug Guard Abraham - quay hobbler witness to Bridgwater assault 1854 24Aug Guiness Mr - Barnstaple election 1854 14Sep Gullick John - Oakhill Shepton Mallet cholera 1854 06Apr Gullifrod George - wounding at Chilcompton 6 years penal servitude 1854 07Sep Gulned capt - Bridgwater petty sessions 1854 26Oct Gummer Alfred - 27 drover theft at Mark 1854 19Oct Gummer George - in employ of Mrs Terrell Martock Ag Assoc 1854 21Sep Gunning William - reaping contest Leighton Farm Leighton 1854 19Jan Gunningham Elizabeth - romoval order by Marylebone to Enmore 1854 19Jan Gunningham John - 1821 Wiveliscombe apprentice to J Yandall 1854 27Jul Gunningham Mr - shop Bridgwater 1854 19Jan Gunningham Richard - father of John decd apprenticeship Bridgwater 1796 1854 02Nov Guppy William - Burton East Coker dau Sarah marr 1854 20Apr Gurnett George - son of gamekeeper West Bagborough inquest 1854 20Apr Gurnett Henry - gamekeeper father of James Gurnett West Bagborough 1854 20Apr Gurnett James - son of gamekeeper West Bagborough inquest 1854 06Jul Gutteres Rev Frederick E - Sherford to HMS Vengeance 1854 03Aug Guy Thomas - Salmon Inn Salmon Lane Bridgwater 1854 09Nov Guy Thomas - tenant sale of 'Salmon Inn' Bridgwater 1854 24Aug Gyngell Mr - fireworks at Abbey Fields Glastonbury 1854 30Mar Hacker Jane - her wine glasses stolen Somerton 1854 02Nov Hackwell Geo - Crewkerne his monet stolen 1854 05Oct Haddesty Hannah - stole sovereigns Bridgwater Police Court 1854 06Apr Haddon John Lockyer - drew plan of house Cutcombe murder 1854 02Mar Haddy John - Bath dau marr Trinity Church 1854 19Oct Hadges R - Redlynch Burton ploughing contest 1854 31Aug Haggett William - house sale nr Hackness Common Huntspill 1854 07Sep Haggett William - assaulted boy at Woolavington 1854 06Jul Hagley John - sheep stolen Somerset Sessions 1854 22Jun Hagley W T druggist marr Mary Barter at Ilminster 1854 27Jul Haine Ruth - Meare land sale 1854 31Aug Haines James - house sale nr Hackness Common Huntspill 1854 02Feb Haines John and Jeremiah - dinner at Highbridge 1854 02Feb Hake Abraham - Williton poacher shot gamekeeper 1854 30Mar Hake Abraham - intent to muder Sir A Hoods gamekeeper 1854 06Apr Hake Abraham - shooting at Studleigh Wood 15 years transportation 1854 07Dec Hale Henry - late Lyde House Bath dau Eliza marr 1854 06Apr Hale Messrs - Bristol new church clock at Cannington 1854 28Sep Halford Mrs - Exeter left money to hospital 1854 20Jul Halkyard Jane - explosion at Bridge Fold Mill Rochdale 1854 13Jul Hall Edmund - nuisance Yeovil Petty Sessions 1854 30Mar Hall Henry - no bill Wells Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 23Nov Hall John - inquest died by waggon going over body Wembdon Hill 1854 16Nov Hall John - Quantoxhead labourer cart accident 1854 26Oct Hall Robert - 31 labourer Bedminster assault 1854 09Nov Hallam v Bristol and Exeter Railway - County Court case 1854 09Feb Hallam Deborah - widow of Edward surgeon Kennington died 78 Redland 1854 20Jul Hallam S - Weston Super Mare town commissioner 1854 23Mar Hallet Ruth - Howood Thorncombe dau Mary Pearce marr 1854 02Nov Hallet Samuel - stole onions at Yeovil 1854 13Jul Hallett Jones - acquitted Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 27Jul Hallett Mr - mare Bridport to Yeovil 1854 21Dec Haly J Standish - Bridgwater mayor 1854 26Jan Ham Peter - Stone Allerton in Weare pig 1854 18May Ham Rev J Panton - Bristol 1854 11May Ham W - land at Allerton Moor 1854 29Jun Hamblin Charles - house sale Othery Somerset 1854 14Dec Hamblin Charles Henry - of Hill Grove Bridgwater died in Liverpool age 18 1854 21Dec Hamblin Charles Henry - son of Charles of Bridgwater died Liverpool 1854 02Nov Hamblyn Vincent - corn sale at Rotherhay scuffle Bridgwater Police Court 1854 09Mar Hamilton James - Wincanton dau Mary Jane died age 3 1854 12Oct Hamilton Mr - barber Gateshead fire 1854 14Dec Hamlin William - letter home to parents at Chilton Polden 1854 29Jun Hammet Benjamin - died North St Taunton 1854 30Mar Hammill J B - Bridgwater Borough Sessions jury did not appear 1854 12Jan Hampson Richard - stole mutton Eastover Bridgwater 1854 05Jan Hampton Rev H - election Vicarage of Crediton 1854 02Mar Hams Mr - Royal Western Hotel Bristol 1854 20Jul Hancock John - Burnham house sale 1854 07Dec Hancock John - dau Sarah marr at South Perrot 1854 30Mar Hancock William - Batheaston his hay stolen 1854 06Apr Hancock William - Wiveliscombe his lead stolen 1854 10Aug Hancock William - bill ignored Somerset Assizes 1854 06Jul Hancocks John - Wolverley Court Worcestershire dau Isabella marr 1854 31Aug Hancox Sarah - Leamington warrant 1854 29Jun Hand Elizabeth - age 65 Cannington land sale 1854 08Jun Handford E - chemist Torrington 1854 26Jan Handole J - end of house washed away Creech St Michael 1854 24Aug Hannafin Mr - Dartmoor prison warder attacked 1854 07Sep Hansford H - assault Bridgwater 1854 21Sep Hanson John Oliver - Dorset Sq dau Louisa Rebecca marr 1854 09Feb Happerfield George schoolmaster marr Elizabeth Wright of Pusey at Frome 1854 17Aug Harbin Capt - his sheep stolen Martock 1854 13Jul Harbin Mr - employed W Langdon who appeared at Yeovil Petty Sessions 1854 13Apr Harbin Mrs - sale of Snowdon Cottage Chard 1854 12Oct Harbottle Mr - shipbroker Gateshead fire 1854 26Jan Harcombe James - Milverton witness 1854 23Feb Hardcastle Mr - Lincoln manslaughter 1854 06Apr Harden Frederick marr Mary Ann Denman at Bridgwater 1854 09Nov Harden Mr - Bower Bridgwater Ag Assoc 1854 12Oct Hardin Joseph marr Louisa Helen Richards at St Davids 1854 16Feb Harding C - Frome his widow remarried 1854 27Apr Harding Christopher - relict Mary died age 68 The Lodge Milverton 1854 13Jul Harding Mary Ann - acquitted Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 20Apr Harding Mr - waggonhouse burnt down Chedzoy 1854 29Jun Harding Mr - Pitney spoke at Langport 1854 12Oct Hardwich Mr - Milton Wells pear tree 1854 17Aug Hardwich Mrs - Westbury party 1854 28Sep Hardwick Thomas - East End House Warminster dau Emily marr 1854 18May Hardy E - dau Sarah died Yeovil age 26 1854 12Jan Hardy John - Bridgwater witness 1854 27Apr Hare John - Dunford St son marr at Stonehouse 1854 27Apr Hare William Campbell marr Mary Woolgrove at Stonehouse 1854 13Jul Hares Francis - acquitted Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 13Jul Hares William - acquitted Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 11May Harford Edward - supt of police Cullompton robbery 1854 23Feb Hargrave James - shawl manuf 15 Gresham St 1854 26Jan Harkness Rev W - birth of son Weston Super Mare 1854 04May Harkness Rev George Law - to assistant curacy Christ Church Clevedon 1854 23Feb Harman Mr - sale of messuage at Midford 1854 23Feb Harman Worthy marr Jane Warner at Eastover 1854 20Jul Harper Alfred marr Mary Adey at Cheltenham 1854 30Mar Harper John - stole hay at Batheaston 1854 04May Harper Mr - cheese factor Wooton Bassett fire 1854 20Jul Harries Charles Alexander - surgeon Walcot Parade Bath wife Elizabeth died 44 1854 06Apr Harrington B - potato tender for Bridgwater Union 1854 09Nov Harrington Benjamin - assault Bridgwater Police Court 1854 09Mar Harris Cornelius - South Brent timber sale 1854 14Dec Harris David - policeman at Tiverton junction station 1854 30Nov Harris Elizabeth - of Bridgwater charged at Bristol wandering 1854 23Mar Harris George Sherring marr Charlotte Sherring at Yeovil 1854 21Sep Harris George jun - birth of son at Paradise Yeovil 1854 13Jul Harris Henry - made counterfeit coins Glastonbury Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 24Aug Harris J D - Bath at Bridgwater exhibition 1854 02Nov Harris Job - Chard ploughing match 1854 30Mar Harris John - upholsterer Taunton Assizes case 1854 06Apr Harris John - stole money Bishops Hull 12 months 1854 03Aug Harris Miss - Yeovil sheep stolen 1854 21Sep Harris Mr - coroner Devizes died London of cholera 1854 20Jul Harris Mr - Victoria St Burnham 1854 02Feb Harris Mrs - pawnbroker died North St Taunton 1854 30Mar Harris Thomas - Taunton Assizes case 1854 02Nov Harris Thomas of North St marr Mary Derham at Taunton 1854 21Dec Harris Thomas - caught stealing swedes Chard 1854 16Mar Harrison F C - sale of furniture Bullenshays Farm Thurloxton 1854 13Jul Harrison J S - Shepton Mallet sister marr 1854 07Dec Harrison J S - Shepton Mallet birth of dau 1854 19Jan Harrison Mr - Leversdown fire at farm 1854 16Feb Harrison Mrs J P - birth of daughter at Topsham 1854 12Oct Harrison Mrs - Clevedon dau Ann died age 23 on 'Bangalore' to Sydney 1854 13Jul Harrison Thomas - Stainton Dale nr Scarborough raven 1854 02Nov Harrison Thomas - apprehended at Bath 1854 10Aug Harrison Tom - age 17 bill ignored Somerset Assizes 1854 30Nov Harrol Mr - assembly room Castle Cary 1854 28Dec Harrold Mr - East Pennard timber sale 1854 31Aug Harse Colin - died age 24 Weston SM 1854 02Nov Harston Rev Edward - surrogate for the archdeaconry of Dorset 1854 12Jan Hart Mr - porter living on Bristol road took poison instead of epsom salts 1854 02Nov Hart William - stole wrench South Petherton 1854 03Aug Hartland Mr - Bucks Head Inn Long Sutton 1854 06Apr Hartnall James - sale of house St Mary St Bridgwater 1854 11May Hartoh Joseph - Antwerp merchant robbery 1854 11May Hartoh Morris - Antwerp merchant robbery 1854 03Aug Hartree Mr - expenditor Cannington 1854 29Jun Harvey Frederick - nut seller Bridgwater Police Court 1854 06Jul Harvey Frederick - stole sugar tongs Bridgwater Borough Sessions 1854 09Feb Harvey H D - Wiveliscombe Bridgwater Subscription Charitable Fund 1854 03Aug Harvey James - Stromness survived shipwreck 1854 20Apr Harvey John - Weston Super Mare 1854 14Dec Harvey John - Melville Place Torquay Paignton cottage sale 1854 01Jun Harvey Llewellyn Garrett Talmidge - of Oxfordshire and Buckland Brewer prisoner 1854 03Aug Harvey Llewellyn Garrett Talmadge - age 30 sweep Little Torrington murder 1854 10Aug Harvey Mr - Exeter hanging 1854 29Jun Harwood Duvell Powell - ensign 2nd Somerset Regiment of Militia 1854 17Aug Harwood Mr - assault at Bridgwater 1854 27Apr Haselden William - merchant Liverpool forgery 1854 21Dec Haseltine Jemima - age 70 East Hardwick gift 1854 20Jul Haskoll Rev Jospeh - curate Leigh Under Mendip to East Bankworth Lincs 1854 06Jul Haslam William - constable assaulted Bridgwater Police Court 1854 17Aug Hatfield G - Millbank prison surgeon 1854 31Aug Hathway Rev W - to curacy of Locking Somerset 1854 16Mar Hatto Moses - Burnham murder 1854 23Mar Hatto Moses - to be executed Aylesbury Gaol 1854 30Mar Hatto Moses - confession at Aylesbury 1854 09Nov Haviland Alfred - Bridgwater letter 1854 02Nov Hawker Charles - embezzlement Taunton 1854 02Mar Hawker Thomas Denner - died age 24 East Reach Taunton father Honiton 1854 09Mar Hawker Thomas Denner - died Taunton age 24 son of Mr Hawker Honiton 1854 26Oct Hawkes Charles v John Stripling - Combwich case of the 'Intrepid' 1854 13Jul Hawkes Thomas - Barclay St Brisgwater dau age 2 scalded 1854 26Oct Hawkes Thomas Tyrwhitt - Chew Magna his iron stolen 1854 23Feb Hawkings John - Mudgley Farm Wedmore 1854 27Apr Hawkings Robert jun - Huntspill guardian of the poor 1854 04May Hawkins master - fell into dock fractured collar bone Bridgwater 1854 09Nov Hawkins Ambrose - age 79 Milverton ag lab award 1854 13Jul Hawkins Francis - his lamb stolen Yarlington Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 18May Hawkins George marr Mary Ann Bower at Baptist Chapel Yeovil 1854 16Mar Hawkins Henry - Bridgwater Town Council meeting 1854 22Jun Hawkins James - Bridgwater infirmary injured at the iron works 1854 16Nov Hawkins Joan - age 84 prize Williton and Dunster Ag Assoc 1854 14Dec Hawkins John - carrier Ashcott 1854 02Mar Hawkins Mr - Bathpool house sale 1854 26Oct Hawkins Mr - builder Somerton 1854 23Mar Hawkins Rev H C H - Chilton Polden wife Mary died age 72 1854 14Dec Hawkins Robert - Stogursey Hundred of Cannington to let 1854 06Jul Hawkins Thomas - stole jacket Somerset Sessions 1854 27Apr Hawkins William - Stockland Bristol guardian of the poor 1854 09Feb Hay Charles - collier Redburth Pembrokeshire birth of 5 children 1854 29Jun Hay Francis - printer died age 39 5 Clarence Pl Kingsdown nr Bristol 1854 07Dec Haydon James - Greenham Somerset manuf died 1854 26Oct Hayes Samuel George - Queen Camel his mutton stolen 1854 31Aug Hayman George - died age 84 Holford 1854 28Sep Hayman Henry - accident at Combwich 1854 12Oct Hayman William - age 15 vagrancy Bridgwater 1854 06Jul Hayward Ann - stole table cloths from Rev Turner Somerset Sessions 1854 12Jan Hayward James - birth of son Bridgwater 1854 25May Hayward James - Bridgwater police court 1854 30Mar Hayward John - Bridgwater Borough Sessions jury 1854 20Apr Hayward John - nominated as Bridgwater churchwarden 1854 18May Hayward John - vicars churchwarden declined office 1854 08Jun Hayward John - Bridgwater horticultural society 1854 05Oct Hayward John - Trinity Cottage Bridgwater birth of son 1854 12Jan Hayward Maria - stealing Bridgwater Sessions 1854 17Aug Hayward Maria - West St Bridgwater assault 1854 28Dec Hayward Mr - sail cloth manuf Chinnock his counting house burgled 1854 13Apr Hayward Richard - West Chinnock birth of son 1854 22Jun Head B G - prize Free Grammar School Bridgwater 1854 25May Head C - Bridgwater Police court 1854 10Aug Head John - stole tea from Edward Bush 1854 14Sep Head Rev H E - rector Feniton letter 1854 09Nov Headbrook Nathaniel - shopkeeper Roadwater sold underweight bread 1854 06Apr Heal G - tender for Bridgwater Union 1854 05Jan Heard and Son - dispensing chemists Fore St Bridgwater 1854 05Jan Heard and Son - sauce warehouse Bridgwater 1854 11May Heard H C - chairing Brisgwater Floral Soc meeting 1854 30Mar Heard H C - Bridgwater Borough Sessions jury 1854 06Jul Heard H C - Bridgwater exhibition 1854 23Feb Heard Miss - decd house to let Kings Square Bridgwater 1854 14Sep Heard Mrs - Bridgwater Exhibition 1854 05Jan Heard Priscilla - drunk and disorderly 1854 17Aug Heard Priscilla - Union House disturbance Bridgwater 1854 19Oct Heard Priscilla - drunk nr market Bridgwater Police Court 1854 06Jul Hearne Frederick Henry - his apples stolen Somerset Sessions 1854 02Feb Heathcote Rev W Beadon - Wells birth of daughter 1854 04May Heathcote Rev Samuel John - to curacy of Williton 1854 26Jan Heaton Lambert - farmer at Heaton son John poisoned 1854 26Oct Hebditch S - South Petherton shopkeeper robbed 1854 16Feb Hebditch W B - Severals nr Crewkerne birth of son 1854 03Aug Hecks Mr - Lords Leaze Chard sheep stolen 1854 13Jul Hedges Elizabeth - stole towel Walton Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 02Nov Hefford Thomas - Wellington his money stolen 1854 30Mar Heifer John - acquitted Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 16Feb Hele W - birth of son at Bullers Arms Inn St Sidwells Exeter 1854 16Mar Helliar John - sale of Windmill Hill Ashill 1854 30Mar Helliar Thomas - Meare his lambs stolen 1854 23Mar Hellier Mr of Eastover marr Miss Good of Launceton 1854 03Aug Hellings Rev E B - gaol chaplain 1854 30Nov Hellins W - Langport passes solicitors exam 1854 09Nov Helyar Edwin George - lieut 2nd Somerset Militia 1854 19Jan Helyar F - at Yeovil ball 1854 19Jan Helyar Mrs Hugh - at Yeovil ball 1854 04May Helyar Rev Wyndham Hugh - to assistant curacy Sutton Bingham 1854 06Jul Helyar William Hawker - his fold stakes stolen Somerset Sessions 1854 09Nov Hembrow Maria - Halse womanservant award 1854 09Nov Hembry Hannah - witness to Wedmore attack 1854 27Jul Hemens Mrs Sydney - birth of dau Hutton nr Weston S M 1854 03Aug Hemens Mrs Sydney - birth of dau Bath House Hutton nr Weston S M 1854 31Aug Hemens Solomon - boot maket Banwell burgled 1854 26Oct Hemens Solomon - Banwell burgled Somerset County Sessions 1854 13Jul Hemmens John - acquitted Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 26Jan Henda James Allegne - dau Jane Sophia marr at Weston SM 1854 24Aug Henderson Alexander - attempted murder in Brussels 1854 02Nov Henderson Charles - his coat stolen Taunton 1854 30Mar Henderson Joseph - woollen draper Taunton court case 1854 10Aug Henderson Rear Admiral George - dau Catherine marr at Tor Church 1854 06Apr Henderson Robert - Cadbury Cottage nr Yatton birth of dau 1854 23Mar Hennen George - stonemason Waterloo St murder of wife age 37 1854 30Nov Hennet George - Bridgwater Iron Works 1854 26Jan Hennet Mr - auction of estate Teignmouth 1854 12Oct Hennsbergen J Van - ships brokers Gateshead fire 1854 26Oct Henry Mrs - Toome Ireland child age 3 died of intoxication 1854 07Dec Hensley Caroline Arabella - died Alfred St Bath age 26 wife of Henry 1854 10Aug Henslowe Lieut J P - son of Langport vicar promoted Cape of Good Hope 1854 09Mar Henville C - Blandford printer birth of son 1854 11May Henwood Mrs - pawn shop Higher St 1854 06Apr Herapath Mr - Bristol analytical chemist witness Cutcombe murder 1854 09Feb Herbert Mrs - Church Lane Deptford burnt to death 1854 27Apr Herman Mr - surgeon Curry Rivel church pew dispute 1854 01Jun Hetherington Robert - lieut 2nd Somerset regiment of militia 1854 29Jun Heting Misses - Shiplett Bleadon estate sale 1854 08Jun Hewer William - Sevenhampton Highworth ag soc prize 1854 31Aug Hewett v Mayor and Corporation of Bridgwater - horse fell 1854 10Aug Hewitt Alfed - stole woollen yarn at Frome 1854 11May Hewitt Thomas = Westonzoyland letter 1854 27Apr Hewlings Jacob - Lawrence Hill Bristol dau Lydia marr 1854 09Nov Hext Rachael - Princetown Devon cured of asthma 1854 09Nov Heyward Mr - Wheddon Farm nr Newton Abbot cured of liver complaint 1854 20Jul Hickes Charles William - Weston Super Mare town commissioner 1854 12Jan Hickes Edward - house to let Fryern St Bridgwater 1854 20Jul Hicks Charles - Weare land sale 1854 16Mar Higgings James - bricklayer age 44 died North Town Taunton 1854 20Jul Higgins Edward - farmer Brean his trousers stolen 1854 10Aug Higgins Edward - his trousers stolen at Brean 1854 20Jul Higgins Maria - dau of Brean farmer witness 1854 06Jul Higgins Miss - Limerick coffin 1854 27Jul Higgins Mr - tenant sale of land at Edgarly 1854 15Jun Higgs Charles - fight in New St Bristol died 1854 01Jun Higgs Mr - East Brent tree accident 1854 02Nov Hilburn John - stole hats at Radstock 1854 18May Hill Charles - Brockley son John marr at Yatton 1854 18May Hill Charles - Frome keeper Nunney Catch Turnpike illegal toll 1854 09Nov Hill Charles of Belle Vue Clifton marr Anne Spry of Ugborough 1854 06Jul Hill E W and J - their bag stolen Somerset Sessions 1854 01Jun Hill Eliza - Bridgwater Police Court 1854 19Jan Hill Francis - sawyer Bridgwater Police Court 1854 14Sep Hill Francis - accident at Combwich 1854 28Dec Hill George snr - Cheddar attempted suicide 1854 24Aug Hill James timber merchant Bristol marr Emma Taylor of Weston S M 1854 19Jan Hill Jane - wife of Francis Bridgwater Police Court 1854 19Oct Hill John - ostler at the Clarence fell in Angel Cres Bridgwater 1854 21Sep Hill John - stole potatoes at Staplegrove 1854 18May Hill John of Brockley marr Jane Burnett of Claverham 1854 28Dec Hill Joseph - Paulton robbed of ewe 1854 12Jan Hill Maria - widow of inspector Bridgwater 1854 30Nov Hill Mary Ann - Bridgwater Police Court case 1854 26Oct Hill Mr - hairdresser Barnstaple 1852 1854 25May Hill Mr - Bridgwater on of Mr Doels carters had accident 1854 14Dec Hill Rev Matthew - rector of Sutton son Thomas marr at Bath 1854 28Dec Hill Richard - died age 56 Ruishton nr Taunton 1854 09Feb Hill Thomas - baker Bridgwater Subscription Charitable Fund 1854 27Jul Hill Thomas - Meare land sale 1854 14Dec Hill Thomas marr Christiana Rebecca Cook of Bath 1854 02Nov Hill Thomas Ames - his horse stolen at Paulton 1854 11May Hill William - age 70 accident woth crane at quay 1854 08Jun Hill William - auctioneer Bow 1854 02Nov Hillard Mr Davis - Chard ploughing match 1854 19Oct Hillard T D - ploughing match Chard 1854 19Jan Hillier Edward - at Yeovil ball 1854 19Jan Hillier J - at Yeovil ball 1854 07Sep Hillier Samuel marr Mary Ann Parker of Batwick at Weston SM 1854 19Jan Hillier Wyndham - at Yeovil ball 1854 26Oct Hillman Charles - Yatton robbed 1854 15Jun Hillyar James - Cerne Abbas birth of daughter 1854 31Aug Hilman William - labourer Farrington Gurney 1854 06Apr Hines Susannah - husband bigamist Taunton 1854 10Aug Hingeston G - Lyme Regis money scrivener bankrupt 1854 30Mar Hinton Moses - burglary at Frome 1854 06Apr Hinton Moses - burglary at Frome 6 months 1854 26Oct Hinton Mrs Fred - birth of son Lyme Regis 1854 19Jan Hinxman Mr - of the firm Taylor and Rankin wine merchants 1854 09Mar Hinxman Mrs - died Zante Cottage Wembdon Rd 1854 05Oct Hiorns Mr - Bridgwater flag flying 1854 27Apr Hiorns Richard - fined Bridgwater Police Court 1854 16Nov Hippesley John - appointed Sheriff of Somerset 1854 09Nov Hippisley J H - Farrington Gurney plouging match 1854 30Nov Hirtzel C - Langport passes solicitors exam 1854 07Sep Hiscox Ann - died Bath dau of Thomas Skynner of Bridgwater 1854 27Jul Hoare Francis of Langport marr Elizabeth Sparks of Wiveliscombe 1854 27Jul Hoare James - wife Mary died age 71 Langport 1854 14Sep Hoare Mr - brush maker High St parrot 1854 13Jul Hoare Sir Hugh Richard - his sheep killed Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 15Jun Hobbs policeman - Durleigh suicide of J Symes 1854 02Feb Hobbs Benjamin - fined 12s Bridgwater police court 1854 23Mar Hobbs Elizabeth - died age 74 Clifton relict of John 1854 27Jul Hobbs G - constable Bridgwater Sessions 1854 05Oct Hobbs G - Bridgwater Police Court 1854 12Jan Hobbs George - policeman Bridgwater 1854 26Oct Hobbs George - PC witness borough quarter sessions 1854 13Jul Hobbs Misses - Alfred House Burnham school 1854 22Jun Hobbs Mr - Burrow Bridge 1854 02Mar Hobbs PC - Bridgwater Police Court 1854 09Mar Hobbs Samuel jun - solicitor Burnham agent for Crown Life Ass 1854 09Mar Hobbs Samuel - solicitor Wells agent for Crown Life Ass 1854 09Feb Hobbs William - fined 5s Bridgwater Police Court 1854 27Apr Hobhouse Henry - died Harpden House Somerset age 78 1854 27Apr Hobhouse Henry - chairman board of governors Wincanton 1854 23Nov Hobson H - Castle Cary 1854 05Oct Hock Richard - 'Happy Return' inquest at Bridgwater 1854 06Apr Hockey John - poaching in Earl of Ilchesters wood 6 weeks 1854 19Jan Hockey Susannah - Whitestaunton burgled 1854 26Oct Hodder Robert - Muchelney accident age 57 1854 18May Hodder William - drunk Bridgwater Police Court case 1854 02Feb Hoddinot Henry yeoman marr Sarah Richards at Butleigh 1854 13Jul Hoddinote Frederick - his ham stolen Frome Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 23Nov Hodge H - died aslo dau age 3 1854 30Mar Hodge Henry - stole ham at Keynsham 1854 23Mar Hodge W H - Park Villa Tiverton dau Lydia marr 1854 27Jul Hodges Edward - meal at Shepton Mallet Horse Shoe Inn 1854 13Jul Hodges Ellen - stole cheese Shepton Mallet Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 06Jul Hodges Emmanuel - burglary Somerset Sessions 1854 27Apr Hodges George Perrat - North Petherton guardian of the poor 1854 28Dec Hodges James and John - Doulting their sheep stolen 1854 22Jun Hodson Rev G F - Banwell 2nd prize 1854 21Dec Hogarth John - Newlygan Cumberland dau Sarah marr at Weston SM 1854 28Dec Holdsworth Arthur B E - Widdicombe House dau Anne marr 1854 28Sep Holdway Mrs - Laverton burglary 1854 06Apr Hole George - witness Cutcombe murder 1854 08Jun Hole James - Knowle House Dunster ag soc prize 1854 23Nov Hole Joseph - reaping award South Petherton Ag Soc 1854 06Apr Hole Robert - surgeon Dunster 1854 30Nov Hole Thomas - accident at Durleigh 1854 08Jun Holer George - Bourton Pill sheep shearing contest 1854 24Aug Holesgrove Thomas - Exeter decd dau Mary Jane marr 1854 13Jul Holland Rev Henry - Siddington Rectory birth of daughter 1854 25May Holland William - Bridgwater Police Court 1854 04May Hollinsed Rev Richard Edward - to assistant curacy Paulton 1854 19Oct Hollinshead Rev R E - to Paulton Somerset curacy 1854 21Sep Holloway Catherine Elizabeth - broke windows in the union 1854 04May Holloway John - Sparrow Lane Wooton Bassett fire 1854 19Jan Holloway Mary - Devonshire food riots Exeter 1854 21Sep Holloway Mary Ann - broke windows in the union 1854 02Nov Holloway Uriah - stole duck at Dunkerton 1854 31Aug Hollway Mary Ann - assaulted at Croscombe 1854 21Sep Hollway Mr - Potterne butcher died 1854 02Nov Holly Thomas - Chard theft acquitted 1854 20Jul Hollyday J - Chapelcleeve Taunton elected Royal Horticultural Soc 1854 19Oct Hollyer Rev W H - to Sutton Bingham Somerset curacy 1854 16Feb Hollyoake Mr - house sale High St Bridgwater 1854 19Jan Holman Mary Ann - Devonshire food riots Exeter 1854 06Apr Holmes v Hoskins - Somerset Assizes 1854 10Aug Holmes Sarah Felicia - 22 Longton Sunday Sch teacher illeg child 1854 19Jan Holmes W H - subscription for the poor Bridgwater 1854 18May Holmes W H - Bridgwater Police Court Case re goods in the street 1854 06Apr Holmes William - sale of furniture Heathcombe House Enmore 1854 28Sep Holmes William - sale of livestock Heathcombe Farm Enmore 1854 28Dec Holmes William Henry - Shaldob nr Teignmouth and Bridgwater dau marr 1854 09Nov Holmyard Mr - Rockbeare Devon cured of liver complaint 1854 13Jul Holt Supt - cart accident nr Kingsweston 1854 01Jun Holt Thomas - found in Rochdale canal 1854 09Feb Honey T - Launceton grocer bankrupt 1854 03Aug Honeyball Miss - Langport excursion 1854 09Mar Hood Alexander Ackland - Wellington Column ctte 1854 25May Hood Elizabeth - Bridport inquest fire at St Andrews Wall Bradpole 1854 27Apr Hook James de la - preached Trinity Church Bridgwater 1854 19Jan Hook John - Wembdon 1854 02Mar Hook Mr - robbed on way home to Wembdon 1854 20Jul Hook Rev De La - Bridgwater visitor to Burnham 1854 06Jul Hook W - Bridgwater Police Court 1854 12Jan Hooke Rev De La - house to let Fryern St Bridgwater 1854 06Jul Hooper Charles - wheelwright witness Bridgwater Police Court 1854 21Sep Hooper Charles - recovery of tenement in St John St 1854 19Jan Hooper Edward of Southampton marr Mary Anstice of Street 1854 20Jul Hooper G - died age 60 Berrow 1854 24Aug Hooper J - Wellington battery 1854 27Jul Hooper John - stage carpenter Plymouth amateur theatricals 1854 27Jul Hooper Mr - Meare land sale 1854 15Jun Hooper R - birth of daughter Bridgwater 1854 12Oct Hooper Robert - woollen draper Dampiet St Bridgwater declining business 1854 07Sep Hooper Simon - decd Berrow sale of farming stock 1854 07Sep Hooper Sophia - sued master Rev T K Warren Harries of Avishay House 1854 10Aug Hooper W - Bristol cabinet naker bankrupt 1854 08Jun Hooper W H - arctic explorer died Brompton 1854 16Nov Hooper William - appointed corn meterer 1854 13Jul Hope Henry - his tarpaulin stolen Weston Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 13Jul Hope Henry - his tarpaulin stolen Weston Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 15Jun Hopgood J - Tiverton property sale 1854 27Apr Hopkins Mr - churchwarden Kingsbury Episcopi 1854 21Sep Hopley Thomas - London lecture on respiration 1854 02Nov Hoquet Mr Le - Jersey and Weymouth practical joke 1854 06Jul Horn Charles - acquitted Somerset Sessions 1854 28Dec Horner Edmund - farm lab Hinton St George murdered at Merriott 1854 06Jul Horsey William - stole potatoes Somerset Sessions 1854 06Apr Horsington William - mason Somerset Assizes 1854 30Nov Horsman William - sale of 'Mount Radford' Wembdon 1854 19Jan Hosegood Rev Samuel - preferment to rectory of Wayford nr Crewkerne 1854 11May Hoskins Thomas of Bath marr Ann Adams at Midsomer Norton 1854 21Sep Houlton John Torriano - of Fairleigh Castle birth of dau in Prussia 1854 19Jan Hounsell Thomas - Bridport dau Ellen marr 1854 03Aug House John Major - Chard farm sheep stolen 1854 23Mar House Mr - sale of house High St Bridgwater 1854 07Sep House Samuel - Mark land sale 1854 02Nov House Thomas - his candlestick stolen at Taunton 1854 09Nov House W - Tatworth turnip sale 1854 26Oct House William - robbed at Mark 1854 25May How Matthew - Bristol case of E Newman of Westonzoyland 1854 09Nov Howard Rev J G - to curacy of Wanstrow 1854 20Jul Howarth Sarah - age 33 explosion at Bridge Fold Mill Rochdale 1854 20Jul Howarth Thomas - age 28 explosion at Bridge Fold Mill Rochdale 1854 06Apr Howe Ann - witness Cutcombe murder 1854 13Jul Howse Rev F - Prospect House Taunton school 1854 20Jul Hoy W - Weston Super Mare town commissioner 1854 14Dec Hoyes Miss - Yew Cottage Bitterne burglary 1854 02Nov Hucker Elizabeth - stole apples Bridgwater Police Court 1854 05Oct Hucker Frederick - Middlezoy shepherd 1854 30Mar Huddy Alfred - his fowl stolen Dowlish Wake 1854 28Dec Huges John - Bridgwater Crimean Army Fund 1854 31Aug Hughes Charles Cox - Clarendon Hotel Leamington warrant 1854 21Sep Hughes Ebenezer Wilson - died age 33 1854 24Aug Hughes John - collector of customes Bridgwater 1854 09Nov Hughes John - collector Customs House Bridgwater letter 1854 30Nov Hughes John - collector Customs Officer Bridgwater 1854 17Aug Hughes Richard - groom to Mr Crowdy of Chiseldon suicide and murder 1854 23Mar Hughes William - pastry cook Bridgwater shop sale 1854 02Mar Hughs Thompsom - HM collector of customs 1854 26Jan Hugo W H - surgeon Crediton his infant son Charles Frederick died 1854 22Jun Hugo Walter - Albert Villa 2nd prize Taunton Poultry Show 1854 19Jan Huish Rev - at Yeovil ball 1854 07Dec Hull Thomas - South Perrot dau Ann marr 1854 02Mar Humber Hugh - Chilton Trinity fell over quay drunk 1854 30Mar Humphrey Isaac - riot at Kingsbury Episcopi 1854 30Mar Humphrey Richard - his potatoes stolen at Kingsbury Episcopi 1854 09Nov Humphreys Henry - West St house sale Bridgwater 1854 09Mar Humphreys Mr - sale of furniture Porters Farm Holway Taunton 1854 27Apr Humphries Mrs - Freshford nr Bath arrival of boy 1854 01Jun Hunt Alfred - butcher North Curry birth of daughter 1854 23Feb Hunt Alfred marr Susannah Crease at North Curry 1854 19Jan Hunt Charles - Bridgwater ship builder accused of theft 1854 09Feb Hunt Charles - prov ctte Bridgwater Patent Slip company 1854 23Feb Hunt Charles - owner of ship 'Eliza' 1854 24Aug Hunt Frederick marr Jane Atwell at St Johns Eastover 1854 28Sep Hunt George - candidate assistant overseer Bridgwater 1854 12Oct Hunt George - candidate asst overseer Bridgwater 1854 01Jun Hunt Henry - North Curry birth of daughter 1854 02Nov Hunt Henry - stole trousers at Huntspill 1854 23Feb Hunt Henry of North Curry marr Mrs Elworthy of Stoke St Gregory 1854 03Aug Hunt Luke - witness to burglary at Odcombe 1854 27Jul Hunt Mary - tenant sale of messuage at Glastonbury 1854 31Aug Hunt V Cookesley - Bridgwater county court 1854 14Sep Hunt William - Frome cruelty to pig 1854 03Aug Hurchings Mr - house North St Market Trust meeting 1854 30Mar Hurford William - shooting at Stoodleigh Wood 1854 06Apr Hurford William - poaching at Studleigh Wood 4 months 1854 09Nov Hurley master - accident to hand Williton employee of Mr Dunn 1854 02Nov Hurley Abraham - stole money at Stogursey 1854 13Apr Hurley Mr - cart accident on Wembdon hill 1854 30Mar Hurlstone Susan - no bill Wells Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 28Dec Hurman Edward marr Sophia Lott at St James Bristol 1854 23Feb Hurman Henry Biffen - Curry Rivel passed exams 1854 20Jul Hurman Henry Biffen - Curry Rivel nr Taunton royal coll of surgeons 1854 28Dec Hurman J - chemist Bridgwater birth of daughter 1854 22Jun Hurman J - Bridgwater meeting re Rural Police Bill 1854 25May Hurman J - Huntspill land sale 1854 03Aug Hurman J - Markey House trust 1854 05Jan Hurman John - window smashed by son of J G Davis 1854 04May Hurman John - Bridgwater meeting 1854 01Jun Hurman John - Berrow Bridgwater auctioneer 1854 24Aug Hurman John - Bridgwater exhibition 1854 20Jul Hurman Mr - Victoria St Burnham 1854 27Apr Hurman Thomas - Bawdrip guardian of the poor 1854 19Jan Hurman W - subscription for the poor Bridgwater 1854 12Oct Hurman W - Fore St advert drapery 1854 25May Hurman William - Fore St Bridgwater organ sale 1854 15Jun Hurt John James - Ilminster dau marr 1854 27Apr Hussey James - auctioneer Honiton infant son died 1854 07Dec Hussey Joseph - labourer Beercrowcombe poaching 1854 19Jan Hutchings v Churchwardens of St Mary - case re cheque A Haviland 1854 31Aug Hutchings v Sutton - Bridgwater county court Hugh Sutton tenant 1854 19Oct Hutchings Joseph - stoker lost HMS Vixen 1854 19Jan Hutchings Miss - Crewkerne draper robbed 1854 16Mar Hutchings Mr - vinegar warehouse Quay cochin china fowl egg 1854 18May Hutchings Mr - surgeon Keynsham 1854 01Jun Hutchings Mr - North St improvements 1854 31Aug Hutchings Rev G W - Dodington rectory birth of dau 1854 21Sep Hutchings T - Axminster nurseryman bankrupt 1854 09Mar Hutchings Thomas - tenant nr Skimmerton Wembdon sale of land 1854 23Mar Hutchins Mr - accident at Brownes brickyard Bridgwater Infirmary 1854 07Sep Hutchins Rev G W - Dodington dau Alice died 1854 12Oct Hutchinson Mr - Sandhill Gateshead fire 1854 12Oct Hutton William - block and mastmaker Gateshead fire 1854 26Oct Hyatt Miss - Sheton Mallet Waterloo Rd robbed 1854 30Mar Hyde George - acquitted Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 27Jul Hyde Thomas - sale of household furniture Mount School Bridgwater 1854 13Apr Hyslop maj Maxwell - Bath birth of dau 1854 03Aug Idles Miss - Chard school fete 1854 13Apr Indge Mr - watchmaker Chard birth of son 1854 30Mar Indoe Joseph - no bill Wells Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 09Nov Ingersent Miss - Bradninch Devon cured of scrofula 1854 08Jun Ingram James - corndealer Shroton nr Blandford 1854 16Feb Ings Mr - grocer Frome chicory in coffee fined 1854 23Mar Inman Edward Frederick of Bridgwater marr Amelia Margaret Thomas 1854 23Mar Inman Thomas Withy - Bridgwater son Edward marr 1854 31Aug Insull James - suicide nr Worcester 1854 17Aug Irvine C S - gig accident at Uphill 1854 01Jun Isaacs S - Portsea hardwareman bankrupt 1854 06Apr Isgrove v Horsington jun - Bath Somerset Assizes 1854 01Jun Ivie John - Canonsgrove nr Taunton died age 71 1854 24Aug Jackman John - tailor Salford boxing manslaughter 1854 20Jul Jackson John - age 22 riverman English St drowned Hull ship accident 1854 30Nov Jacob Henry Long - surgeon and dentist Bridgwater 1854 06Apr Jacob R L - surgeon dentist Bridgwater birth of son 1854 10Aug Jacobs Matilda - robbed at Shepton Mallet 1854 19Oct Jacobs Mr - brewery sale Taunton 1854 06Apr Jacobs Robert and Joseph - apples at Stoke St Mary 1854 09Nov Jacons Mr - Sampford Farm Bridgwater Ag Assoc 1854 03Aug James Elizabeth - her sovereigns stolen St Decumans 1854 25May James George - West St Bridgwater cottage sale 1854 14Sep James George - plasterer age 37 Farrington Gurney suicide 1854 20Jul James J - Weston Super Mare town commissioner 1854 27Jul James John - Nash Newport Monmouth hydrophobia 1854 19Jan James R - at Yeovil ball 1854 09Feb James Rev T G - Bridgwater parish church restoration fund 1854 06Jul James Rev T G - Bridgwater exhibition 1854 10Aug James T G - chairman Bridgwater exhibition 1854 09Mar James W T - surgeon Glastonbury agent for Crown Life Ass 1854 13Jul James William - stole wool Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 13Jul James William Bartlett - stole gold brooch Bedminster Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 17Aug Jarman Ann - neglected girl Bridgwater felony 1854 05Jan Jarman Edward - hat dealer Fore St Bridgwater insolvent debtor 1854 30Nov Jarman Edwin - birth of son 1854 06Apr Jarman F - bread tender for Bridgwater Union 1854 20Jul Jarman J B - Bath visitor to Burnham 1854 06Jul Jarman Jane - age 13 stole bale wrappers Bridgwater Police Court 1854 12Jan Jarman William - plasterer Bridgwater witness 1854 30Nov Jarvis J - Bridgwater Iron Works 1854 05Jan Jay Rev William - dissenting minister died born Tilsbury 1854 02Nov Jeanes George - his cheese stolen North Petherton 1854 16Feb Jeanes Henry - yeoman North Curry birth of son 1854 17Aug Jeanes Walter - Martock riding accident 1854 02Nov Jeans G - North Petherton his bread stolen 1854 21Dec Jeans James - Long Sutton knocked down 1854 19Oct Jeans Joseph - Long Sutton race 1854 16Nov Jeans Thomas of Meare marr Mrs Sparks of Glastonbury 1854 13Apr Jeboult H P - glass dealer 198 High St Exeter birth of son 1854 06Jul Jefferies Charles - Wembdon 1854 06Apr Jefferies Edward - house to let Wembdon 1854 04May Jefferies Joseph - Wooton Bassett fire 1854 11May Jeffery Betty - Huntspill lands 1854 06Apr Jeffery H - bread tender for Bridgwater Union 1854 07Dec Jeffery Isaac - yeoman Ashill pochers on his land 1854 07Dec Jeffery Isaac - yeoman Ashill pochers on his land 1854 27Apr Jeffery John Evered - Huntspill guardian of the poor 1854 07Dec Jeffery Lott - assault Wells County Petty Sessions age 17 1854 11May Jeffery Mr - tenant sale of lands at Huntspill 1854 20Jul Jefferys Mr - Bristol visitor to Burnham 1854 09Mar Jeffries Charles - tenant Wembdon sale of land 1854 20Jul Jeffries John - died age 32 North Petherton 1854 08Jun Jeffries Mr - sale of furniture Mount Radford Wembdon 1854 12Jan Jeffry John - died Pilton age 65 1854 30Mar Jenkins Charles - stole peas at Puddimore Milton 1854 05Oct Jenkins Charles - surgeon age 73 died Old Market St 1854 05Oct Jenkins Henry - Bath picking pockets at fair 1854 22Jun Jenkins Joseph - witness Bridgwater County Court 1854 06Apr Jenkins Mr - Wembdon sewer 1854 03Aug Jenkins W - owed wages to Joseph Dyer 1854 11May Jenkyns Mrs - widow of late Dean of Wells chapel of ease 1854 09Mar Jenkyns Rev Richard - died Oxford 1854 05Oct Jennings Charlotte - stole sovereigns Bridgwater Police Court 1854 04May Jennings George marr Georgiana Pritchard at Weston Super Mare 1854 03Aug Jennings Rev W C Brande B C T marr Sarah Ann Marshall Smallcorn 1854 24Aug Jervis Louisa - Gloucester murder 1854 20Jul John Mr - Burnham pump room meeting 1854 13Apr Johns Charles marr Mary Ann Johns at St Johns Bridgwater 1854 13Jul Johnson Catherine - Crewkerne prostitute 1854 30Nov Johnson Georgina Brooke - dau of Rev F Charles Johnson died age 18 W Lack 1854 11May Johnson Mary - Higher St Saltash witness 1854 09Nov Johnson Mr - Pawlett Bridgwater Ag Assoc 1854 09Nov Johnson Stephen - counterfeiting Bridgwater Police Court 1854 27Apr Johnson William Breer - Pawlett guardian of the poor 1854 30Nov Jolliffe George S - surgeon Crewkerne corns 1854 03Aug Jolliffe Mr - churchwarden Chard school fete 1854 13Jul Jones Alfed Addington - his coat stolen Charterhouse Hinton Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 23Feb Jones Blance - Bridgwater witness 1854 27Apr Jones Charles - Cossington guardian of the poor 1854 06Jul Jones Elizabeth - drunk and disorderly Back Lane Bridgwater Police Court 1854 03Aug Jones Elizabeth - stole 8 sovereigns at St Decumans 1854 23Feb Jones Henrietta - witness Bridgwater 1854 31Aug Jones J - North Petherton china 1854 20Jul Jones James - Bath St Bristol birth of son 1854 28Sep Jones Jane - Stockton upon Tees complaint dau of clergyman IOM 1854 10Aug Jones John - stole wheat at Withypool 1854 02Nov Jones John alias Davis - stole boots at Cutcombe 1854 20Jul Jones Miss - Worcester visitor to Burnham 1854 07Sep Jones Mr - stable keeper Weston SM dau eloped 1854 13Apr Jones Mr - Withy farm objection to accounts of Highbridge 1854 19Oct Jones Ms - ridden over by horse in Salmon Lane no bones broken 1854 02Feb Jones Philip - West of England and South Wales District Bank 1854 09Nov Jones Rev J T - to curacy of Dinder 1854 05Jan Jones Thomas - Bridgwater letter 1854 05Oct Jones Thomas - Bridgwater picking pockets at fair 1854 09Feb Jones William - prov ctte Bridgwater Patent Slip company 1854 30Mar Jones William - collected quay dues Bridgwater Borough Sessions 1854 06Apr Jones William of Waesteg marr Miss Powell at Eastover 1854 13Jul Jones William - stole towel Brislington Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 13Jul Jones William Price - candidate for house surgeon Taunton Hospital 1854 10Aug Joseline James - cholera death Plymouth hospital ship 1854 30Mar Joyce Alfred - stole oranges at Frome 1854 02Nov Joyce Edward - Frome theft acquitted 1854 02Feb Joyce John - Taunton speaking at Street Mutual Improvement Soc 1854 30Mar Joyce John - acquitted Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 27Apr Joyce Thomas - Otterhampton guardian of the poor 1854 18May Jutson William - Bampton fire 1854 27Jul Kean George - tenant Meare land sale 1854 27Jul Kean Joseph - tenant Meare land sale 1854 02Nov Kearsey Richard - Spaxton his sheep stolen 1854 06Apr Keate George Paul marr Adelaide Webb of Bridgwater at Sydney 1854 30Mar Keats Samuel - assaulted the Withers at Chewton Mendip 1854 06Apr Keats Samuel - transported for assault at Chewton Mendip 1854 08Jun Keats William - Burnham 1854 16Feb Keel George - Cheddar robbed 1854 23Feb Keel George - robbed of towels Cheddar 1854 28Dec Keel Mr - Cheddar robbed of geese 1854 02Mar Keeling Mr - Dunkerton sheepstealers 1854 09Feb Keen Robert - yeoman Meare stole 2 lambs 1854 30Mar Keen Robert - jun stole lambs at Meare penal servitude 1854 31Aug Keene John - governor Horsemonger Lane gaol 1854 29Jun Kekewich Trehawke - birth of son at Brampford Speke 1854 25May Kelly John - seaman 'Portland' murder at Liverpool 1854 27Jul Kelway James - Langport inspector of weights and measures 1854 12Oct Kemmis Arthur Henry Nicholas - ensign 1st Somerset Militia 1854 16Feb Kemp Joseph - Illogan Cornwall murder of Joshua Menhenlot 1854 02Feb Kemp Thomas - survivor of the 'Tayleur' shipwreck 1854 10Aug Kemper John Harvey - Amserdam murders 1854 20Jul Kenar Mr - Bristol visitor to Burnham 1854 26Jan Kent G K - Taunton plumber bankrupt 1854 13Jul Kent John - stole needles Yeovil Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 19Oct Ker Mr - Waterloo Villa Clifton murder 1854 13Jul Kerr Michael - Scotsman brough goats to Bridgwater 1854 27Jul Kerridge John - cabinet maker Bath died age 47 Wells 1854 27Jul Kerridge John - Wells workman cabinet maker manslaughter fmly Exeter 1854 24Aug Kershaw James - MP Manchester dau Maria marr 1854 19Jan Kerten Mr - employed by Allen of Burnham accident Bridgwater Infirmary 1854 16Nov Kerton Harriet - inquest on her child Frank age 7 mths Berrow 1854 13Jul Kerton William - bill ignored Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 09Nov Kettle Rev William Arundel marr Jane Eliz Foskett at Much Wenlock 1854 09Nov Kettle W - Tiverton son William Arundel marr 1854 10Aug Kewer Richard - Curry Mallet land sale 1854 02Nov Kiddell John - corn sale at Rotherhay scuffle Bridgwater Police Court 1854 02Nov Kiddell John - corn sale at Rotherhay scuffle Bridgwater Police Court 1854 17Aug Kiddle Edwin - Beaminster dau Emma marr 1854 30Mar Kiddle Mr - Clevedon his beans stolen 1854 30Mar Kidner v Gulliford Taunton Assizes 1854 11May Kidner A - decd sale of live stock Laxworthy Farm Enmore 1854 06Apr Kidner Anthony marr Mary Doming both of Bridgwater 1854 09Nov Kidner Mr - Goathurst Bridgwater Ag Assoc 1854 05Oct Kief Charles - butcher Middlezoy witness 1854 20Jul Kievert Mr - Bristol visitor to Burnham 1854 14Sep Killick Rev R H - vicar Wichfont preaching in open air 1854 19Jan King A - Bridgwater madrigal society 1854 16Mar King Abraham - Bridgwater Town Council meeting 1854 10Aug King Caroline - stole at Wiveliscombe 1854 22Jun King E - recitation Free Grammar School Bridgwater 1854 22Jun King E C - prize Free Grammar School Bridgwater 1854 12Oct King Elizabeth - West St Bridgwater assaulted by H Slack 1854 05Jan King George - surgeon Bath 1854 30Mar King H - Bristol bookseller bankrupt 1854 09Nov King J W - Chilton Polden Bridgwater Ag Assoc 1854 21Dec King J W - Chilton Polden thrashing machine 1854 27Apr King J Webb - essay Chilton Polden 1854 20Jul King Mr - surgeon Bridgwater house sale 1854 03Aug King Mr - surgeon Dampiet St Bridgwater house to let 1854 13Apr King Mrs - suicide by drowning Burnham 1854 15Jun King Mrs - White Hart Inn died Wiveliscombe 1854 20Jul King Mrs A - Regent St Burnham 1854 08Jun King Richard King Meade - Walford House nr Tauton ag soc prize 1854 17Aug King Thomas - boys stole apricots Martock 1854 21Dec King Thomas - cohabited with A Philpotts she died Wiveliscombe 1854 29Jun King William Pitman - 48 Gower St late of Bridgwater dau Agnes marr 1854 09Nov King William - Milverton award 1854 09Nov King William - Wiveliscombe shepherd award 1854 08Jun Kingdon Thomas - Netherexe nr Brampford Speke ag soc prize 1854 12Oct Kinglake Alexander - Taunton at the battle of Alma 1854 07Dec Kinglake ALexander - ill in Malta 1854 02Nov Kinglake Rev W C - West Monkton his ducks stolen 1854 16Feb Kingsland Rev W - birth of daughter at Devizes 1854 30Nov Kinneir H - Langport passes solicitors exam 1854 27Jul Kirby Mrs Hudson - burnt Plymouth amateur theatricals 1854 03Aug Kirkland Elizabeth - Odcombe burgled 1854 16Nov Kitchen Joseph - hind to Mr White of Windergill Park 1854 27Apr Kitson Rev Francis John rector Hemyock marr Isabella Speke 1854 16Feb Kitson Rev Thomas - Shinhay House Devon dau Susan marr 1854 22Jun Knapp Hugh - age 60 kept pub nr railway Bristol and B'ham dead 1854 16Mar Knatchbull Mr - Clutton union petition 1854 27Jul Knatchbull W F - Meare land sale 1854 25May Knell John Symes - Bridport inquest fire at St Andrews Wall Bradpole 1854 06Apr Knigh Henry - poaching in Earl of Ilchesters wood 6 weeks 1854 20Apr Knight Abraham - Bridgwater police court broke into Mr Dyers house 1854 31Aug Knight Benjamin - labourer Banwell to Shepton Mallet gaol 1854 26Oct Knight Benjamin - 18 labourer Banwell burglary Somerset County Sessions 1854 16Mar Knight G - Bridgwater Town Council meeting 1854 10Aug Knight G - North gate Bridgwater lease 1854 09Feb Knight George - prov ctte Bridgwater Patent Slip company 1854 20Apr Knight George - nominated as Bridgwater churchwarden 1854 06Jul Knight Henry - Grove Lane Wells builder disturbed robbers 1854 09Nov Knight John - Wellington award 1854 13Apr Knight Mr - burged house in North St Bridgwater 1854 30Mar Knight Mr - work at Wells gaol 1854 16Feb Knight Mrs - died age 76 Evercreech 1854 20Jul Knight T C - furniture sale Cannington 1854 19Jan Knight W J - wheat auction Corn Market Bridgwater 1854 23Mar Knight W J - auctioneer and house agent Cornhill Bridgwater 1854 30Mar Knobbs William - stole boots at Yeovil 1854 21Dec Knott Joseph - Abbey Green Bath birth of son 1854 26Jan Knowles Charles - actuary Bridgwater and North Somerset Bank 1854 09Feb Knowles Charles - architect Bridgwater Patent Slip company 1854 30Mar Knowles Charles - Bridgwater Borough Sessions jury 1854 30Mar Knowles James - acquitted Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 07Sep Knowles Mr - lunatic Oxton murder 1854 13Jul Kynaston Thomas - acquitted Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 16Nov Laboucherie Lady Mary - Over Stowey childrens tea 1854 08Jun Lacey George - chemist Oakhampton 1854 27Jul Lacey John - qualified Morgans School Bridgwater 1854 06Jul Lake James - assaultedby A Dyer Bridgwater Borough Sessions 1854 07Sep Lake Thomas - Taunton relict Jane died age 89 1854 30Mar Lamb Ann - stole bread at Temple Combe 1854 19Oct Lambell John - butcher lost HMS Vixen 1854 19Jan Lambert George v R O Backwell - Bridgwater Police Court 1854 02Nov Lambert George - Inland Revenue Bridgwater died age 42 1854 14Dec Lambert Mrs - boarding school Bridgwater 1854 09Nov Lanbridge Mr - John St Exeter cured of abscess 1854 24Aug Lander George - widow Alice died at Freshford nr Bath 1854 05Jan Lane Cuaries Butler - died age 39 Newton Bushel 1854 02Nov Lane George - Chard ploughing match 1854 27Jul Lane Mr - drunk so put in stocks Market Place Wells 1854 06Jul Lane Mr - guard Wilton Gaol 1854 06Jul Lane Mr - scene at Castle Green and Market Place 1854 25May Lane Mr - South Brent House sale 1854 16Nov Lang George - fined for rescuing horse from pound North Petherton 1854 16Feb Lang J - late of Ilminster now Cheltenham birth of son 1854 11May Lang Joseph of Curry Rivell marr Phillipa Sewers of Chatham 1854 30Mar Lang Mr - manure dealer Exeter court action 1854 05Oct Lang Richard of Totterdown marr Mary Somerton at Beaminster 1854 13Jul Langdon Adam - lad stole flowers at Chiselborough 1854 12Jan Langdon Elizabeth - witness Bridgwater Sessions 1854 19Jan Langdon H - assistant overseer Weston SM 1854 26Oct Langdon J - sale of 'Hayne' Upton 1854 06Jul Langdon John - acquitted Somerset Sessions 1854 24Aug Langdon John Chandler - Bristol dau Sarah marr 1854 21Dec Langdon Joseph of Drayton marr Sarah Coombs of Ilminster 1854 30Nov Langdon W - PC officer Minehead 1854 13Jul Langdon Wadham - labourer Ilchester infant 1854 06Apr Langdon William - constable of Luxborough Cutcombe murder 1854 13Jul Langdon William - old man destroyed fowls Yeovil Petty Sessions 1854 27Jul Langdon William - age 77 Drayton funeral service 1854 16Nov Langdon William - showmaker Williton house burnt down fireworks 1854 09Mar Langford Mrs - St Mary St Bridgwater 1854 06Apr Langford Mrs - St Mary St Bridgwater sale of furniture 1854 02Nov Langford Robert - Chard ploughing match boys under 18 1854 13Jul Langley John - assault at Midsomer Norton Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 15Jun Langridge T - Bristol confectioner bankrupt 1854 10Aug Lansdell v Great Western Railway - case to recover money 1854 16Nov Larcombe Mrs - died Bedminster 1854 17Aug Larcombe S - surgeon Curry Rivel 1854 30Mar Latcham George Popham - stole money at Wedmore 1854 01Jun Latham J jun - Bristol leather dealer bankrupt 1854 12Oct Latings C - ship broker Gateshead fire 1854 25May Lauder Jessie - Edinburh suicide at Glasgow 1854 24Aug Laurie Mr - Barnstaple election 1854 14Sep Lavendar Andrew - Great Elm fight 1854 19Oct Laver George - stole tallow from T Coate 1854 30Mar Laver John - no bill Wells Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 02Nov Laver John - Langport theft acquitted 1854 19Oct Laver Sarah - stole tallow from T Coate 1854 02Nov Laver Sarah - stole fat at Langport 1854 16Nov Laver William - Burnham railway 1854 09Mar Lavers Richard grocer Broad St Lyme marr Miss Crisp at Chard 1854 17Aug Lawrence G - postmaster Wells election 1854 30Mar Lawrence Mr - Taunton court casr 1854 21Dec Lawrence Mr - pauper Chard broke windows of Union House 1854 10Aug Lawton Joseph - Bridgwater his pole stolen 1854 27Jul Lax George - Meare land sale 1854 17Aug Leach John - solicitor Martock his apricots stolen 1854 29Jun Leach Walter - passed exams Martock 1854 19Jan Leaker George - leg amputated at infirmary 1854 11May Leaker James - wine and spirits advert High St Bridgwater 1854 01Jun Leaker James - taking over Clarence Hotel formerly Golden Ball 1854 27Jul Leaker James - secretary Bridgwater races 1854 02Nov Leaker James - Bridgwater election 1854 09Nov Leaker James - Bridgwater Ag Assoc 1854 28Dec Leaker James - freemason Lodge of Perpetual Friendship 1854 12Jan Leaker Mr - tradesmens dinner at the Clarence 1854 02Mar Lear sgt - accident at quay 1854 06Jul Lear James - asking to be excused from payment of Market House Rate 1854 26Oct Lear PC - Bridgwater witness 1854 22Jun Lear T - inspector of markets Bridgwater 1854 12Jan Lear Thomas - police sergeant Bridgwater 1854 15Jun Lear Thomas - policeman Durleigh suicide of J Symes 1854 20Jul Lear Thomas - Bridgwater birth of daughter 1854 16Nov Lear Thomas - appointed inspector of markets 1854 13Apr Lear William chemist Bridgwater marr Emma Francis of Bath 1854 02Feb Leaver Rev H C - Selwood Somerset birth of son 1854 02Nov Leaves John - Chard ploughing match 1854 14Sep Lee v Russell - Somerset Hotel Wells 1854 27Jul Lee John - labourer Hennets foundry Bridgwater Police Court 1854 03Aug Lee Mr - Combwich meal 1854 21Dec Leech Mr - Haycock and Gillards a corn loft on the Quay to let 1854 29Jun Lefroy v Cridland - Picadilly solicitor case and gent Somerset 1854 10Aug Leigh John - Withypool his wheat stolen 1854 29Jun Leir Miss - Bruton land sale 1854 09Nov Leir Rev William - Ditcheat dau Emma Frances marr 1854 21Dec Leman Edwin of Keen Hall nr Wells marr Emma Norton 1854 06Jul Lendon John - his house burgled Somerset Sessions 1854 11May Lendon Mr - nurseryman Wellington house burgled 1854 10Aug Lendon Mr - nurseryman Wellington flowers 1854 13Apr Lenham Josiah marr Jane Maria Young 1854 20Apr Leonard Albert - found body Pile Marsh St George's nr Bristol 1854 10Aug Lester J F of Bambay Army marr Louisa Rose Biddulph at Taunton 1854 09Nov Letcher T - Zealah Truro cured of polypus 1854 30Nov Lethbridge A G - Taunton corns 1854 05Jan Leversedge Misses - Waterslade House North Petherton 1854 02Nov Lewer Edward coach builder marr Miss Oakley at Yeovil 1854 02Feb Lewin Miss - died Taunton 1854 03Aug Lewis v Porter - nuisance nr Bristol case 1854 25May Lewis Alfred tailor Preston marr marr Miss Beer at Yeovil 1854 07Sep Lewis Hannah - widow bootcloser Scraggs Buildings Bridgwater 1854 16Nov Lewis James - Norfolk Buildings Wells birth of daughter 1854 23Feb Lewis John - yeoman Compton Pilton wife died 1854 23Nov Lewis Mr - butcher Bradford nr Bath gig accident 1854 28Dec Lewis William - farm lab Hinton St George murder at Merriott 1854 26Oct Lewkings Priscilla - Clapton burgled Somerset County Sessions 1854 26Jan Ley R - birth of twin daughters Southmolton 1854 06Apr Leymour Thomas - stabbed Somerset Assizes 1854 26Oct Light Thomas - labourer theft at Yatton bill ignored 1854 02Nov Lightfoot Christopher - 'Happy Return' Filey age 30 drowned 1854 28Dec Lilley Charles marr Fanny Holmes at Shaldon Devon 1854 28Dec Lilley Samuel - Walthamstow Essex son Charles marr 1854 05Jan Lilly Edward - sale of houses at Bridgwater 1854 19Jan Lilly Edward - subscription for the poor Bridgwater 1854 05Oct Lilly Mr - auctioneer sale of furniture from Enmore Park House 1854 12Jan Lilly Mr - house to let Fryern St Bridgwater The Mart 1854 19Jan Lilly Mrs - Victoria House Fore St Bridgwater sale of goods 1854 12Oct Lindsay lieut col G T - late CO 91st Argyle dau marr Old Charlton Church 1854 23Feb Ling James - Westonzoyland sale of Hoopers Drove 1854 27Apr Ling James - Westonzoyland guardian of the poor 1854 25May Ling James - letter re Westonzoyland Church Rates 1854 30Nov Ling R S - Bridgwater Iron Works 1854 09Nov Linham Mary - witnessed assault at Langport slip Bridgwater Police Court 1854 23Feb Linton Mr - grocer Creech St Michael agent for Bulpins cattle medicine 1854 25May Lippiatt George - West St Bridgwater cottage sale 1854 08Jun Little Thomas - Riddestone ag soc prize 1854 24Aug Little Thomas - Bidestone Wilts sale of rams at Taunton Great Market 1854 02Nov Loaring J - Yeovil his watch stolen 1854 07Dec Loch Thomas - son William marr at South Perrot 1854 07Dec Loch William marr Sarah Hancock at Tiverton 1854 30Mar Lock Ann - stole cloth Stoke Sub Hambdon 1854 02Nov Lock Edwin Adolphus - his trousers stolen Curry Rivell 1854 02Nov Lock J - Lopen his fowl stolen 1854 23Nov Lock James of Host St marr Elizabeth Knight of Stogursey at Bristol 1854 12Jan Lock Janee - shoplifting Bridgwater Sessions 1854 30Mar Lock Mary Ann - riot at Kingsbury Episcopi 1854 06Jul Lock Mr - guard Wilton Gaol 1854 24Aug Lock Mr - tailor Curry Rivell 1854 09Nov Lock William - Milverton plouging match 1854 02Feb Locke James jun - died age 23 at 1 East St Taunton 1854 19Oct Locke Mrs - East St Taunton wine and spirit busns sale of furniture 1854 16Nov Locker James - appointed corn meterer 1854 07Dec Lockhart J G - Abbotsford died 1854 09Nov Lockyer John - cottage sale Bridgwater 1854 23Mar Lockyer Miss - pastry cook Bridgwater shop sale 1854 09Nov Locock v Green - Weston SM County Court case 1854 19Oct Locock Charles - boy servant to Mr Jennings Martock Ag Assoc 1854 16Feb Locock Miss - annual ball Victoria Inn Weston Super Mare 1854 22Jun Locock Rev William vicar of Haddon marr Ada Burt of Blackheath 1854 17Aug Locock William - boys stole apricots Martock 1854 17Aug Locock William - boys stole apricots Martock 1854 19Jan Lodge John - Devonshire food riots Exeter 1854 07Dec Long Edward - Westbury support of illegitimate child 1854 13Apr Long James - sale of house Cuttiford Door Crimchard 1854 31Aug Long James - mason Bridgwater sale of window sashes 1854 27Apr Long Mary - Clifton Bristol hotel keeper bankrupt 1854 16Nov Long Sarah - prize Williton and Dunster Ag Assoc 1854 23Mar Long William - Devizes birth of son 1854 02Nov Longman Silvanus - his spoon stolen at Milbourn Port 1854 30Mar Longman William Hayward - Mudford his hen stolen 1854 19Oct Lopes Ralph Ludlow - lieut West Somerset Yeomanry Cavalry 1854 09Feb Lopes Sir Ralph - died age 65 Maristow 1854 20Jul Lord John - solicitor explosion at Bridge Fold Mill Rochdale 1854 29Jun Lord John of Milsom St Bath marr Jane Stockman 1854 07Sep Loscombe Thomas - North Petherton furniture sale 1854 09Nov Lost H J - Honiton birth of daughter 1854 07Sep Lott George - Steart nr Combwich 1854 10Aug Lott Mr - slop seller Eastover his vests stolen 1854 06Apr Lott Mr - Bridgwater fined 1854 28Dec Lott William - dau Sophia marr in Bristol 1854 23Nov Louas Rev Charles - died DEvizes age 85 1854 02Feb Loveless William - Captain sale of house Barclay St Bridgwater 1854 23Feb Loveless William - late master 'Pathfinder' Bristol local marine board 1854 19Oct Lovell v Lenton - Chard County Court 1854 16Mar Lovell Thomas - draper Shepton Mallet dau marr 1854 16Feb Lovibond B - horse and phaeton bolted Blackmore Lane to Bridgwater 1854 02Feb Lovibond Henry - Bridgwater appointed Perpetual Commissioner 1854 08Jun Lovibond James - house sale Burnham and Highbridge 1854 26Jan Lowe Rev H D - lecture on astronomy Wiveliscombe 1854 25May Lowie F draper Wellington marr Emily Charlotte Peach at Eastover 1854 24Aug Lowther George - decd Hampton Hall Somerset son died 1854 24Aug Lowther Ponsonby - died of cholera Montreal from Hampton Hall Somerset 1854 27Jul Lozell Mr - decd Meare land sale 1854 20Jul Lucas Joseph - age 14 son of hairdresser Wincomlee drowned Hull ship accident 1854 03Aug Lucette Mr - new master Bridwater Dr Morgans school 1854 12Oct Lucette Mr - master Dr Morgan's school 1854 13Jul Luff John - his wool stolen Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 14Sep Luff Mr - High Ham assaulted 1854 17Aug Luke J - Luke and Dyer Bridgwater nurserymen assault 1854 19Oct Lumbard v Summens - surveyor Curry Mallet Chard County Court 1854 01Jun Luscombe R - Tavistock grocers bankrupt 1854 27Apr Luscombe Rev Richard James jun - Moorlinch guardian of the poor 1854 09Mar Lush Joseph of Brewham House marr Frances Sophia Dampier of Collinshays 1854 08Jun Lusty Daniel - Frome robbery 1854 10Aug Lusty David - burglary at Frome 1854 09Nov Lutley Edward - Burrow Hill Hemyock 1854 09Nov Lutley John - Parsonage Farm Wiveliscombe plouging match 1854 20Jul Luton Mr - fire 11 Sermon Lane London 1854 01Jun Luttrell Henry Acland Fawns - lieut 2nd Somerset regiment of militia 1854 28Sep Luttrell Rev A F - hayrick fire Minehead 1854 16Feb Lutwidge Maj S - died age 74 Weston S M of Holmrook Hall Cumberland 1854 19Oct Luxmoore J V - Crediton birth of son 1854 16Feb Lyng Susan - Westonzoyland sons Frederick and Walter died Australia 23 25 1854 22Jun Lynham James - tenant land sale Puriton 1854 08Jun Lynham John - tenant sale of land Puriton 1854 05Oct Lynham John - tanner Street 1854 26Oct Lynham John - his money stolen St Matthews Fair Bridgwater 1854 29Jun Lynham Mrs - Kings Sedgmoor 1854 30Nov Lynn Henry - foreman at ironmongers yard crushed Clerkenwell 1854 20Jul Lynn Mr - Clifton visitor to Burnham 1854 24Aug Lyon Rev W H - curate Milborne Port to Osborne nr Sherborne 1854 23Feb Lyon Thomas - Yeovil birth of son 1854 28Sep Maber Arthur - surgeon Agapemone 1854 19Jan Macdowell Rev James of Crewkerne marr Ellen Hounsell of Bridport 1854 20Apr Macey John - blacksmith West Bagborough witness 1854 30Nov Macey Mr - Chilworth accidentally poisoned 1854 24Aug Machim Easter - dau of John Moon of Langford died Pritchard St 1854 08Jun Macintyre J - Taunton nurseryman bankrupt 1854 22Jun Macintyre James - seedsman North Town Taunton court of bankruptcy 1854 09Nov Mackeson Thomas - died at Weston nr Bath age 74 1854 31Aug Mackey Harriet - German St Manchester 39 wife of fireman died fright 1854 13Jul Mackintrye William - stole gown Wells Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 05Jan MacDonald Benjamin - Irish soldier murder at Roborough Down nr Plymouth 1854 23Mar MacKay Cordelia - died age 62 Shepton Mallet widow of Donald 1854 24Aug MacLeod Rev John George - St Matthias Stoke Newington joined RCs 1854 16Nov Madan Chas - son of vicar of Bath and Twerton age 18 killed Sebastapol 1854 06Jul Maddock William v William Jenkins - Bridgwater Police Court 1854 08Jun Maggs Mr - Frome robbery 1854 12Oct Maggs William - mayor Axbridge 1854 23Nov Maidment v Alston - Wembdon manure case Henry Maidment 1854 13Jul Maidment Daniel - acquitted Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 21Sep Maidment Henry - Hills Farm Wembdon sale of furniture 1854 30Mar Maidment Mary - defrauded at Yeovil 1854 13Jul Maidment Mary - acquitted Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 02Nov Maine Jemima - Stoke St Mary land sale 1854 02Nov Maine Joseph - Stoke St Mary land sale 1854 19Jan Major J C - at Yeovil ball 1854 02Nov Male Dinah - stole trousers Curry Rivell 1854 20Jul Male Henry - East Chinnock dau marr 1854 26Oct Male J - Lambrook ran over child 1854 02Nov Male Philip - Chard theft acquitted 1854 21Sep Manchip Thomas - assaulted in Mill St 1854 09Nov Manley Henry - Shorditch ploughman award 1854 27Apr Manley John - Bridgwater birth of daughter 1854 26Oct Manly John - witness borough quarter sessions 1854 20Jul Manners Mr - rebuilding of tower St Marys Church Taunton 1854 24Aug Manning Capt - Portland Castle 1854 10Aug Manning Humphrey - age 20 unnatural offence Somerset Assizes 1854 18May Manning T - Combe Lake Ottery St Mary hire smith bankrupt 1854 24Aug Mansell Miss - governess to Rev T G James Bridgwater Exhibition 1854 27Apr Mansfield Mr - Teignmouth launched largest ship from that port 1854 19Oct Mantell Alfred Adam - asst surgeon 2nd Somerset Militia 1854 17Aug March George - market gardener widow Love died age 68 Nether Compton 1854 05Jan Marchant W - school 1 Brunswick Pl Burnham 1854 27Jul Marden Mr - Pen Mill Goreknap Yeovil sheep stolen 1854 13Jul Markham Charles - acquitted Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 20Jul Markham Mr - fire 15 Sermon Lane London 1854 09Nov Marks Solomon - Halberton Famrers Club award 1854 30Mar Marler John - Bridgwater Borough Sessions jury 1854 09Mar Marley J - Cerne Abbas birth of daughter 1854 05Oct Marling S S - Kingstanley cloth manuf 1854 27Jul Marquand Mrs - tenant house sale High St Glastonbury 1854 21Dec Marriot Capt W F - Bombay engineers birth of son at Bombay 1854 15Jun Marsh Edwin - West Blackwear West Pennard land sale 1854 09Nov Marsh Enos - labourer Pilton ploughing cup 1854 09Nov Marsh John - labourer Pilton 1854 17Aug Marsh Rev Theodore H - to curacy of Bathford 1854 06Apr Marshall B J - decd sale of furniture Wembdon 1854 13Jul Marshall Geo - Brook Place Tottenham saw balloon accident 1854 12Oct Marshall Hugh Graham marr Emma Martin of Norwich at Clifton 1854 09Nov Marshall James - Wrington dau Caroline marr 1854 22Jun Marshall John - Belmont Taunton 2nd prize 1854 28Sep Marshall Mary - died age 77 Nether Ham relict of Stawell Marshall 1854 28Sep Marshall Mr Stawell - decd Hazelgrove Farm Queen Camel relict died 1854 30Mar Marshall Rev H J - Westonzoyland fire 1854 06Apr Marshall William - defrauded Pitminster 1854 20Jul Martill Frederick - wife Sarah Esther died age 44 Claremont Hotel Weston SM 1854 16Nov Martin Ann - Burnham railway 1854 01Jun Martin Edward - sawyer Frome suicide 1854 06Apr Martin George - assault at Stowey 18 months 1854 08Jun Martin Hamilton D - chemist Truro 1854 16Feb Martin Henry - case of murder of J Menhenlot at Trewergie 1854 26Jan Martin John - North Tawton porter Bristol robbery 1854 29Jun Martin Mr - labourer age 21 marr Julia Jones at Huish Episcopi 1854 03Aug Martin Mr - Longcroft his sheep stolen 1854 16Feb Martin Peter - Helstone born May 1712 recollections 1854 12Oct Martin Simon - Norwich decd dau Emma marr at Clifton 1854 10Aug Martyn Rev John Magee - Longton father of illegitimate child 1854 06Jul Maslin Robert - stole candlesticks Somerset Sessions 1854 25May Mason John - in employ of messr Brown fell into hold at Dunball 1854 07Dec Mason John - his tarpaulin stolen Bridgwater Police Court 1854 05Oct Mason Mr - inland revenue officer Watchet birth of sub 1854 27Apr Mason Rev Thomas - Shapwick guardian of the poor 1854 13Jul Mason William marr Mary Ann Boundy at St Johns Eastover 1854 01Jun Massel John - alderman of Bridgwater 1587 1854 02Nov Masterman Jane - her watch stolen Wellington 1854 30Mar Masters Fanny - accused of murder Taunton Assizes 1854 06Apr Masters Fanny - murder no bill Somerset Assizes 1854 29Jun Masters Joseph - Bradford Abbas dau Harriet marr 1854 28Dec Mathews W - Exmouth customs tide surveyor birth of daughter 1854 30Mar Mathins George - birth of daughter Staplegrove Lodge 1854 03Aug Matthew Mr - burcher Trull died 1854 06Jul Matthews Fanny - stole key Somerset Sessions 1854 25May Matthews Hannah - Bridport inquest fire at St Andrews Wall Bradpole 1854 06Jul Matthews Henry - his key stoeln Somerset Sessions 1854 30Mar Matthews James - stole hat at West Buckland 1854 06Apr Matthews James - stole hay West Buckland 3 months 1854 02Nov Matthews M - publisher Bristol his dau Emma marr 1854 12Jan Matthews Mr - of West St fined for breaking windows of Halswell House Inn 1854 23Feb Matthews Mr - sale of Midford New Mill 1854 07Sep Matthews Mr - constable Oxton murdered 1854 17Aug Matthews William - West St Bridgwater 1854 25May Matthewson Peter - seaman 'Portland' murder at Liverpool 1854 19Oct Mattock Richard - in employ of Mr Reed Martock Ag Assoc 1854 16Mar Maule Henry St John - secretary Bath and W of England Society 1854 06Apr Maule Henry St John - 16 Pulteney St Bath 1854 19Jan Maunder Alexander - chemist found body Kinghtstone Weston SM 1854 23Nov May Edwin - Cannington insolvent 1854 30Nov May Edwin - Cannington victualler son of Henry 1854 21Dec May Edwin - Cannington notice father Henry May 1854 21Sep May Henry - Canington sale of Anchor Inn 1854 26Oct May John - stole counterpanes from Bridgwater Union 1854 19Oct May John - Woolwich vagrant Bridgwater Police Court 1854 11May May Mark of Illinois marr Mary Day of Weston 1854 07Dec May Mr - draper Frome riots 1854 14Dec May Mr - Anchor Inn Cannington 1854 11May May Mr - May's Green Puxton son Mark marr 1854 16Feb May Mr - The Anchor Cannington meal 1854 25May May William Robert - son of carpenter inquest at Cannington 1854 25May Mayford Henry - employed by Mr Hemmett eye accident Bridgwater infirmary 1854 18May Maynard and Son - auctioneers Taunton sale of Croydon Hall Old Cleeve 1854 27Jul Maynard E - Northlew three daughter marr 1854 12Oct Maynard J of Durham Down marr Elizabeth Whippey at Bishopsworth 1854 05Jan Maynard Mr - Laburnum Cottage Taunton auction of printing presses 1854 27Apr Maynard R - auctioneer Taunton taking son into partnership 1854 02Feb Maynard R - Taunton marigolds 1854 12Oct Maynard Robert - decd dau Elizabeth Whippey marr at Bishopsworth 1854 06Apr Maynard William - Bridge House Creech St Michael 1854 15Jun McCallum Capt H A - Kingston Yeovil birth of son 1854 30Nov McGregor Capt - 45th regiment Weymouth corns 1854 07Dec McGuire rifleman - Bristol escaped Russians 33rd reg brother printer 1854 29Jun McLaughlin Francis - Celt assaulted at Lyng 1854 16Feb McLoughlin John - mutiny on ship Sovreign 1854 12Oct McMahon PC - Wemouth attacked 1854 06Jul McMinn John - Bridgwater draper notice 1854 27Jul Mead Edward - Othery Somerset carpenter insolvent debtor 1854 03Aug Mead Mr - High Ham ducks stolen 1854 14Dec Mead Mr - Stowey Farm Fivehead 1854 17Aug Mead Mrs - stallholder Bridgwater looked after A Jarman 1854 13Apr Mead Rev David - died Hardway Bruton 1854 20Apr Mead Rev David - died Harway incumbent of Brewham age 40 1854 30Mar Mead Stephen - his wheat stolen at Fivehead 1854 03Aug Mead Thomas Starkey - burgled at Durston 1854 14Sep Meade Edward - Othery carpenter insolvent debtor 1854 05Oct Meade Edward - Othery carpenter and shopkeeper 1854 23Nov Meade Edward - Othery carpenter insolvent 1854 04May Meade George - Othery sale of land 1854 19Oct Meade Richard C marr Sarah Matthews at Melbourbe 1854 19Oct Meade Robert - North Curry son Richard marr at Melbourne Victoria 1854 15Jun Meadham Billy - at battleof Chesapeake now age 74 St James Park 1854 14Sep Meaker Mr - High Ham assaulted Mr Watts 1854 23Mar Mealer Anne - head nurse Marylebone Workhouse 1854 12Jan Medhurst George - murdered Acton 1854 17Aug Medlycott Sir William - pleasure grounds Milbourne Port 1854 19Jan Medlycott W C - at Yeovil ball 1854 31Aug Medway George - master baker assaulted girl at Croscombe 1854 07Dec Mees Mr - draper Frome riots 1854 06Apr Melhuish v Bulpin - North Curry Somerset Assizes 1854 07Sep Melsom H - Bristol Bridgwater exhibition 1854 08Jun Melson William - Norton Bavant ag soc prize 1854 10Aug Menfield Thomas - Chard his waistcoats stolen 1854 16Feb Menhenlot Joshua - murdered at Trewirgie 1854 26Jan Menzies Rev William of Winchester marr Jane Sophia Allegne Henda 1854 17Aug Mercer Henry - farmer Kirby Hill murdered brother in law 1854 24Aug Mercer Henry - farmer Kirby Hill murder 1854 07Dec Mercer J B - Bath carpenter bankrupt 1854 30Mar Merchant Joseph - stole box at Frome 1854 16Nov Merchant Philip - Burnham railway 1854 12Jan Meredith Louisa - witness Bridgwater Sessions 1854 20Jul Merewether Mr - Regent St Burnham 1854 16Feb Merriman Henry - mutiny on ship Sovreign 1854 23Feb Merriott Charles - HM Customs Bridgwater embezzling 1854 30Mar Merriott Charles - embezzled quay dues Bridgwater Borough Sessions 1854 27Apr Mew B - IOW decd son William marr 1854 27Apr Mew W B - IOW decription of marriage at Crewkerne 1854 27Apr Mew William of Newport IOW marr Frances Mary Templeman 1854 03Aug Meyford Mr - beer house keeper witness to Durston burglary 1854 07Dec Meyrick Rev E - Ramsbury Wilts birth of son 1854 02Nov Michell James - Lopen theft acquitted 1854 29Jun Michell Rev Richard - Bruton land sale 1854 22Jun Michelmore T jun - Berry Totnes 2nd prize 1854 14Dec Mickelborough Jonathan - age 75 suicide Thorverton 1854 14Dec Mickelborough Richard Thomas - father committed suicide Thorverton 1854 12Oct Middleton Rev - Broomfield Hall preached farwell sermon Durston 1854 09Mar Milborne J - Yeovil woollen draper birth of son 1854 23Feb Miles P W S - fell from horse Bristol 1854 02Nov Miles William - Coombe Florey his wheat stolen 1854 22Jun Millard James of Langport marr Margaret Major of Eastover 1854 29Jun Millard James of Stuckeys Bank Langport marr Margaret Major 1854 30Mar Millard John - 6 weeks for theft at Shepton Mallet 1854 28Dec Millard John - freemason Lodge of Perpetual Friendship 1854 02Nov Miller Harriet - money theft at Crewkerne 1854 16Mar Miller Mrs - Yeovil marr navvie John James and tried for Australia 1854 16Feb Miller T - Yeovil formerly Clothiers Farm Sherborne age 75 1854 30Mar Miller Thomas - stole meat at Hatch Beauchamp 1854 08Jun Miller Thomas - Castle Farm Sherborne ag soc prize 1854 31Aug Mills and Young - brewers fire at Limington 1854 26Jan Mills Henry - baker Milverton 1854 02Mar Mills Rev William - rector St Pauls Exeter died age 65 1854 06Apr Mills Richard - Nether Stowey burgled 1854 06Apr Mills Thomas - burglary at Hatch Beauchamp 4 yrs penal srvtude 1854 19Oct Milton v Barnes - Chard County Court 1854 09Nov Milton James - Sampford plouging match 1854 03Aug Milton John - Wiveliscombe poor rate 1854 14Sep Milton Mr - fire at Hazel End Farm Farnham 1854 18May Milton Mr - threatened wife with hammer Bridgwater Police Court case 1854 08Jun Milton William - chemists 66 High St Exeter 1854 30Mar Minehead Alexander - robbed Joseph Farcey at Bath 1854 06Apr Minehead Alexander - felony Somerset Assizes 18 months 1854 06Jul Mitcham John - stole horse beans Somserset Sessions 1854 21Dec Mitcham Joseph yeoman Cruys Morchard marr Sarah Maynard of Taunton 1854 16Nov Mitchel Charlotte - poor woman Frackford Dunster her child burnt 1854 25May Mitchell Charles Henry - died Whaddon House Bruton 1854 20Apr Mitchell George - age 13 West Bagborough manslaughter 1854 03Aug Mitchell George Hartridge - age 12 manslaughter West Bagborough 1854 12Jan Mitchell Henry - Redruth Cornwall miner accident 1854 02Nov Mitchell J - Odcombe his peck measure stolen 1854 06Apr Mitchell James Trudgian - bigamy at Taunton 3 days 1854 19Jan Mitchell Lieut - at Yeovil ball 1854 20Apr Mitchell Mr - coachman West Bagborough son accused manslaughter 1854 17Aug Mitchell William - died Long Sutton age 86 1854 18May Mockland Thomas - lodging house regs Bridgwater Police Court 1854 10Aug Mockridge Charles marr Mary Crabbe at Taunton 1854 13Jul Mockridge James - stole shirt Puxton Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 10Aug Modley George - horse stealing Somerset Assizes 1854 02Nov Modley William - stole fowl at West Monkton 1854 30Mar Moger George - no bill Wells Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 06Apr Mogg A - constable Stowey assaulted 1854 20Apr Mogg C B - nominated as Bridgwater churchwarden 1854 18May Mogg C B - refused churchwarden post Bridgwater 1854 30Mar Mogg C B - Bridgwater Borough Sessions jury 1854 25May Mogg G - South Brent and Mark land sale 1854 31Aug Mogg J G - body found in his fish pond Farrington Gurney 1854 17Aug Mogg Miss - Blake Place Bridgwater archery prize 1854 07Dec Mogridge Richard - Molland 1st prize ag show 1854 19Jan Mole R - subscription for the poor Bridgwater 1854 08Jun Mole R H - druggist Bridgwater shop sale High St 1854 09Feb Mole W - oatmeal Dampiet St Bridgwater 1854 30Nov Mole William - Dampiet St Bridgwater sale of business 1854 20Apr Moles W - churchwarden for Trinity Bridgwater 1854 26Oct Moles W - corn factor Bridgwater birth of daughter 1854 06Jul Moles William - winnowing sheet stolen Somerset Sessions 1854 14Dec Moloney David - employed by Mr Parsons brush manuf assault Wells 1854 27Jul Molyneux Francis Thomas Yates - St Johns College Cambridge drowned in Severn 1854 09Nov Molyneux Rev W - to curacy of High Littleton 1854 16Nov Molyneux Rev W - to curacy of High Littleton 1854 31Aug Money Edward James Thayle D'Oyley - divorce case Clutton 1854 31Aug Money Harriet Katherine Elizabeth - divorce case Clutton 1854 09Feb Montagnet Louis - Frenchman robbed guests at Queens Hotel Manchester 1854 19Oct Moody C A - Kingsdon his nephew ensign Painter killed at Newcastle 1854 16Mar Moody Mr - North Petherton and Enmore petition 1854 16Mar Moon H - Mark two headed cow 1854 24Aug Moon John - tanner Langford decd dau Easter died 1854 23Feb Moon Miss - burnt Shepton Mallet age 6 1854 30Mar Moon Thomas John - his barley stolen at Frome 1854 02Nov Moor Miriam - Lyng and Edington maintenance of illgitimate child 1854 29Jun Moor Mr - employed by Mr Dunn of Williton crushed hand 1854 19Jan Moore Arthur Frederick - age 14 Devonshire food riots Exeter 1854 19Oct Moore Charles - Bath free emigration for Misterton emigrants 1854 27Apr Moore George - cottage for sale Pawlett 1854 14Dec Moore George - soda water manuf 73 Warren St Fitzroy Sq murdered 1854 08Jun Moore John - Littlecot Farm Pewsey ag soc prize 1854 20Jul Moore Miss - Stroud visitor to Burnham 1854 14Sep Moore Mr - Weymouth yacht 'Syren' and ladies 1854 08Jun Moore Mrs L - house sale Burnham and Highbridge 1854 02Nov Moore Thomas - his boots stolen at Yeovil 1854 11May Moore William - labourer Cullompton robbery 1854 19Jan Moores T - at Yeovil ball 1854 16Mar More John - carpenter Wells to Shep Mallet gaol 1854 28Sep Moreland Arthur - High Orchard age 19 Gloucster accident 1854 17Aug Moreton Rev W - to vicarage of Sherborne 1854 12Jan Morgan George - nephew of Thomas Stell of Long Ashton drowned off Africa 1854 19Jan Morgan Mary - sister of John Gunningham Wiveliscombe 1854 23Feb Morison Mrs J L - Glasgow birth of daughter 1854 27Apr Morle Simon - Over Stowey guardian of the poor 1854 08Jun Morle T B - Park Farm Cannington sale of ewes and rams 1854 09Nov Morrice James - counterfeiting Bridgwater Police Court 1854 13Jul Morris Ann - stole money Keinton Mandeville Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 29Jun Morris Catherine - Shiplett Bleadon estate sale 1854 13Jul Morris Daniel - stole beef at Northumberland Arms Strand 1854 30Mar Morris Eli - stole iron at Chard 1854 06Apr Morris F - bread tender for Bridgwater Union 1854 01Jun Morris Frederick - auctioneer Bath court case 1854 02Nov Morris J marr Jane Morris 1854 03Aug Morris John - constable Chedzoy 1854 24Aug Morris Mr - governor Dartmoor prison 1854 19Jan Morris Rev George - to curacy of Blanford Forum 1854 05Jan Morrish John - Sweethay farm Pitminster dau marr 1854 16Mar Morrish Mr - sake of gig Irish Porter Stores Quay Bridgwater 1854 13Jul Mors A C marr Miss S F Templeman at Crewkerne account 1854 20Jul Morse A C marr Miss S F Templeman at Crewkerne 1854 20Jul Morse Arthur Charles marr Sophia Frances Templeman at Crewkerne 1854 05Jan Mortimer Mr - sale of Laurel Cottage Woolavington 1854 20Apr Mortimer Robert - Bishops Lydeard surgeon 1854 09Nov Mortimore Mrs - Sidmouth cured of liver complaint 1854 13Jul Moss William - acquitted Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 31Aug Moule John - beerhousekeeper Bridgwater debtor 1854 05Oct Moule John - Bridgwater beerhousekeeper and journeyman 1854 05Oct Mountstephen John - the Ham Colyton sale 1854 29Jun Mountstephens Robert Adam Sherrin - age 24 Cannington land sale 1854 29Jun Mountstephens James - age 12 Cannington land sale 1854 12Oct Mowbray C M - hardwareman Gateshead fire 1854 10Aug Moysey Mrs - Battleton Court stall at Wellington fete 1854 27Apr Moysey Rev F L - Combe St Nicholas dismissal of governess 1854 14Dec Mudge William - Paignton cottage sale 1854 27Jul Mules John Hawkes - age 71 sale of Butterwell Orchards Glastonbury 1854 02Mar Mullane Elizabeth - Dawstown nr Blarney farmers dau murdered 1854 05Oct Mullens master - flogged at the Union by schoolmaster 1854 09Nov Mullins Charles - appointed High Constable Shepton Mallet W div 1854 21Dec Mullins J B - Wyke Farm Bruton bull 1854 27Apr Mullins John - Spaxton guardian of the poor 1854 27Apr Mullins Thomas - Goathurst guardian of the poor 1854 13Jul Mumford Ann - acquitted Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 13Jul Mumford Elizabeth - acquitted Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 13Jul Mumford James - stole cider Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 13Jul Mumford James - stole cider Rodney Stoke Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 05Jan Munckton Jane - South Petherton died suddenly 1854 09Nov Munro lieut Lewis of Bengal Army marr Sarah Bally at Walcot 1854 16Nov Munro Thomas - age 18 Kirkland murder 1854 09Nov Munro William - Druids Stoke Glocs son Lewis marr at Walcot 1854 12Jan Murch Edward - agricultural equipment 1854 09Feb Murch Edward - prov ctte Bridgwater Patent Slip company 1854 17Aug Murch Edward - fell at Halswell fete 1854 14Dec Murch Edward - son of Mr Murch of this town died on the Prince 1854 27Apr Murch Theodore - Edington guardian of the poor 1854 20Apr Murlis John - nominated as Bridgwater churchwarden 1854 04May Murlis John - Albion hotel Bridgwater 1854 27Apr Murlis Mrs - show rooms Dampiet St Bridgwater advert 1854 09Mar Murly Roger - East Coker dau Martha marr 1854 23Feb Murphy Edward - tenant sale of cottage at Midford 1854 10Aug Murphy Elizabeth - cholera death Plymouth hospital ship 1854 05Jan Murphy Mrs - Fore St Bridgwater advert for toys and games 1854 26Oct Murray Francis - brig 'Hotspur' not paid wages joined at Quebec 1854 29Jun Murray Henry - wife Sophia died Chamberlain St Wells 1854 10Aug Murray James - age 30 stole silver spoon at Batheaston 1854 21Sep Murray Thomas James - case of Alfred Street and illegitimate child 1854 22Jun Murrey Edward - sheriffs officer Bridgwater County Court 1854 09Mar Murty G B - solicitor Langport agent for Crown Life Ass 1854 14Sep Musgrave T M - postmaster Bath died 1854 28Sep Musgrave Thomas Moore - decd postmaster biography Bath 1854 20Jul Myers Mrs - Clifton visitor to Burnham 1854 21Sep Naish B W - North SOmerset Yeomanry 1854 29Jun Napier E B - Bruton land sale 1854 04May Nash Joseph marr Miss Hoskins at Eastover 1854 06Jul Nation J - assualted J Williams with stick Bridgwater Police Court 1854 10Aug Nation James - wounded at Upton 1854 21Dec Nation Joseph grocer marr Mary Ann Derham at Taunton 1854 20Jul Nation Mr - van accident nr Williton 1854 17Aug Nation Richard - guard Camden Town railway accident 1854 31Aug Nation Richard - porter North London railway accident 1854 09Mar Ne.t Rev J W - Standerwick Court Somerset birth of daughter 1854 25May Neal Elizabeth - wife of Job Bridport inquest fire at St Andrews Wall Bradpole 1854 25May Neal Job - carpenter Bridport inquest fire at St Andrews Wall Bradpole 1854 20Apr Nethercott Henry marr Elizabeth Prout at St Johns Church 1854 06Jul Nethercott James - stole winnowing sheet Somerset Sessions 1854 05Oct Nettleton William - died Marston Magna age 56 1854 07Sep Nevile R - Butleigh field 1854 27Apr Newberry John - butcher sale of house Holyrood St Chard 1854 07Dec Newbery v Shaddick - butcher and innkeeper case 1854 19Jan Newbolt Lieut - at Yeovil ball 1854 31Aug Newbolt Rev W R - vicar Somerton dau Julia marr 1854 26Oct Newcombe John - 30 post boy embezzled at Weston Super Mare 1854 30Nov Newell Roger - Abersychan earthquake 1854 14Dec Newland Rev Henry incumbent Scisset marr Sylvia Love Freeman of Ardwick 1854 04May Newman Edwin - steam flour mill Westonzoyland sale 1854 04May Newman Edwin - Westonzoyland miller insolvent debtor 1854 25May Newman Edwin - miller Westonzoyland insolvent 1854 08Jun Newman Edwin - miller Westonzoyland court case 1854 13Jul Newman Rev Frederick of Corsham marr Isabella Dorothea Tremlett 1854 23Nov Newton John Isaac - Bridgwater schoolmaster insolvent 1854 05Oct Newton John James - aka Isaac Gransham Lincs and Coombe St Nich debtor 1854 09Nov Newton John James - Grantham and Coombe St Nich schoolmaster notice 1854 10Aug Newton Mr - butcher High St Bridgwater decorations 1854 24Aug Newton Mr - butcher his horse took fright at Bletchley's van 1854 20Apr Newton Mr - cattle dealer Stockland arson 1854 23Feb Newton Mr - High St Bridgwater horse auction 1854 19Jan Newton R - auction at Clarence Hotel Bridgwater 1854 19Jan Newton R - butcher Bridgwater Police Court 1854 22Jun Newton R - butcher Bridgwater 1854 06Apr Newton R - meat tender for Bridgwater Union 1854 28Dec Newton Robert - butcher High St Bridgwater his pork stolen 1854 24Aug Newton William - age 8 Rowley Green Chipping Barnet poisoned 1854 28Dec Newton William - butcher High St Bridgwater brother of Robert 1854 06Apr Nicholls and Co - grocery tender for Bridgwater Union 1854 20Apr Nicholls police sgt - body found at St Georges nr Bristol 1854 09Nov Nicholls A - Bridgwater Ag Assoc 1854 20Jul Nicholls Ann - weaver age 21 explosion at Bridge Fold Mill Rochdale 1854 12Jan Nicholls Edgar - fined for exposing goods outside premises 1854 02Mar Nicholls Edgar - Fore St Bridgwater advert 1854 02Mar Nicholls Edgar - ironmonger machine destroyed 1854 27Apr Nicholls Edgar - fined Bridgwater Police Court 1854 15Jun Nicholls Edgar - ironmonger Fore St Bridgwater sale of house 1854 07Sep Nicholls Edgar - Bridgwater exhibition 1854 09Nov Nicholls Hannah - widow age 35 Wedmore inquest 1854 29Jun Nicholls Henry Lionel - lieut 2nd Somerset Regiment of Militia 1854 22Jun Nicholls John - Bridgwater County Court 1854 09Nov Nicholls Mrs E - Plympton cured of scrofula 1854 02Feb Nicholls Thomas - Town Clerk Axbridge died age 88 1854 06Jul Nicholls W - trespass at Wembdon 1854 07Dec Nicholls William - stole tarpaulin Bridgwater Police Court 1854 05Oct Nicoll Donald - Frome sheriff 1854 11May Nidham Mr - Wellington caught burglar 1854 12Oct Nixon Mrs - died age 86 North Petherton 1854 16Mar Noble C W - wife Mary died at Congresbury 1854 19Oct Norcott William - ordinary lost HMS Vixen 1854 26Jan Norman Abraham - labourer in employ of Mr Hunt of Milverton 1854 12Jan Norman George Lewis - solicitor Yatton 1854 09Nov Norman John - Eynehead carter award 1854 06Apr Norman Mary - age 83 witness Cutcombe murder 1854 15Jun Norman Mary - died age 21 Wiveliscombe 1854 03Aug Norman Matthew - silversmith decd relict Elizabeth died age 72 Sherborne 1854 23Feb Norman Mr - his son apprenticed to E B Watts Yeovil bankrupt 1854 19Oct Norman Mr - Wedmore shooting 1854 04May Norman Rev Charles Frederick - to rectory of Portishead 1854 06Apr Norman Richard - witness Cutcombe murder 1854 30Mar Norris Ann - stole wine glasses at Somerton 1854 15Jun Norris Jeffery - 'Hunts' Edgarley sale 1854 08Jun Norris Joel - house sale Burnham and Highbridge 1854 02Nov Norris Simeon - stole part of threshing machine Ashill 1854 09Nov Norrish J - Hamwood turnip award 1854 02Nov Norrish Samuel - his flour stolen at Carhampton 1854 08Jun North Mr - miller Cannington accident to H Dell 1854 02Nov North William - stole boots at Twerton 1854 16Feb Northcote G B - Highbridge Markey House Company 1854 16Nov Northcote George Barons - appointed Sheriff of Somerset 1854 09Feb Northcott John - maltster sale of malthouse Nether Stowey 1854 19Oct Norton Charles L - Denmark Hill Surrey birth of dau at Weston SM 1854 05Oct Norton John - vastry clerk St Annes Lime House Middx absconded 1854 07Dec Norton S - Weston Super Mare birth of son 1854 21Dec Norton Samuel - Coxley nr Wells dau Emma marr at Bristol 1854 21Sep Nothan Ellen - case of Alfred Street and illegitimate child 1854 02Nov Notley William - Chard ploughing match boys under 18 1854 26Jan Nott J - Bydown sale of South Cobbaton Farm Swymbridge 1854 02Nov Nott John - Upton acquitted 1854 28Sep Nottidge Rev Edmund Pepys - died age 50 son of Josias N of Suffolk 1854 20Apr Nowell Robert - threat to murder Rev Arthur Trewman petty sessions 1854 08Jun Nurcombe John - Hopcott nr Minehead ag soc prize 1854 14Dec Nurse Henry - age 7 suspicious death Stogumber 1854 14Dec Nurse James - age 5 suspicious death Stogumber 1854 09Nov Nurse John - Woodborough Somerset dau Ellen marr 1854 14Dec Nurse John - age 3 suspicious death Stogumber 1854 14Dec Nurse William - labourer Kingswood Stogumber children burnt 1854 19Jan Nutt Rev Charles - preferment to vicarage of East Harptree 1854 20Jul Nuttal Margaret - tenter explosion at Bridge Fold Mill Rochdale 1854 20Apr Nutting Rev - election of guardian Chedzoy 1854 27Jul Nutting Rev George - Morgans School Charity Bridgwater 1854 31Aug Nutting Rev G H - Bradney Mead Bridgwater to let 1854 19Oct O'Brien maj William of Hydrabad Cont marr Mary Jane Charles of Frome 1854 07Dec O'Brien Michael - master of 'Marian' Waterford Bridgwater Police Court 1854 23Nov O'Connor v Robert - court case County Court shipowner 1854 07Dec O'Hara Michael Thomas - Bristol neglect of wife 1854 28Dec O'Hara Mrs - removed to Clifton workhouse 1854 28Dec O'Hara T - Bristol wife Maria died age 69 1854 14Sep O'Neil Mr - Aylestone to Leicester saw shooting 1854 25May O'Niele Patrick - medical man from Dundee assault 1854 28Dec Oakes maj Augustus F - Madras Artillery dau Charlotte marr Withecombe R 1854 03Aug Oakes William - festival Hatch Beauchamp 1854 30Nov Oakes William - Hatch Beauchamp sale of trees 1854 23Nov Oakfield Joseph - died age 42 son of Samuel yeoman of W Gordano died 1854 08Jun Oakley Edmund - corndealer Poole 1854 02Nov Oakley Robert - Mewer dau marr at Yeovil 1854 06Jul Oaten Frederick - his iron stolen iron Somerset Sessions 1854 18May Odger Rev W J - Bath 1854 31Aug Offer Mr - fall at Shepton Mallet 1854 28Dec Ogden Mr - Southampton quaker gone to Crimea 1854 25May Oglibe C - Plymouth builder bankrupt 1854 05Jan Oldis Mr - Butleigh accident with chaff cutting machine 1854 14Dec Oliver David S - birth of son Bristol 1854 09Feb Oliver Edward - wife Ann died age 44 Yeovil 1854 21Sep Oliver Edward of Western Flying Post marr E Edgar at Yeovil 1854 16Nov Oliver James - mason Bridgwater Police Court witness 1854 10Aug Olives Louis - Spaniard incident in the Channel 1854 12Oct Ommanney Rev Edward A - Chew Magna birth of daughter 1854 29Jun Oram Mr - home missionary of Othery 1854 16Nov Orchard J - prize Williton and Dunster Ag Assoc 1854 06Jul Orchard Job - acquitted Somerset Sessions 1854 02Nov Orchard William - his money stolen at Crewkerne 1854 08Jun Orledge R - chemist Frome 1854 14Sep Orme Mr - baker London Rd Nottingham bread riots 1854 15Jun Ormond Henry W of Down End Berks marr Jane Hitchcock dau of W M Williams 1854 12Oct Ormsten John - brokers Gateshead fire 1854 31Aug Osborn Mrs - Evercreech Farm apples 1854 17Aug Osborne Dennis - suicide at St George Gloucester age 35 1854 30Mar Osment Job - Yeovil his boots stolen 1854 21Dec Osmond Thomas - run over by bull Bruton 1854 31Aug Ovard Elias - labourer Sandpits Hill nr Langport burgled 1854 02Nov Ovens Cyrus - died age 91 Stockwood House and Lodge Farm Keynsham 1854 21Sep Oxley Jos - Frome dau Maria Emily marr 1854 09Feb Packham master - North Petherton cart accident 1854 01Jun Padfield T H - Farrington Gurney agricultural assoc 1854 21Sep Pagan Mr and Mrs - Shepton Mallet workhouse master and matron 1854 23Nov Page master - St Georges Place Taunton burnt 1854 06Jul Page Mr - stationer Broad St Bristol 1854 14Dec Page Rev Edward - died age 62 Stoke Newington rector Bawdrip 1854 30Mar Page Robert - Babcary his wheat stolen 1854 30Mar Page Robert - his wheat stolen Babcary 1854 19Jan Paget Arthur - at Yeovil ball 1854 31Aug Paige P - Torquay lodging house keeper bankrupt 1854 02Feb Pain G H - solicitor Bridgwater 1854 20Jul Pain George - Furslands Court West St mother bitten by dog 1854 06Apr Pain Issac - stole shilling Somerset Assizes 3 months 1854 06Jul Pain J v J Rowe - hedge case Bridgwater Police Court 1854 09Feb Pain John - sale of house Nether Stowey 1854 09Mar Pain John - tenant land sale Chilton Trinity 1854 23Mar Pain Mr - sale of house High St Bridgwater 1854 30Nov Pain William - cottage sale Wembdon 1854 23Feb Painter J and J - chemists Cattle Market Bridgwater apprentice wanted 1854 12Jan Painter James - vetinary surgeon Cattle Marker Bridgwater 1854 19Jan Painter James - Bridgwater Police Court 1854 26Oct Palfrey Mr - Kingston messuage sale 1854 16Feb Palk Lawrence - S Devon seat 1854 19Oct Palmer pte - Bridgwater sword winner W Somerset Yeomanry 1854 30Nov Palmer Charles - Bridgwater soldier at Sebastapol letter 1854 06Jul Palmer Edward - sold stolen donkey Somerset Sessions 1854 06Jul Palmer Edward - acquitted Somerset Sessions 1854 04May Palmer Henry marr Sarah Mogg of Bridgwater 1854 20Jul Palmer J - Weston Super Mare town commissioner 1854 06Jul Palmer James - butter stolen from his shop Somerset Sessions 1854 05Jan Palmer John - sale of Dalwood property 1854 27Apr Palmer John - Fiddington guardian of the poor 1854 08Jun Palmer John - tenant house sale Bussex Westonzoyland 1854 06Apr Palmer John alias Ware - Nether Stowey burglary 4 yrs penal servitude 1854 06Jul Palmer Joseph - acquitted Somerset Sessions 1854 02Nov Palmer Josiah - stole hay at Chard 1854 02Nov Palmer Mr - butcher Westonzoyland wife died fit 1854 30Nov Palmer Mr - hairdresser Fore St Bridgwater 1854 18May Palmer Mr - journeyman tailor suspected murder Keynsham 1854 30Nov Palmer Mrs - died age 49 Wells at her brothers Mr Dore 1854 03Aug Palmer Robert - Long Sutton bullock 1854 06Jul Palmer Samuel - stole bran Somerset Sessions 1854 13Jul Palmer Sarah - stole gold brooch Bedminster Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 30Mar Palmer Thomas - robbed Joseph Farcey at Bath 1854 06Apr Palmer Thomas - assault 9 months Somerset Assizes 1854 08Jun Palmer W G - auctioneer Martock 1854 13Apr Paltridge Rev Edward - died age 60 South Petherton pastor Roundwell St 1854 15Jun Panes John - birth of daughter Weston Super Mare 1854 30Nov Panton G - surgeon Dorchester corns 1854 14Sep Paradise Mr - Devizes fruiterer disturbance 1854 01Jun Paramore Henry - North Petherton club 1854 17Aug Paramore Rev John Huxtable of Norfolk marr Ann Jenkins Paramore 1854 17Aug Paramore Thomas - Hindon House Minehead dau Anne marr 1854 21Sep Parfitt Edward - case of John Green of Portway 1854 02Nov Parfitt George - Dunkerton theft acquitted 1854 11May Parfitt Rev P - land at Allerton Moor 1854 22Jun Parish v Shepherd - Bridgwater County Court 1854 19Jan Parker George - subscription for the poor Bridgwater 1854 29Jun Parker George - Bridgwater poem 1854 16Nov Parker Henry - appointed corn meterer 1854 09Nov Parker J - butcher Wells burglary 1854 30Nov Parker J C - surgeon Bridgwater 1854 05Jan Parker R gardener London marr M Tucker of Chawleigh 1854 19Jan Parker Rev William Lee Affleck - to curacay of Winterborne Zelstone 1854 06Apr Parker Thomas - defrauded Somerset Assizes 1854 05Jan Parker William - died age 46 1854 29Jun Parker William - Shiplett Bleadon estate sale 1854 08Jun Parkhouse William - auctioneer Kingsbridge 1854 20Jul Parkin James - town flag 1854 14Sep Parkin James - Bridgwater Exhibition 1854 09Nov Parkinson William Dimmock - sgt maj 15th Queens Lancers died Bristol age 52 1854 25May Parkman H G - Victoria Place Clifton birth of daughter 1854 05Oct Parkyn Rev W R - Hope Cottage Chilton Polden sale 1854 22Jun Parleys Daniel - Rock Cottage Stapletpn Rd Bristol 1st prize 1854 12Oct Parr R A - decd Parkstone Dorset dau Emily marr 1854 03Aug Parr Rev H - tower of St Mary Magdalene Taunton 1854 30Nov Parr Rev Henry - St Marys vicarage Taunton 1854 16Feb Parrow Mr - left barrow on line nr Frome 1854 01Jun Parry Mrs - attempted murder at Farringdon St London 1854 26Oct Parsell Henry - master of brig 'Hotspur' of Hartlepool Bridgwater Court 1854 13Jul Parson James - shop Bridgwater seaman and dealer in old stores North Gate 1854 24Aug Parson Robert - East St dau Maria marr at Taunton 1854 31Aug Parsons v Larcombe - Bridgwater county court coppice 1854 19Jan Parsons C - baker Bridgwater Police Court 1854 13Apr Parsons Charles - St Michaels Church North Petherton land sale 1854 13Jul Parsons Charles - acquitted Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 12Jan Parsons Edward - druggist Wellington witness 1854 19Jan Parsons Elizabeth - Devonshire food riots Exeter 1854 13Jul Parsons G - market tolls Bridgwater Borough Justices 1854 09Feb Parsons George - request for bar on lane at Keenthorne 1854 07Dec Parsons Harriett - assaulted Wells County Petty Sessions 1854 05Jan Parsons Henry - Manor House Haselbury presents to workers 1854 10Aug Parsons Henry - age 75 Doulting bill ignored Somerset Assizes 1854 06Apr Parsons J - turf tender for Bridgwater Union 1854 19Jan Parsons James - constable Weston SM 1854 26Oct Parsons James - Clapton burgled Somerset County Sessions 1854 27Apr Parsons John - cottage for sale Pawlett 1854 02Nov Parsons John - Bridgwater 1854 09Nov Parsons John - Bridgwater Ag Assoc 1854 09Mar Parsons Joseph - brush manufactory Wells fire 1854 16Feb Parsons Mr - house sale the Mount Bridgwater 1854 23Feb Parsons Mr - West Lambrook fire 1854 07Sep Parsons Mr - West St Ilminster birth of son 1854 14Dec Parsons Mr - brush manuf Wells 1854 13Jul Parsons Rev John - died vicarage Sherborne age 75 1854 30Mar Parsons Robert - his oak poles stolen Over Stowey 1854 07Sep Parsons Sarah - assault Bridgwater 1854 28Sep Parsons W N - sale of stock Stephens Farm Spaxton emigrating 1854 15Jun Passmore Mrs - Watchet furniture sale 1854 12Oct Paterson Windham Francis of Claremont Clare Castle marr Annie Lindsay 1854 06Apr Patey George E - RN birth of dau Weston Peverel 1854 12Oct Patinson Robert - Gateshead fire 1854 10Aug Patrick Henry - stole fancy vests Bridgwater Police Court Reading 1854 26Oct Patrick James - stole waistcoats at Eastover 1854 13Jul Patten Miss - Rumwell fire at Stoford House 1854 21Dec Patten Mr - Long Sutton knocked down James Jeans 1854 02Nov Patten Peter Cornelius - his wrench stolen South Petherton 1854 28Sep Patterson Mr - Bath and Glastonbury mail contractor 1854 22Jun Pattison Miss F - Feniton Court Honiton 1854 12Oct Patton Capt - Bishops Hull killed at Crimea 1854 12Oct Paul Henry Thomas marr Katherine Wilmot at Weston SM 1854 09Feb Paul J - Portsea brewer bankrupt 1854 05Jan Paul J Kirklington - birth of son Sandhill Park Somerset 1854 03Aug Paul John Henry yeoman Stoke Abbott marr Martha Elizabeth Sweetman 1854 19Oct Paul Miss - Langport cart accident 1854 12Oct Paul Thomas - banker Langport son Henry marr 1854 07Dec Paull Thomas - Beercrowcombe poaching 1854 30Mar Payne James - stole lead at Taunton Union 1854 06Apr Payne James - stole lead Taunton 3 months 1854 12Oct Payne James - carpenter Crockerton drunk died nr Frome 1854 02Nov Payne James - stole pillow cases at Ruishton 1854 06Jul Payne John - his candlesticks stolen Somerset Sessions 1854 09Nov Payne Maria - Winfieled Devon cured of abscess 1854 05Jan Payne Mr - in the employ of Mr Lake injured while pruning 1854 29Jun Payne W - Langport birth of son 1854 07Dec Payne William - Higher Ling Farm Lyng sale of heifers 1854 19Oct Paynter ensign - died in fire at Newcastle son of T Paynter Boskenna 1854 12Oct Paynter lieut - Gateshead fire 1854 30Mar Payton Mary - defrauded at Bruton 1854 25May Peach W - Rose Villa dau Emily Charlotte marr at St Johns Eastover 1854 30Mar Peacock Joseph - Bridgwater Borough Sessions jury 1854 28Sep Peacock Rev - Laverton burglary 1854 13Jul Pearce Charles - age 17 labourer Bridgwater Quay witness 1854 26Oct Pearce Elizabeth - 30 stole cotton at Twerton 1854 26Oct Pearce John - 39 tailor theft at Weston Super Mare 1854 27Jul Pearse F B - sale of Croydon Hall Old Cleeve 1854 30Nov Pearse J - Bridgwater Iron Works 1854 07Dec Pearse James - gamekeeper witness to poaching Wells County Sessions 1854 05Oct Pearse John Bulley marr Mary Ann Atwell at St Johns 1854 13Jul Pearse Nicholas - Wiveliscombe commissioner High Court of Chancery 1854 08Jun Pearse William - bread and biscuit baker house sale Burnham and Highbridge 1854 12Oct Pearson Emmley - age 25 murdered Basford Nottingham 1854 20Jul Pearson James - explosion at Bridge Fold Mill Rochdale 1854 31Aug Peek William - London son age 2 drowned 1854 16Feb Pemberthy Henry - London Inn Cornwall recollections 1854 14Dec Penatt John Charles - div surgeon of police Clapham 1854 13Jul Pendock Henry Charles - his iron stolen Chelwood Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 13Apr Peniston William Michael - Yetminster railway contractor bankrupt 1854 20Jul Pennard Dr - Royal Crescent Clifton visitor to Burnham 1854 30Mar Penny John - stole wheat Babcary 1854 23Feb Penny Joseph - Shepton Mallet rescue 1854 28Dec Penny Rev J - birth of son at Blandford 1854 19Oct Penny William - grocer his widow died Appledore 1854 16Mar Pentecost R J - Somerton Grammar School 1854 16Mar Pentecost R J - birth of dau Grammar School Somerton 1854 27Jul Pepperell Thomas - Bridgwater Police Court 1854 11May Percy S - carver Ebrington St Plymouth court case 1854 11May Percy Samuel Thomas - son of S Thomas of Ebrignton St stolen 1854 19Oct Peren Burchel - Martock Ag Assoc 1854 09Feb Perkins Dod - surgeon Topsham died age 30 1854 04May Perkins John - Watchet dau Mery Elizabeth died Brock St Bath 1854 16Mar Perren Burchel - South Petherton epiphany sessions 1854 16Mar Perren Burche - South Petherton case 1854 07Dec Perret James - found on John Marlors premises Fore St Bridgwater 1854 20Jul Perrett Mr - Stogursey land 1854 16Feb Perrett Sarah Ann - wife of S Perrett Compass Lodge N Petherton died 1854 21Dec Perrin Edmund - Australia formerly Somerset fives player died 1854 31Aug Perrin J D - surgeon Farrington Gurney 1854 17Aug Perrin Messrs - Temple Cloud accident 1854 29Jun Perrin Mr - Ham Creech St Michael land sale 1854 06Jul Perry Alexander - Putsham Toll gate suicide 1854 13Jul Perry Alexander - kept toll gate Putsham suicide 1854 20Jul Perry Ann - Westonzoyland house sale 1854 25May Perry Caroline - Bridport inquest fire at St Andrews Wall Bradpole 1854 30Mar Perry James - stole fowl at Dowlish Wake 1854 19Oct Perry Jane - Waterloo Villa Clifton murder of male infant 1854 09Nov Perry John - Bathealton Court shepherd award 1854 09Nov Perry Mark - Wellington award 1854 02Mar Perry Robert - Priston Farm Priston sheepstealers 1854 30Mar Perry Robert - Priston his sheep stolen 1854 06Jul Perry William Fowler - burglary Somerset Sessions 1854 06Jul Pester James - stole milk Somerset Sessions 1854 15Jun Pester John - 'Blackacre Estate' Edgarley 1854 30Mar Pester Matilda - stole gloves at Stoke Upon Hambdon 1854 09Nov Peters J - grocer Frog St Exeter cured of polypus 1854 07Sep Peters Silvester - Mark house sale 1854 02Nov Peters Walter - stole books at Crewkerne 1854 15Jun Petgrave Ezekiel Charles solicitor marr Susannah Haythorne at Corsham 1854 09Mar Petheridge Mr - servant to Mrs Coulson of Bristol 1854 25May Peto Mr - Hatch Beauchamp petition against church rates 1854 20Apr Pettit Mr - builder Taunton dau marr 1854 17Aug Petvin Samuel - Street built chapel 1854 21Dec Phelps Robert - East Compton heifer stabbed 1854 21Dec Phelps S - London son William marr at Exeter 1854 16Nov Phelps Walter marr Elizabeth Beazing at St Johns Church 1854 21Dec Phelps William Robert marr Jesay Latimer of Exeter dau of magistrate 1854 04May Phillips Adelaide - dau of druggist Bristol dancer 1854 26Jan Phillips Alfred - murdered Van Diemen's Land related Mr Pope of Bristol 1854 19Oct Phillips B G - Weston Super Mare new town hall 1854 31Aug Phillips C - WEston Super Mare flower pots 1854 05Oct Phillips Charles - labourer Ham robbed 1854 26Oct Phillips Charles - his money stolen borough quarter sessions 1854 09Nov Phillips Charles - potteries Weston Super Mare thrower wanted 1854 05Jan Phillips Dan - draper sale of winter stock Fore St Bridgwater 1854 09Feb Phillips Dan - trustee Bridgwater Patent Slip company 1854 20Apr Phillips Dan - dau Elizabeth marr at Trinity Church 1854 06Jul Phillips Dan - bale wrapper stolen Bridgwater Police Court 1854 28Dec Phillips E - Chilton Polden contribution Crimean Army Fund 1854 13Jul Phillips Edwin - his cider stolen Rodney Stoke Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 21Dec Phillips George - tenant Hambridge Farm House East Pennard timber sale 1854 28Dec Phillips George - tenant Hambridge Farm House East Pennard timber 1854 26Oct Phillips Maria - 45 stole half sovereign at Twerton 1854 19Oct Phillips Moses - late of Bath died 17 Keppell St Russell Sq 1854 20Jul Phillips Mr - GWR nr Heyford railway accident relative marr 1854 05Oct Phillips Samuel - captian 'Happy Return' Bridgwater inquest witness 1854 23Mar Phillips Sarah - her looking glass stolen Bridgwater Police Court 1854 23Mar Phillips Sarah - kept disreputable house Bridgwater Police Court 1854 30Mar Phillips Sarah - to Wilton Gaol for 6 months Bridgwater Borough Sessions 1854 16Feb Phillpotts capt John Scott marr Susan Kitson at Torquay 1854 19Oct Phillpotts Rev T - Feock Cornwall thanksgiving day 1854 10Aug Phillpotts Robert - set fire to county gaol Bridgwater Police Court 1854 21Dec Philpotts Ann - Wivelscombe inquest lace seller cohabited T King 1854 24Aug Phippen Edmund E marr Maria Parsons at Taunton 1854 24Aug Phippen Robert - Blackford Somerset son Edmund marr 1854 07Sep Phippen Thomas - Mark cottage sale 1854 14Dec Phipps and Mackay - their offices burgled Shepton Mallet 1854 10Aug Phipps v Kelson - Somerset Assizes case 1854 26Oct Phips Thomas Hele - Shepton Mallet his son died of cholera the Alma 1854 10Aug Pickford James - age 75 Yeovil house sale 1854 10Aug Pierce Thomas - defrauded Henry Clements of Bath 1854 27Jul Pierce Walter - qualified Morgans School Bridgwater 1854 29Jun Pierpoint William Horne - Spa Villa Bath dau Ann marr 1854 20Apr Pierson Luke - Bristol 1854 16Feb Pigeon John - mutiny on ship Sovreign 1854 25May Piggott Rev G O S - curate Kings Kerswell to Kingston Seymour 1854 31Aug Pignutt Susannah - age 15 assaulted Leamington 1854 04May Pigott Rev George Octavius Smyth - to rectory of Kingston Seymour 1854 10Aug Pike Jane - age 30 bill ignored Somerset Assizes sheep stealing 1854 21Sep Pilkington Thomas - bricklayer age 45 Manchester drowned 1854 30Mar Pilton Emily - fraud at Yeovil 1854 08Jun Pine Thomas - grocer Beaminster 1854 10Aug Pinwell Mr - Plymouth herrings 1854 19Oct Pipe Thomas - servant to Levi Symes Martock Ag Assoc 1854 17Aug Piper John - boys stole apricots Martock 1854 26Jan Piper Mr - tailor Saxe St Teignmouth bullock 1854 06Jul Pitman James - breach of pound - Bridgwater Police Court 1854 16Feb Pitman John - house sale High St Bridgwater 1854 02Mar Pitman John - butcher his mutton stolen Bridgwater Police Court 1854 30Mar Pitman Mr - High St his mutton stolen Bridgwater Borough Sessions 1854 02Nov Pitman Simeon - Walcot Bath builder bankrupt 1854 13Jul Pitman Thomas - stole lamb at Yarlington Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 27Apr Pittard Mr - fire at Somerton 1854 19Oct Pittard Mr - Curry Rivell cart accident 1854 30Nov Pittard Mr - Kingsbury killed wildfowl 1854 27Apr Pittard Robert S R - churchwarden Kingsbury Episcopi 1854 06Apr Pitts Henry - Brromfield his gelding stolen 1854 16Mar Pitts Mr - sale of livestock Rooks Castle Mills Broomfield 1854 10Aug Plaister John - grocer Frome his currants stolen 1854 08Jun Plaister Mr - Frome robbery 1854 13Jul Platt Rev Thomas Duodecimus - to Holy Trinity Portsea 1854 26Oct Pleace Mr - Kingston messuage sale 1854 24Aug Please Mr - sale of brewery Kingston nr Taunton 1854 29Jun Pleydell Edmund Norton - Cannington land sale 1854 17Aug Plowman Charles of Wambrook nr Chard marr Emma Kiddle of Beaminster 1854 24Aug Plowman T - High St just returned from Birmingham 1854 21Sep Plowman T - Taunton sadlery and harness 1854 30Mar Plowman Thomas - Bridgwater Borough Sessions jury 1854 22Jun Plowman Thomas - Bridgwater dau Mary died age 14 London 1854 10Aug Plowman Thomas - High St Bridgwater saddlers wanted 1854 12Oct Plowman Thomas surgeon North Curry marr Sarah Barrett 1854 15Jun Plummer Elizabeth - Frome remarriage 1854 02Nov Plummer Rev S B - Tintinhull horse accident at Martock 1854 09Nov Plummer Rev S B - died age 48 incumbent of Tintinhull 1854 02Nov Plummer William - decd of Parsons and Hull linen merchants Bristol 1854 13Jul Pocock Mary - died age 76 Church St Warminster 1854 24Aug Pocock William - decd dau Mary died age 16 Portishead twin 1854 28Dec Podfield Isaac Phelps - stole goods Castle Sq Pilton and Swansea 1854 01Jun Pole Eliza - Bridgwater Police Court 1854 26Oct Pole Henry of Clifton marr Louisa Tucker of Bridgwater 1854 19Jan Pole Joseph - subscription for the poor Bridgwater 1854 16Feb Pole Joseph - shop and cottage sale High St Bridgwater 1854 25May Pollard E H - Bridgwater Police Court 1854 11May Pollard Edward Henry of Bridgwater marr Delia Challenger of Wrington 1854 16Mar Pollard Joseph - sale of livestock Naplock Farm nr Combwich 1854 11May Pollard Mary Adams - poor woman Saltash stole boy 1854 19Oct Pollard Mr - architect and surveyor Taunton 1854 20Apr Pollard Reuben - foreman of jury in West Bagborough inquest 1854 17Aug Pollard S - Taunton architect of chapel at Street 1854 13Jul Pollard Samuel - Taunton dau Caroline Heudebourck marr 1854 06Apr Pollard William - robbed at Moorlinch 1854 10Aug Pollard William - assualted at Catcott 1854 17Aug Pollard William - died Bath House Burnham age 51 1854 24Aug Pollard William - former china merchant Swansea died Burnham age 50 1854 22Jun Pomeroy Eliza - died age 45 Taunton 1854 11May Pook Thomas - witness Cullompton robbery 1854 19Jan Pool C - son a baker in Eastover court case over debt 1854 26Jan Poole C J - grocer Eastover Bridgwater bankrupt sale of stock 1854 26Jan Poole C J - Bridgwater baker bankrupt 1854 09Nov Poole Charles - fishmonger assault at Langport slip Bridgwater Police Court 1854 07Sep Poole G - beer license for the Cottage on the Wembdon road 1854 19Jan Poole G S - Bridgwater madrigal society 1854 28Dec Poole G S - Bridgwater contribution Crimean Army Fund 1854 02Nov Poole Gabriel S - Borough of Bridgwater letter 1854 28Dec Poole Gabriel S - Bridgwater letter 1854 25May Poole J R - Burnham land sale 1854 02Nov Poole J Ruuscombe - Borough of Bridgwater letter 1854 11May Poole James - sale of furniture Staplegrove nr Taunton 1854 20Jul Poole James jun - Apsley Villa Kingsdown birth of daughter 1854 28Dec Poole Miss M A - Bridgwater contribution Crimean Army Fund 1854 09Feb Poole Mr - Castle St plough accident Wembdon 1854 18May Poole Mr - Cottage Inn Wembdon his potatoes stolen 1854 21Dec Poole Rev John - Enmore 9 blankets to Crimean Army fund 1854 29Jun Poole S - cottage sale Cannington 1854 02Nov Poole Strappy - selling rotten fish 1854 06Apr Poole W - cheese tender for Bridgwater Union 1854 02Mar Poole W - grocer Cattle Marker Bridgwater house to let 1854 22Jun Poole W J E - recitation Free Grammar School Bridgwater 1854 02Mar Poole William - cheese and bacon factor Exeter Bridgwater 1854 12Oct Poole William - 1st Somerset Militia deserted Plymouth 1854 30Mar Pope George - shooting at Stoodleigh Wood 1854 06Apr Pope George - Cutcombe murder 1854 26Jan Pope Henry - Bristol his relative murdered Mr House escaped 1854 13Jul Pope John - his sheep stolen Blagdon Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 13Jul Pope Joseph - stole ham Frome Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 06Apr Pope Mary - witness Cutcombe murder 1854 19Oct Pope Miss - killed at Curry Rivell 1854 26Oct Pope T - limeburner Curry Rivell dau age 2 run over 1854 30Mar Pope Thomas - shooting at Stoodleigh Wood 1854 06Apr Pope Thomas and George - poaching at Studleigh Wood 6 months 1854 25May Popham Rev J Leyborne - chaplain to Bishop of Salisbury 1854 06Jul Pople John - New Inn Bridgwater dau Mary Ann died age 16 Eastover 1854 24Aug Pople Mr - New Inn Eastover collision 1854 15Jun Porch Thomas - 'Maiden Croft' Glastonbury land sale 1854 20Apr Porter police sgt - body found at St Georges nr Bristol 1854 23Feb Porter Charles - mater of the ship 'Fortitude' Bridgwater 1854 06Jul Porter Emily - acquitted Somerset Sessions 1854 13Jul Porter George - his shoes stolen Wrington Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 06Jul Porter Hannah - acquitted Somerset Sessions 1854 02Nov Porter J - stolen apples case Bridgwater Police Court 1854 08Jun Porter Joseph - St Georges Pill sheep shearing contest 1854 30Mar Porter Mrs - Creech court case 1854 21Sep Porter Mrs - Moorlinch sale of farming stock emigrating 1854 14Dec Porter P S - assaulted Wells 1854 12Oct Porter W G - Ilminster birth of son 1854 28Sep Portman Col - commandant West Somerset Yeomanry Cavalry 1854 26Jan Portman William Henry - gazetted colonel W Somerset Yeomanry Cavalry 1854 23Mar Pott Betty - died Hill Common nr Taunton age 89 1854 30Mar Potter Mr of Chedzoy marr Miss Harden of East Bower Farm 1854 08Jun Potter Thomas - Thorverton ag soc prize 1854 02Nov Potter William - stole fowl at North Petherton 1854 13Jul Pottinger Samuel - Tintinhull refused to pay turnpike tolls 1854 20Jul Poulett Amiad - lieutenant 1st Somerset Militia 1854 27Jul Poulett Amias - lieut 1st Somerset Militia 1854 06Apr Pound William - Chilcompton wounding 1854 23Feb Pounsberry Edward - late master 'Mohawk' Bristol local marine board 1854 07Sep Powell H - brickmaker Bridgwater illegitimate child 1854 26Oct Powell Henry - prison for not paying maintenance to his illeg child 1854 06Apr Powell John - Steyning Farm Stogursey sale of livestock 1854 20Jul Powell John - Stogursey land 1854 27Jul Powell John - Stogursey farm house to let 1854 20Jul Powell Miss - Worcester visitor to Burnham 1854 19Jan Powell Sarah - Devonshire food riots Exeter 1854 30Mar Powles George - stole wig Westminster Police Court 1854 21Sep Powning William - Shepton Mallet birth of son still born 1854 28Sep Powning William - Shepton Mallet birth of still born son 1854 10Aug Powook Edward - burgled at Ashcott 1854 16Nov Prance V - Nether Stowey cart accident 1854 12Jan Prance Vaughan - solicitor Nether Stowey and Bridgwater 1854 07Sep Prangley J - butcher Corsley wife found gold 1854 02Feb Pratt Mrs - died Taunton 1854 05Jan Pratten George - shoemaker Bridgwater insolvent debtor 1854 02Nov Preddy Mary An - her watch stolen Taunton 1854 28Sep Preece Thomas - High Littleton stole iron 1854 26Oct Preece Thomas - 32 marine stole iron at Chew Magna acquitted 1854 19Oct Preece William - Ropers Lane no drain to house Bridgwater Police Court 1854 04May Prescott Caroline Susan - wife of Rev Richard Fussell died Chantry Parsonage 1854 30Mar Prescott George - stole nails at Luckham 1854 13Jul Prescott Sarah - stole shoes Rodden Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 11May Press Edwin - pilot Bridgwater court case son of James 1854 11May Press James - pilot Bridgwater boat 'Petrel' 1854 19Oct Presswell Thomas - London vagrant Bridgwater Police Court 1854 26Oct Presswell Thomas - stole counterpanes from Bridgwater Union 1854 09Nov Price C W - house sale Bridgwater 1854 30Mar Price C W - Bridgwater Borough Sessions jury 1854 23Mar Price Jenny - assistant nurse Marylebone Workhouse 1854 15Jun Price Joseph - dismissed pilot Liverpool 1854 06Jul Price Thomas - stole watch Somerset Sessions 1854 02Nov Price U of Chewton Mendip marr Mary Jane Abbott at Sutton Veny 1854 09Mar Price William - under tenant nr Skimmerton Wembdon sale of land 1854 26Oct Price William Thomas - Cheddar burgled 1854 19Oct Prichard Augustus - Bristol surgeon 1854 10Aug Prickwinkle Mr - farmer Amsterdam murders witness 1854 25May Priest master - fell from tree Bristol Rd Bridgwater infirmary 1854 28Dec Pring Daniel - died Awliscombe Devon age 96 1854 03Aug Pring Mr - sieve manuf Staplegrove 1854 06Apr Printer Charles of Worle marr Mary Ann Hancock at Bath 1854 02Feb Prior James - Yeovil birth of daughter 1854 04May Prior James - age 22 died Bridgwater 1854 08Jun Prior Mr - agent for County Fore Office Bridgwater 1854 13Jul Priscott Benjamin of Easton in Gordano marr Mary Simmons 1854 06Apr Priscott George - stole nails at Luckham 3 months 1854 27Jul Pritchard Rev Constantine Estlin marr Mary Alice Seymour of Wells 1854 27Jul Pritchard William - decd dau Lucy marr at Walcot 1854 20Jul Procter James Eckely - St Columb Manor Cornwall shipowner bankrupt 1854 08Jun Provis Tom - to Millbank claimant to Ashton Court 1854 28Dec Prowse Charles P - died age 23 Yeovil 1854 30Nov Prowse J - surgeon Taunton corns 1854 28Sep Prunty James - soldier 6th royal artillery shooting Devizes Sessions 1854 19Oct Puckey Joseph - stoker lost HMS Vixen 1854 27Apr Puddy George - Staughton dau Sarah marr 1854 07Sep Puddy Jerret - Mark cottage sale 1854 18May Puddy John - ill treating calves Bridgwater Police Court 1854 20Jul Puddy John - labourer South Brent stole trousers 1854 10Aug Puddy John - stole trousers at Brean not guilty 1854 06Apr Puddy R - bread tender for Bridgwater Union 1854 20Jul Pugh Mr - marine store dealer fire 52 Sermon Lane London 1854 02Nov Pugsley Mary Ann - assaulted at Heathfield 1854 17Aug Pullen R of Whiteridge marr Mary Gunn of Trinity Terr Taunton 1854 23Mar Pullen Thomas P - Closworth died age 57 1854 22Jun Pulman Mr - formerly of Anchor Inn Bridgwater died Wells 1854 26Oct Pulman Mr - Kingston messuage sale 1854 06Apr Pulman Rev W Walker - vicar of Wellington birth of dau 1854 27Jul Pulman Rev W W - Drakes Place Wellington bazaar 1854 10Aug Pulman Rev W W - fete at Wellington 1854 06Jul Pulsford Joseph - acquitted Somerset Sessions 1854 06Jul Purchas Henry - Drayton fined for riding on railway track 1854 13Jul Purchase Charles - stole larch trees Hardington Yeovil Petty Sessions 1854 19Jan Purnell Mr - Glastonbury surgeon 1854 13Jul Purnell Mr - working for James Randell at Devizes scaffold accident 1854 27Jul Purnell S - surgeon Wells 1854 07Sep Pursey v Parsons - a scuffle Bridgewater Petty Sessions 1854 09Nov Pursey Mary - Angersleigh Farm award 1854 20Jul Pusey Rev Edward Bouverie - dau Mary Amelia marr at Oxford 1854 08Jun Pyer W S - chemist Axminster 1854 31Aug Pyke James - chief accountant Gt Western Railway died cholera 1854 07Sep Pyke James - died age 68 Paddington GWR 1854 01Jun Pyke John - bailiff of Bridgwater 1587 1854 01Jun Pyle Mr - Buckland St Mary lamb 1854 06Jul Pyne Catharine - burgled Somerset Sessions 1854 03Aug Pyne James - baker Wellington his bread stolen 1854 27Apr Quantock H - East Lambrook son Henry marr 1854 27Apr Quantock Henry marr Lydia Milton Hewlings at San Francisco 1854 08Jun Quartley James - Molland nr S Molton ag soc prize 1854 21Sep Quick Ann - case of Alfred Street and illegitimate child 1854 30Mar Quick F - Bristol jeweller bankrupt 1854 25May Quick Mr - West St Bridgwater cottage sale 1854 02Nov Quick W marr G Stoiere at St Johns Eastover Bridgwater 1854 31Aug Quier v Butson - Highbridge innkeeper and Bridgwater claret 1854 27Jul Quier Mr - Bridgwater and Bath wine merchant court case 1854 20Apr Quin Neal - executed Monaghan gaol 1854 04May Raban lieut col - of Beauchamp Lodge Taunton wid Ellen died age 76 Exmouth 1854 02Nov Rabbits Thomas - Frome his wood stolen 1854 30Mar Racklay George - stole barley Bishops Lydeard 1854 07Sep Radford J - governor empty gaol 1854 02Mar Radforde Charles John - daied age 14 mths Bayswater father John of Taunton 1854 02Mar Radforde John - late of Taunton birth of dau Bauswater 1854 08Jun Radmore John - Thorverton ag soc prize 1854 13Jul Radnor William - received stolen goods Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 16Mar Raikes Robert - died age 72 Evercreech 1854 02Feb Raines James - Lamb Inn East Wells accident 1854 09Feb Raines James - Amb Inn East Wells accident 1854 09Mar Rainey Henry - tenant Dunwear land sale 1854 30Nov Ralph Rev James - Horseleydown died age 56 1854 18May Ralph William - tailor Clifton drowned 1854 17Aug Ramsden Sir John - rich Taunton MP 1854 06Apr Randall v Harvey - insurance fraud Somerset Assizes 1854 13Jul Ranger Josiah - his towel stolen Brislington Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 15Jun Rapson J cabinet maker marr Elizabeth Irish of Chaffcombe 1854 06Apr Raskley George - stole barley at Bishops Lydeard 3 months 1854 18May Rattenbury James jeweller marr Caroline Burge at Weston 1854 07Dec Ratter Daniel - yeoman Isle Abbots poachers on his land 1854 09Nov Rawles S - Bridgwater 1854 25May Rawlings Joseph - grocer Bruton died age 33 1854 17Aug Rawlins John - Hendford discovered arch remains at Yeovil schoolhouse 1854 31Aug Raymond C - glove manuf Sherborne wife Ann died age 45 1854 02Nov Read George - Reeve Court Baron Manor of Chard 1854 12Oct Read James - bailiff Axbridge 1854 02Mar Read Robert A - secretary Somerset Central Railway Co 1854 06Jul Redding H - non payment of market rate Bridgwater Police Court 1854 06Apr Redwood John - Pitminster fraud 2 months 1854 12Oct Reed maj J H - Bridgwater Agricultural Assoc 1854 16Mar Reed master - accident at Wembdon 1854 09Nov Reed Charles - fined 1s Bridgwater Police Court 1854 27Jul Reed G - board of health Burnham 1854 19Jan Reed G - Burnham 1854 09Nov Reed G - Burnham Bridgwater Ag Assoc 1854 09Mar Reed George - Burnham legacy 1854 30Mar Reed George - Burnham orchidaceous plants 1854 15Jun Reed Henry marr Elizabeth Date at Bridgwater 1854 06Apr Reed J J marr Mrs S Stagg both of Bridgwater 1854 09Nov Reed Maj J H - London Bridgwater Ag Assoc 1854 06Jul Reed Mary - illegitimate child Bridgwater Police Court 1854 05Jan Reed Mr - secretary Somerset Central Railway Co 1854 01Jun Reed Mr - Burnham searching for minerals South Brent 1854 29Jun Reed Mr - Westonzoyland land sale 1854 06Apr Reed Mr J Haythorne - Liskeard election 1854 12Jan Reed P O H - solicitor supper at North Petherton 1854 09Feb Reed P O H - solicitor Bridgwater Patent Slip company 1854 12Oct Reed P O H solicitor Bridgwater marr Charlotte Somers at Oak 1854 23Mar Reed Paul O H - Bridgwater Police Court 1854 28Dec Reed Richard Bowen - decd RN dau Emma Catherine marr 1854 06Apr Reed Thomas - stationmaster Manchester killed 1854 30Mar Reeford William - stole mutton Bridgwater Borough Sessions 1854 05Jan Reeves A - solicitor Taunton 1854 31Aug Reeves James - vet witness Bridgwater County Court 1854 22Jun Reeves Joseph - vetinary surgeon Bridgwater 1854 07Sep Reeves Thomas marr Mary Ann Chapman at Bridgwater 1854 07Sep Reford Mr - grocer Cross Pipes nr Holmforth robbed 1854 19Oct Rench William - Rosemouth Cottage St James Exeter birth of dau 1854 06Jul Rendall Charles - stole oil cake Somerset Sessions 1854 13Jul Rendall Giles - stole pullet West Coker under age whipped 1854 13Jul Rendall Harriet - Chiselborough lad stole her flowers 1854 06Jul Rendall Israel - his oil cake stolen Somerset Sessions 1854 13Jul Rendall John - bought stolen pullet West Coker 1854 26Oct Rendle John - witness to theft at St Matthews Fair Bridgwater 1854 28Sep Reynolds S - Langport birth of son 1854 27Jul Reynolds Samuel - Meare land sale 1854 15Jun Reynolds Thomas - died Shirehampton age 57 son of Joseph 1854 13Jul Ricards Mr - draper cart accident nr Kingsweston 1854 18May Rice Harriet - Union St assault case Bridgwater Police Court 1854 20Apr Rich Francis - witness petty sessions 1854 29Jun Rich Francis - North Petherton land sale 1854 30Mar Rich Frederick - assaulted William Burton at Bath 1854 02Nov Rich Frederick - innocent Bath 1854 14Sep Rich J D - son of Abraham of Bridgwater recommended Post Office Bath 1854 30Mar Rich John - stole oak poles at Over Stowey 1854 06Apr Rich John - stole oak poles Over Stowey 6 weeks 1854 02Feb Rich John - Over Stowey labourer broke into house of H Brown 1854 16Mar Rich Mr - Bedminster cart and timber accident 1854 18May Rich Thomas Barnes - age 49 died Bridgwater 1854 02Feb Rich William - labourer Nether Stowey burglar 1854 06Apr Rich William and John - Crocombe burglary 4 yrs penal servitude 1854 12Jan Richard Ann - housekeeper to George Brock of Wellington 1854 01Jun Richard Mary - Sutcombe North Devon attempted murder 1854 25May Richard Mr - removal of the island in High St 1854 20Jul Richards Edwin - age 3 Penzance died after drinking hot water 1854 30Mar Richards Frank - lunatic died Seaton 1854 16Nov Richards John - Burnham railway 1854 03Aug Richards Mary - murdered Little Torrington 1854 25May Richards Miss - glove hand age 22 of Langtree murdered 1854 09Feb Richards Mr - refusal to give up house on the island Bristol Arms 1854 08Jun Richards Phillip - Millslade Inn Brendon 1854 13Jul Richards Richard - his needles stolen Yeovil Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 09Nov Richards Richard - Melbotrn formerly East Down wid had son 1854 13Apr Richards Samuel - Kingsbury fire at Church St 1854 05Jan Richards Thomas - pulling down his house on the Island 1854 30Mar Richards Thomas - Bridgwater Borough Sessions jury ill health 1854 12Oct Richards W - St Davids dau Helen marr 1854 19Oct Richards W H - Stapleton Martock Ag Assoc ploughing contest 1854 02Feb Richards William - Butleigh decd dau Sarah marr 1854 27Jul Ricketts G - workman for G Bevan cabinet maker Wells 1854 17Aug Ricks James - omnibus Bridgwater 1854 24Aug Ricks Mr - livery stable keeper Bridgwater 1854 23Feb Ricks Mr - Fleur De Lis Inn Bridgwater agent for Bulpins cattle medicine 1854 29Jun Ricks Mr - Taunton Road held Bridgwater flower show 1854 15Jun Ridge Mr - meal at N Petherton for Tradesmans Club 1854 06Jul Ridler Richard - Bristol warehouseman 1854 06Jul Riggs Mary - stole blanket Somerset Sessions 1854 30Mar Ring Mr - timber merchant Bristol court case 1854 28Sep Ringdove Rev Samuel A - Bridgwater oaths and wills 1854 17Aug Risby Geogre - Chelmsford discharged murdered J Spooner 1854 20Apr Risden J - Camborne mercer bankrupt 1854 07Dec Ritson A W - sale of horses Penn Mill Railway Yard Yeovil 1854 04May Ritson C - contractor Fryern St Bridwater birth of son 1854 11May Ritson Mr - contractor Wilts Somerset and Weymouth railway 1854 30Nov Ritson Mr - sale of horses Penn Mill Railway yard Yeovil 1854 19Jan Rivers Capt - at Yeovil ball 1854 14Sep Roan PC - Yeovil witchcraft 1854 13Apr Robbins George - Grosvenor Place Bath birth of son 1854 23Feb Roberts E - Chard innkeeper bankrupt 1854 02Mar Roberts E marr Mrs Ryder at registrars office Taunton 1854 10Aug Roberts Isat - stole shawl from Bird In Hand Taunton 1854 19Oct Roberts Jacob - capt of forcastle lost HMS Vixen 1854 13Jul Roberts Rev A - Brean Rectory sale of furntiure 1854 14Sep Roberts Thomas - died from blow Temple Meads Bristol 1854 08Jun Roberts W - hat manuf Newton Abbott 1854 18May Robins George - Ruardean and Nantyglo dau Ann marr 1854 13Jul Robins Thomas - stole coat Stratton on the Fosse Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 06Apr Robinson Mr - Wembdon sewer 1854 10Aug Robinson Rev George - to vicarage Keynsham 1854 24Aug Robinson Rev Thomas - Isle of Wight suicide at Dover 1854 22Jun Rodbard J R - Aldwick Court Bristol 1st prize 1854 13Jul Rodberd John - his brandy stolen Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 09Mar Rodham William - solicitor Wellington agent for Crown Life Ass 1854 09Nov Roger John - Roadwater Old Cleeve selling underweight bread 1854 16Nov Roger John - Williton baker prosecuted 1854 02Nov Rogers Barney - watch theft at Yeovil 1854 22Jun Rogers Dr - Honiton 1st prize Taunton Poultry Show 1854 16Mar Rogers H J - Callington Cornwall surgeon bankrupt 1854 16Feb Rogers James - case of murder of J Menhenlot at Trewergie 1854 06Jul Rogers James - acquitted Somerset Sessions 1854 07Sep Rogers James - pugilist Yeovil pocket picking 1854 14Dec Rogers James D - age 19 hair dressers asst Clapham 1854 10Aug Rogers John - wounded at Pensford 1854 07Sep Rogers Luke - son in law of James Rogers Yeovil pocket picking 1854 24Aug Rogers Mr - killed Radstock branch of railway 1854 15Jun Rogers Rosanna - Kidderminster lost her sight 1854 09Nov Rogers Sophia - witness to Wedmore attack 1854 20Jul Rogers Thomas - Weston Super Mare town commissioner 1854 25May Rollason George James - late Hatton Gardens gas fitter fraud 1854 20Jul Rollinson Mr - Bath visitor to Burnham 1854 11May Rolls Robert - damage to Bridgwater boat at Burnham 1854 10Aug Ronald William - died age 83 Maulside nr Reath Burns link 1854 13Jul Rood Mary Ann - acquitted Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 27Apr Rood Thomas - Meare fire 1854 21Sep Rook Mary Jane - summoned Alfred Street for illegitimate child 1854 02Nov Rossiter Edward - Radstock his hats stolen 1854 05Jan Rossiter G - watch and clock manuf Fore St Bridgwater 1854 26Oct Rossiter G - chemist Tiverton advert 1854 27Apr Rossiter Mr - silversmith Bridgwater 1854 23Feb Rossiter Thomas - wife Mary Ann died North St Philip 1854 10Aug Rouch J and son - Bristol timber 1854 28Sep Rouse Mr - left Agapemonites 1854 20Apr Rouse W H - solicitor North Curry 1854 06Jul Routley John - stole butter Somerset Sessions 1854 23Mar Row John Wall of Crewkerne marr Lydia Hodge of Tiverton 1854 10Aug Rowe Rev John - to Street nr Darmouth 1854 09Nov Rowland Richard - Runnington manservant award 1854 23Feb Rowles Robert - Brinsea Farm Congresbury timber sale 1854 18May Rowley George - Ashcott escaped Wilton gaol 1854 01Jun Rowley George - Shapwick escaped Wilton gaol captured Cheddar Wood 1854 06Jul Rowley George - Wilton Gaol felony escaped 1854 13Jul Rowsell John - stole rope Bridgwater Police Court 1854 10Aug Rowsell John - stole rope Bridgwater 1854 08Jun Ruck Edmund - Castle Hill nr Cricklade ag soc prize 1854 16Feb Ruddock John - clerk Bridgwater turnpike 1854 17Aug Rue master - age 5 son of fishmonger Wearne inquest 1854 09Mar Ruiter John - solicitor Ilminster agent for Crown Life Ass 1854 21Sep Runcombe Henry - assaulted Thomas Manchip in Mill St 1854 05Jan Rundle Miss - murdered at Roborough Down nr Plymouth 1854 16Feb Rushmore Robert William - Liverpool survived shipwreck of WHDavies 1854 17Aug Russ Thomas - boys stole apricots Martock 1854 30Mar Russel John - Chard his iron stolen 1854 02Nov Russell Enoch - West Monkton his fowl stolen 1854 30Mar Russell George - stole meat at Hatch Beauchamp 1854 06Apr Russell George - burglary at Hatch Beauchamp 18 months 1854 06Jul Russell William - acquitted Somerset Sessions 1854 08Jun Rutter Clarence - chemist Shaftesbury 1854 22Jun Rutter John solicitor West St marr Miss Hagley of Silver St Ilminster 1854 19Jan Rutts Alina - at Yeovil ball 1854 13Jul Ryall Francis - killed sheep Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 13Jul Ryall James - acquitted Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 28Dec Ryde John - died Exeter age 71 formerly Guildford Surrey 1854 04May Sabine Henry Sydenham - 50 Broad St Bristol 1854 30Mar Sage Joseph - acquitted Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 30Mar Sage Matilda - acquitted Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 14Sep Saggs Mr - fire at Hazel End Farm Farnham 1854 08Jun Sainsbury George - Priory Borsham ag soc prize 1854 03Aug Saint Isaac - stole coal at Crewkerne 1854 09Mar Salisbury R - builders Burnham journeyman joiner wanted 1854 30Mar Salisbury Samuel - forgery to Mr Ashman of Yeovil 1854 06Apr Salisbury Samuel - forgery at Yeovil 6 months 1854 13Jul Salmon George - his lead stolen Midsomer Norton Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 07Sep Salmon H - Bridgwater exhibition 1854 30Mar Salmon Henry - advert for paper hangings 1854 30Mar Salmon Henry - Bridgwater Borough Sessions jury 1854 09Feb Salmon Robert - Bridgwater Subscription Charitable Fund 1854 06Jul Salter W - Good Samartian Society Chard 1854 02Nov Salter William - steward of Earl Poulett Court Baron manor of Chard 1854 22Jun Same v Malloney - court case County Court 1854 23Nov Sammons Arabella - wet nurse Midsomer Norton 1854 06Apr Sampson v Chapman and others - Somerset Assizes 1854 28Sep Sampson Edward - the good man of Henbury 1854 02Nov Sampson John marr Emma Blow at Ilchester 1854 21Sep Sampson Thomas - printer Sherborne died consumption 1854 12Oct Sams Charles - fire at Knole Long Sutton 1854 20Jul Sams Mr - Bristol visitor to Burnham 1854 09Nov Samson Thomas - Milverton award 1854 02Feb Sandall Arthur - public annoyance Fore St Bridgwater 1854 02Nov Sanderson Abraham - 'Happy Return' Filey age 26 drowned 1854 06Apr Sandford Mary - harm to child Somerset Assizes acquitted 1854 25May Sandy Hannah - South Brent House sale 1854 30Mar Sanford Ms - manslaughter of child Taunton Assizes 1854 13Jul Sansom Susan - Ilchester infant case 1854 26Jan Sants Mr - New Court Bath 1854 27Apr Saul Rev E W - preached St Johns Church Bridgwater 1854 02Nov Saunder Edward - Highbridge wrong medicine 1854 02Mar Saunders Alfred - Post Office Bridgwater 1854 24Aug Saunders Ann - accident nr Croyden station 1854 24Aug Saunders B C - Stowell broken arm 1854 21Sep Saunders Geo med staff Bengal Army marr Louisa Rbcca Hanson at Marylebone 1854 17Aug Saunders Henry - boys stole apricots Martock 1854 30Mar Saunders John jun - Bridgwater Borough Sessions jury 1854 09Nov Saunders Mr - Wembdon Bridgwater Ag Assoc 1854 26Jan Saunders Richard - butcher Milverton 1854 21Sep Saunders William Windsor - decd Plymerhill House Huntspill son marr 1854 02Nov Savage Charles - PC Bridgwater Police Court 1854 27Jul Savery Mr - iron founder his workman drowned at French Weir 1854 05Oct Savidge Charles - constable Middlezoy sheep stealing 1854 10Aug Savory Rev Henry Stiles of Bath marr Catherine Anne Henderson 1854 20Apr Say James - age 74 post mortem St Cuthbert Wells went Bradford 1854 28Sep Sayer William - Rockland St Peters Norfolk injured 1854 01Jun Scammels Mr - shopkeeper Trinity St Frome suicide 1854 16Feb Scarlett James - Taunton decd dau Ellen marr 1854 20Apr Scheops Abraham - commecial traveller Stanley St Manchester injured 1854 20Jul Schofield Sarah - age 18 explosion at Bridge Fold Mill Rochdale 1854 28Dec Scoot John Francis - pte sec to Nelson died Wimbledon 1854 10Aug Scot Jonas - Fivehead land sale 1854 27Apr Scott Edmund - chapel warden Kingsbury Episcopi 1854 12Oct Scott James J - shipbroker Gateshead fire 1854 12Oct Scott Mr - policeman Gateshead fire 1854 20Jul Scott Mr - rebuilding of tower St Marys Church Taunton 1854 13Jul Scott Walter - cloth dresser dau Jessi marr at Hawick 1854 02Nov Scriven John - stole sheep at Spaxton 1854 02Feb Scully Alice Mary - dau of W Scully died Crediton age 1 1854 28Sep Scully John - farmer Phillips Town Ireland threatened 1854 12Jan Seager Edward - 8th hussars Dorchester birth of son 1854 05Oct Seagram John - auditor Burnham 1854 04May Seale H S - Chard birth of son decd 1854 19Jan Sealy Edward - subscription for the poor Bridgwater 1854 01Jun Sealy Robert - 1st clerk of Bridgwater 1587 1854 05Oct Search Rev H M - Claremont Villa Bath birth of dau 1854 06Apr Sedgbeer Mr - Cutcombe murder 1854 23Mar Sedgwick Mr - acting house surgeon Marylebone Workhouse 1854 17Aug Sedley Anthony Crawford - auctioneer Sligo 1854 06Apr Sedley Charlotte - stole apples at Stoke St Mary 1 months 1854 09Nov Sedwick Rev J - to curacy of Greinton 1854 22Jun Seely J - witness Bridgwater County Court 1854 30Nov Seifforth J - Bridgwater Iron Works 1854 16Feb Selby James Addison - law student insolvent 1854 09Nov Selick W - Publow 1854 25May Sellers James chemist Colyton marr Mrs Goodridge at RO Axminster 1854 27Jul Sellick Abraham - tenant house sale High St Glastonbury 1854 02Nov Sellick Henry - his coat stolen North Petherton 1854 28Sep Sellick John - Grants Farm Merridge Farm Spaxton sale of live stock 1854 21Dec Sellick T - Weston Super Mare birth of daughter 1854 27Jul Sellon Miss - house moves Bristol the Fort St Michales Hill 1854 14Dec Selway Thomas - railway packer died at Tiverton junction station 1854 09Nov Selwood Elias - Buckland carter award 1854 05Jan Selwood John marr Ann Bran at Bridgwater 1854 06Jul Senior Rev James - Compton Pauncefoot birth of daughter 1854 07Sep Sercombe G - dau Elizabeth Caroline died age 5 North St Taunton 1854 19Jan Serjeant John - Devonshire food riots Exeter 1854 18May Serle Mr - Wheelwright Arms Inn fire Bampton 1854 03Aug Serle William - accused with stealing sheep Sampford Arundel acquitted 1854 01Jun Sewell Mr - doctor spill at Chedzoy 1854 22Jun Sewell R R - Bridgwater 2nd prize Taunton Poultry Show 1854 11May Sewers P K - of HM Ordnance Chatham dau Phillipa marr 1854 10Aug Seymour Alfred - lieut 1st Somerset Militia 1854 27Jul Seymour Henry - Wells dau Mary Alice marr 1854 10Aug Seymour Mrs - Middle St Yeovil house sale 1854 02Feb Seymour William Digby - birth of son 29 Thurloe Sq London 1854 05Oct Shakleford Mr - coach builder Cheltenham fire 1854 08Jun Shapter John - wooldealer Buckfastleigh and Ashburton 1854 19Jan Sharland Jane - Devonshire food riots Exeter 1854 22Jun Sharlans T S - East St dau marr Taunton 1854 10Aug Sharp John - stole tea from Edward Bush 1854 14Sep Sharp William - West Ham giant died 1854 18May Sharpnell Mr - Somerset Militia appointed Barrack Master Canada 1854 11May Shattock John - Goathurst sale of lands at Huntspill 1854 30Mar Shattock Thomas - his hay stolen West Buckland 1854 16Feb Shaw Charles - dancer leapt from Bath train nr Bristol 1854 09Nov Shaw Charles J - to curacy of Stocklinch Ottersey 1854 17Aug Shaw Mr - Milborne Wick decd dau Sophia marr 1854 05Oct Shaw Robert Grant - dau Frances Martha matt at Freshford 1854 23Feb Sheean H B - sale of livestock Stoford House Farm Bradford nr Wellington 1854 02Mar Sheean H B - sale of furniture Stoford House Bradford nr Wellington 1854 02Feb Sheean Mrs H B - birth of son Stoford House Bradford nr Taunton 1854 08Jun Shepard T - auctioneer Grove Park Stratton 1854 24Aug Shepherd John - St George dau Elizabeth marr 1854 27Apr Shepherd Simon - Cannington guardian of the poor 1854 20Jul Shepherd Thomas - tenant Stogursey farmhouse sale 1854 03Aug Shepherd Thomas - Shurton Court Stogursey sale 1854 28Sep Sheppard sgt - Cardiff police 1854 28Dec Sheppard v Stone - butcher sued landlord Chard Arms Hotel 1854 11May Sheppard Messrs - Spring Gardens Frome fire 1854 29Jun Sheppard William - Cannington orchard sale 1854 18May Sheringham Capt - Royal Navy enrolling Coast Guards at Bridgwater 1854 08Jun Sherrin policeman Bridgwater resigned 1854 29Jun Sherrin Edward Burnell - age 31 Kings Sedgmoor 1854 23Nov Sherring J - Shepton Mallet his sheep stolen 1854 23Mar Sherring John - yeoman Bradford Abbas dau Charlotte marr 1854 19Oct Sherring John butcher Shapwick marr Mrs Coombs at Eastover 1854 27Jul Sherston J D - decd Meare land sale 1854 03Aug Shew C W - surgeon dentist 51 Park St Bristol advert 1854 03Aug Shew Rober - decd 10 Bladud Buildings Bath cousin C W Shew 1854 13Jul Shiel David grocer marr Jessi Scott at Hawick 1854 12Oct Shiel Mr - drunk at Yeovil court 1854 10Aug Shier Thomasine - age 48 bill ignored Somerset Assizes 1854 20Jul Shipson John - age 19 ships carpenter Bourne St drowned Hull ship accident 1854 17Aug Shocklady Henry - murdered Kirby Hill 1854 24Aug Shocklady Henry - murder nr Kirby station 1854 19Jan Shorland W W - at Yeovil ball 1854 28Sep Shorney Robert - Weston S M chisel accident 1854 09Nov Short Charlotte - witnesse assault at Langport slip Bridgwater Police Court 1854 30Nov Short E - horse dealer Blandford Forum bankrupt 1854 30Nov Short G T - Shaftesbury lecture at Wincanton 1854 13Jul Short Henry - stole lead Midsomer Norton Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 27Jul Short John marr Elizabeth Dyment at St Johns Eastover 1854 24Aug Short Ms - stole clothing Curry Rivell 1854 18May Short Rev J L - Bridport 1854 09Nov Shorway Robert - age 75 Fitzhead ag lab award 1854 05Jan Shutler Oliver - Pitney horse thief 1854 11May Siderfin Robert - Watchet dau Mary marr at Dunster 1854 20Jul Silcamus Mr - fire 14 Sermon Lane London 1854 26Oct Silke George - land sale Milk Close nr Nether Stowey 1854 28Dec Silly John - Hinton St George witness to murder 1854 30Mar Silvester William - stole cheeses at Yeovil 1854 10Aug Simmonds Sarah - age 18 stole cloth at Taunton 1854 08Jun Simmons Mr - Fox and Simmons of Bristol Omar Pasha 1854 13Jul Simmons William - Kings Arms Hotel Easton in Grogano dau Mary marr 1854 01Jun Simpson major W H - birth of son at Bath 1854 02Nov Simpson Benjamin - age 17 'Charles Wesley' Filey drowned 1854 02Nov Simpson John jun - 'Happy Return' Filey age 24 drowned 1854 16Feb Simpson Plummer - Boston murder 1854 17Aug Simpson Thomas - of Manchester Street Congregational Chapel 1854 02Nov Simpson Thomas - 'Happy Return' Filey age 20 drowned 1854 13Jul Sims William - acquitted Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 07Dec Singer Mr - silversmith Frome riots 1854 02Nov Singleton Sarah - stole bacon at Chillington 1854 31Aug Sinkins John - Frome dau Margaret marr 1854 12Oct Sissons Mr - Gatehead fire 1854 27Apr Skinner Joseph - Catcott guardian of the poor 1854 12Oct Slack Henry - assaulted Eliz King in West St Bridgwater 1854 24Aug Sladden William - accident nr Croyden station 1854 10Aug Slade v Naish - Shepton Beauchamp farmer case 1854 27Jul Slade Alfred Frederick Adolphus - West Somerset Yeomanry Cavalry 1854 28Dec Slade Charles - died at Wells age 43 clerk in registry office 1854 27Jul Slade F W - lieut col West Somerset Yeomanry Cavalry 1854 27Jul Slade James - glove manuf Stoke Sub Hamdon meal 1854 16Mar Slade Sir John - Mansell House nr Bridgwater 1854 06Apr Slater Barnard - stole bread at St Decumans 4 months 1854 21Sep Slater John - brother of Maria who was outside Sherstons Arms Inn 1854 21Sep Slater Maria - prostitute outside Sherston Arms Borough Police Court 1854 21Dec Slegg John French marr Sarah Hogarth Dawson at Weston SM 1854 21Dec Slegg Richard - Cheltenham son John marr at Weston SM 1854 05Oct Slessor F G - letter re South Drain at Shapwick 1854 24Aug Slocombe James of Cardiff marr Sarah Elizabeth Langdon of Bristol 1854 11May Slocombe William marr Anna Maria Sanford Hayes of Bridgwater 1854 17Aug Sly P C - Martock constable 1854 28Sep Smallbones James - mayor Devizes 1854 19Oct Smart Henry - boy Burton plouging contest 1854 03Aug Smart Thomas - assaulted at Combwich 1854 20Jul Smedley Rev J - Shepton Mallet marriage on Sabbath refused 1854 28Sep Smiles Howard Clark - son of William taxman died age 3 Yeovil 1854 02Nov Smiles William - Recleford Yeovil birth of daughter 1854 23Nov Smith v Barnstaple - perjury case County Court 1854 13Jul Smith Calrissa - mother of mormon Joseph Smith died age 63 1854 23Feb Smith Daniel - tenant sale of cottage at Midford 1854 07Sep Smith G R - North Petherton twines at Bridgwater exhibition 1854 18May Smith George surgeon Axbridge marr Ann Robins of Ruardean 1854 09Nov Smith Henry - Milverton plouging match 1854 07Dec Smith Henry - seaman 'Marain' Waterford wages Bridgwater Police Court 1854 20Apr Smith J R - houses in St Marys St Bridgwater to be demolished 1854 04May Smith James - blacksmith Wooton Bassett fire 1854 25May Smith James - Bridgwater Police Court 1854 13Jul Smith James marr Elizabeth Stabgins at Bridgwater 1854 09Feb Smith Jeremiah - mayor of Rye Sussex perjury 1854 23Feb Smith John - sale of Hoopers Drove Westonzoyland 1854 04May Smith John - Angel Inn Wooton Bassett fire 1854 10Aug Smith John - stole tea from Edward Bush Somerset Sessions 1854 26Oct Smith John - his counting house broken into Writhlington 1854 16Mar Smith Jos R - Bridgwater Town Council meeting 1854 28Sep Smith Joseph - Cardiff found injured girl 1854 05Oct Smith Joseph - grocer Halse sale of stock 1854 26Oct Smith Matilda - robbed at Shepton Mallet 1854 26Jan Smith Mr - poor man cottage washed away Creech St Michael 1854 18May Smith Mr - property finally pulled down St Mary St 1854 07Sep Smith Mr - Alton superintendent his bloodhounds poisoned 1854 26Oct Smith Mr - Kingston messuage sale 1854 09Nov Smith Mrs - widow house sale Eastover Bridgwater 1854 23Nov Smith Mrs - York House Bridgwater birth of son 1854 13Apr Smith Mrs F E - Crediton birth of son 1854 25May Smith R jun - rebuilding of houses in SIlver St Bridgwater 1854 03Aug Smith R jun - Markey House trust 1854 05Jan Smith Rev C F - election Vicarage of Crediton 1854 30Mar Smith Rev Cecil - his barley stolen Bishops Lydeard 1854 23Nov Smith Rev F J - to be headmaster of Free School Taunton 1854 23Mar Smith Rev John - curacy of Chaffcombe nr Ilminster 1854 27Apr Smith Richard - Bridgwater guardian of the poor 1854 04May Smith Richard jun - Bridgwater presentation of plate at Albion Hotel 1854 20Jul Smith Richard - house sale Dampiet St Bridgwater 1854 28Dec Smith Sarah - wife of Henry stole pork Bridgwater Police Court 1854 30Mar Smith Stephen - stole measuring taps Burton 1854 20Jul Smith T T - oil and colourman 1 New St Gravel Lane Houndsditch fire 1854 06Jul Smith William - assaulted Bridgwater Court 1854 06Jul Smith William - stole wire from Rev F B Portman Somerset Sessions 1854 28Dec Smyth Edward - draper Pilton robbed 1854 26Oct Smyth John Greville - his lead stolen Long Ashton 1854 27Apr Smyth Rev Thomas Ryle - Charlinch guardian of the poor 1854 13Apr Smyth Richard Hugh - Gloucester Assizes forgery case 1854 17Aug Snelgrove James - Wells election 1854 15Jun Snell William - landlord West India House Durleigh Rd witness 1854 09Nov Snell William - tenant house sale West St Bridgwater 1854 10Aug Snook Mrs - tea shop Bridgwater decorations 1854 20Apr Snow John - West Bagborough inquest 1854 07Sep Snow W - Railway Hotel nr Durston license 1854 12Oct Snowdon Mr - warehouseman Gateshead fire 1854 05Oct Somerfield George - Othery blabksmith insolvent debtor 1854 09Nov Somerfield George - Othery blacksmith notice 1854 23Nov Somerfield George - Othery smith insolvent 1854 27Apr Somers Edmund - Durleigh guardian of the poor 1854 27Apr Somers James - Othery guardian of the poor 1854 12Oct Somers John - Oak nr Taunton dau Charlotte marr 1854 05Oct Somerton Charles - Kingsdown Bristol dau Mary marr 1854 10Aug Somerville George Field - died age 66 Napier St Stoke 1854 16Mar Somerville James Curtis - Somerset Spring Assizes notice 1854 02Nov Southcombe James - his boots stolen at Cutcombe 1854 27Jul Southcombe Richard - glove manuf Stoke Sub Hamdon meal 1854 28Dec Southgate John - London merchant poisoned 1854 22Jun Sovey Alexander - Paignton dau Hamilton Dunbar marr Noorpoor 1854 29Jun Spanswich Joseph - age 57 Kings Sedgmoor 1854 22Jun Sparkes v Coate - Bridgwater County Court 1854 19Jan Sparks J - at Yeovil ball 1854 20Jul Sparks Mrs - Bristol visitor to Burnham 1854 30Mar Sparks Samuel - decd North Petherton land sale 1854 06Apr Sparks William - forgery 2 weeks Somerset Assizes 1854 01Jun Sparks William -- Crewkerne club 1854 13Jul Sparrow Mr - captures Wells 1854 27Jul Spear Emmanuel marr Mary Jane Maynard of Northlew 1854 27Jul Spear Richard of Inwardleigh marr Grace Maynard of Northlew 1854 27Jul Spear Thomas marr Eliza Maynard of Northlew 1854 13Jul Spearing Samuel - deserted wife Crewkerne 1854 26Jan Spearing William - died age 50 North Curry 1854 04May Speke Rev Hugh - rector Dowlish Wake dau Julia Frances died Exmouth age 23 1854 27Apr Speke William - decd Jordan's Ilminster dau Isabella marr 1854 14Sep Spencer William - fire at Hazel End Farm Farnham 1854 13Jul Spenders Messrs - wharfingers Tooley St London fire 1854 20Jul Sperrin J - Weston Super Mare town commissioner 1854 08Jun Spicer Thomas - chemist Ilfracombe 1854 30Mar Spiker George - burglary at Whitestaunton 1854 20Jul Spiller and Browne - Bridgwater employee suffocated 1854 19Jan Spiller George - age 17 son of lab Membury Devon burglary Whitestaunton 1854 08Jun Spiller Mrs - sale of furniture Castle St Bridgwater moving 1854 18May Spiller William marr Elizabeth Knight at St Johns Church 1854 12Oct Spinney T - organist Sturminster Newton birth of daughter 1854 17Aug Spooner John - West Bergholt merdered 20 years before 1854 02Nov Spratt Ellen - stole stockings at Yeovil 1854 18May Spratt James - master mate battle of Trafalgar 1854 12Jan Spratt John - Angel Crescent his bacon stolen Bridgwater Sessions 1854 16Nov Spratt Robert - repairing Highbridge toll house 1854 30Nov Spratt Robert - wheelwright Highbridge died age 60 1854 19Jan Spriggs Emery - shot wife Westbourne nr Chichester 1854 25May Spriggs James - Bridgwater police court 1854 09Nov Spriggs James - assault at Langport slip Bridgwater Police Court 1854 17Aug Springett Mr - gaoler escape of bankrupt Mr Quick 1854 25May Spritt Mr - Wexford Arms Newport 1854 09Nov Sprockett Miles - Alfred Hill Kingsdown son William marr 1854 09Nov Sprockett William marr Ellen Nurse at Winscombe 1854 07Sep Spry Dr - Caherine Place Bath grandaughter Marian marr 1854 03Aug Spry Mr - Wincanton his wagoner had accident 1854 09Nov Spry Rev John - decd vicar of Ugborough dau Anne marr 1854 05Jan Spurway - outfitting establishment Cornhill Bridgwater 1854 09Nov Spurway Frederick Joseph Blake - lieut 2nd Somerset Militia 1854 06Apr Spurway Mr - Bridgwater fined 1854 10Aug Spurway Rev J - dau Margarette died age 20 Pitt Rectory Tiverton 1854 11May Spurway Thomas v W H Holmes - Bridgwater police court 1854 18May Spurway Thomas - Bridgwater Police Court Case re goods in the street 1854 06Jul Spurway Thomas - Cornhill Brisgwater draper sale of stock 1854 25May Spurway Tomas - Bridgwater Police Court 1854 29Jun Spurway William Henry - lieut 2nd Somerset Regiment of Militia 1854 18May Squibb Esther Ingram - linen draper Poole died age 28 1854 17Aug Squibbs A - Bridgwater exhibition 1854 06Apr Squibbs Isaac - sale of house Monmouth St Bridgwater 1854 07Sep Squibbs Isaac - destroyed trees at Broomfield 1854 05Oct Squibs Jack - Bridgwater letter 1854 09Nov Squires John - Wiveliscombe award 1854 19Jan St Lo Mr - at Yeovil ball 1854 20Apr Stacey James jun late Bridgwater marr Lydia Jane Burge of W Monckton 1854 03Aug Stacey Robert - age 26 burglary at Durston 1854 13Jul Stacey Sarah - North Curry witness 1854 17Aug Stafford Mr - Brimscombe railway accident 1854 27Jul Stagg Mr - workman drowned at French Weir Independent local preacher 1854 30Mar Stagg Samuel - stole waistcoat at Yeovil 1854 02Feb Stallard Charles - Wrington sold beer at his house 1854 02Nov Stambury Catherine - Nether Stowey defrauded 1854 09Mar Stancomb Josh of IOW marr Martha Murly of East Coker at Yeovil 1854 31Aug Standard Miss - died age 80 Yeovil 1854 06Apr Standfast Mr - Blackbrook Inn Ruishton 1854 15Jun Standon Rev J A of Wellington Som marr Caroline Eliz Call at Marylebone 1854 22Jun Standon Rev J A of Wellington marr Caroline Elizabeth Call at Marylebone 1854 20Jul Stanfield Alice - age 28 explosion at Bridge Fold Mill Rochdale 1854 18May Stanley Valentine - age 30 gypsey wedding Wrington 1854 09Mar Stansell Hugh marr Eliza Webber at Pauls Chapel Taunton 1854 12Jan Stantial Rev Thomas - Bridgwater Grammar School 1854 09Mar Stantial Rev Thomas - head master Bridgwater Grammar School 1854 22Jun Stantial Rev Thomas - principal Free Grammar School Bridgwater 1854 20Jul Stanton Miss - Stroud visitor to Burnham 1854 08Jun Stanton Mr - chemist North Tawton 1854 28Sep Staple Alfred - groom Agapemone 1854 27Jul Staple Joseph - Stoke Sub Hamdon meal 1854 19Oct Staple Joseph - Stoke Sub Hambdon dau Susan marr 1854 02Nov Staple William - Dulverton theft acquitted 1854 10Aug Staples and Chapman v Lansdell - building Butleigh Court 1854 21Dec Stapleton Mr - schoolmaster High Ham lecture 1854 22Jun Stark v Bussell - Bridgwater County Court 1854 12Oct Stark Robert - time keeper Mr Hennets foundry 1854 28Sep Starkie Rev Samuel - deputy chief Agapemone 1854 30Mar Steeds Philip - his straw stolen Stoke Lane 1854 14Dec Steeds W - Evercreech tallow chandler bankrupt 1854 25May Steele Albert Young marr Louisa Ann Phillips at Poole 1854 19Jan Steintal S A - subscription for the poor Bridgwater 1854 20Apr Steinthal Rev S A - St Marys Bridgwater meeting 1854 18May Steinthal Rev S A - Bridgwater 1854 12Jan Stell Thomas - Long Ashton nephew G Morgan drowned off Africa 1854 06Jul Stephens James - his house burgled Somerset Sessions 1854 10Aug Stephens John - stole fowl Somerset Assizes 1854 09Feb Stephens Mary - sale of household furniture at Williton 1854 28Sep Stephens Mary - died age 77 Cirencester 1854 16Feb Stephens Miss - decd sale of manorial rights Brompton Ralph 1854 08Jun Stephens Miss - sale of freehold estates Brompton Ralph 1854 12Jan Stephens Mr - shopman Cornhill Bridgwater witness 1854 10Aug Stephens Mr of Sherborne marr A M Whitting of Meare 1854 31Aug Stephens T - Little King St Bristol 1854 19Jan Stevens v Nutting - plaintiff potato dealer defendent rector Chedzoy 1854 28Dec Stevens Abraham - innkeeper witness Bridgwater Police Court 1854 21Sep Stevens John - recovered tenement in St John St 1854 09Nov Stevens John - Poundisford ploughman award 1854 02Nov Stevens Mary - watch theft at Wellington 1854 06Jul Stevens William - assault Bridgwater Police Court 1854 20Jul Stewart Rev J A - Stogursey land 1854 27Jul Stewert C - duel with J B Coker lawyers East Florida 1854 23Nov Stickland William - 24 Clare St Bristol watch sale 1854 24Aug Stickler Ann - died Pucklechurch age 20 1854 24Aug Stickler Charles - dau Ann died at Pucklechurch age 20 1854 20Jul Stiles master - age 16 Four Forks Spaxton inquest suffocated 1854 11May Stitch Henry - sale of cottage nr Withy Bow Huntspill 1854 31Aug Stitch Mrs - Horse and Jockey West St Bridgwater complaint 1854 27Jul Stitch Sarah - innkeeper West St Bridgwater Sessions 1854 13Jul Stivens Charles - stole handkerchief Yeovil Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 20Jul Stoate Mr - sale of Pool Farm Luxborough 1854 09Mar Stoate Thomas - Washford dau Mary marr at St Decumans 1854 02Nov Stoate William - his fowls stolen at St Decumans 1854 13Jul Stock George - his coat stolen Stratton on the Fosse Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 02Nov Stock James - stole bread at Upton 1854 06Jul Stock John - Cossington land sale 1854 13Jul Stock John -tenant 'Newlands' Cossington land sale 1854 05Oct Stock Luke of Oakhill marr Selina Witcombe at Shepton Mallet 1854 30Mar Stock Mary Ann - manslaughter of mother Taunton Assizes 1854 23Mar Stock Robert - Benter Mills Somerset dau Elizabeth died 1854 09Nov Stock Sarah - Halse award 1854 05Jan Stocker William - sale of property at Dalwood 1854 08Jun Stockham John - carpenter decd West St Bridgwater messuage sale 1854 29Jun Stockham John - Bridgwater carpenter decd creditors 1854 26Oct Stockham R - elm sale Shurton Court Farm Stogursey 1854 02Feb Stockham Richard - auctioneer Stogursey birth of son 1854 03Aug Stockham Robert - Stogursey 1854 29Jun Stockham Thomas - carpenter Angel Crescent Bridgwater 1854 29Jun Stockman Henry - Milsom St Bath dau Jane marr 1854 19Jan Stockwell W - at Yeovil ball 1854 13Jul Stoke PC - cart accident nr Kingsweston 1854 21Sep Stokes Mr - Devizes died 1854 07Sep Stone v overseers of Woolavington - road repairs 1854 20Jul Stone A - Three Queens Inn Weston SM displey of birds 1854 31Aug Stone George - Blisworth Northamptonshire son Henry marr 1854 31Aug Stone Henry late 18th Li Inf marr Julia Matilda Newbolt of Somerton 1854 07Sep Stone James - livery sergeant shit sheepdog Bridgwater petty sessions 1854 12Jan Stone John - butcher his mutton stolen Eastover Bridgwater 1854 06Apr Stone John - meat tender for Bridgwater Union 1854 06Jul Stone John - his sheep stolen Somerset Sessions 1854 02Mar Stone Mr - sale of 'Three Queens Inn' Oxford St Weston S M 1854 04May Stone Mr - slaughterhouse Church St 1854 06Apr Stone Richard - his lime stolen Taunton 1854 02Nov Stone Richard - his money embezzled Taunton 1854 12Jan Stone William - draper Cornhill Bridgwater witness 1854 07Dec Stoneman Henry - died age 73 at the gaol 1854 03Aug Storey Jane - North Petherton assault 1854 30Nov Storey John - tide waiter Burnham 1854 30Nov Storey John - tide waiter Burnham 1854 31Aug Stothert, Slaughter and Co - Iron works Bristol ship 'Scamander' 1854 20Jul Stott Ann - age 22 explosion at Bridge Fold Mill Rochdale 1854 21Dec Stradling Robert Anstice marr Georgina Stirling in Bombay 1854 22Jun Strangways Capt George marr Hamilton Dunbar at Noorpoor 1854 15Jun Strangways H B - Shapwick letter 1854 22Jun Strangways H B - decd Shapwick son marr 1854 29Jun Strangways H B - Bruton land sale 1854 06Jul Strangways H B - Shapwich letter 1854 08Jun Stratton Richard - Broad Hinton ag soc prize 1854 21Sep Street Alfred - mariner illegitimate child by Mary Jane Rook 1854 07Sep Street Matilda - Bridgwater had illegitimate child 1854 27Jul Stringer James - New Brighton suicide 1854 19Jan Stringfield Joseph - surgeon Weston SM 1854 27Jul Strong Peter - drove mare from Bridport to Yeovil 1854 03Aug Strong R W - surgeon Thurloxton mother died 1854 06Jul Strong William - Larkhall Bath perished on the Europa age 28 1854 11May Stuckey Joseph Fry - died age 25 Lopen son fo Joseph decd of Langport 1854 02Nov Stuckey Robert - Chard ploughing match 1854 28Sep Studden M A - Launceston gas manuf bankrupt 1854 03Aug Studley John - his coal stolen Crewkerne 1854 02Nov Studley William - Chard his reins stolen 1854 16Mar Sturgeon Mary Ann - Burnham murder 1854 27Jul Sturges Rev William Samuel - to curacy of St James Devonport 1854 30Mar Sturgess Elizabeth - fraud at Yeovil 1854 08Jun Stuttaford Mr - band Wellington 1854 08Jun Styles Thomas - Moat Lane Bridgwater house sale 1854 12Jan Sulley John - stole bacon Bridgwater 1854 05Oct Sullivan Michael - Kinsale stole 1s 1854 26Oct Sullivan Michael - stole money borough quarter sessions 1854 23Feb Sully G - shipbuilder Bridgwater 1854 09Mar Sully G B of Bridgwater marr Mary Stoate of Washford 1854 09Feb Sully George - prov ctte Bridgwater Patent Slip company 1854 30Mar Sully George Bryant - shipbroker witness Bridgwater Borough Sessions 1854 06Apr Sully George B - sale of manure Quay Castle st Bridgwater 1854 09Nov Sully George - Wiveliscombe award 1854 21Dec Sully George B - birth of son Bridgwater 1854 02Nov Sully James Wood - Borough of Bridgwater letter 1854 20Jul Sully Mrs - Victoria St Burnham 1854 12Jan Sully Ms - stole bacon Bridgwater Sessions 1854 07Sep Sully Thomas - Wembdon religious tract society 1854 13Apr Suly Robert - of Mark decd son William died age 27 died Bridgwater 1854 31Aug Summerfield v Chard - Bridgwater county court plough 1854 02Nov Summerhayes Samuel - constable Taunton borough 1854 14Dec Summers Mr - assault at Wells 1854 22Jun Summers William - sale of land at Curry Mallet 1854 13Jul Summers William - sale of corn and apples Curry Mallet 1854 14Sep Summers William - sale of land at Curry Mallet 1854 07Dec Sumsion Isaac of Monkton Coombe marr Eliza Maria Hale at Stokenham 1854 20Apr Surridge Mr - Hurscombe Farm Kingsbrompton pasture sale 1854 02Nov Sutch D E - St Johns Wood London wid Julia died Taunton 1854 27Jul Sutton v Bovett - Bridgwater County Court case 1854 11May Sutton Charles - sister Miss Baker in railway accident 1854 21Dec Sutton D - North St birth of twins 1854 23Feb Sutton Daniel - hay merchant Bridgwater dau Fanny Amelia died 1854 16Feb Sutton Jeffery - secretary Bridgwater races 1854 20Apr Sutton Jeffery - nominated as Bridgwater churchwarden 1854 04May Sutton Jeffery - song at Bridgwater 1854 09Nov Sutton Jeffery - Bridgwater Ag Assoc 1854 01Jun Sutton Mr - retiring from Clarence Hotel to Woolmersdon nr N Peth 1854 23Feb Sutton Mr - wine and spirit merchant North St Taunton died 1854 19Oct Swaffield Bennett - music master died age 59 St Austell formerly Yeovil 1854 14Sep Swatridge George - Yeovil witchcraft 1854 23Mar Sweet Rev George - curacy of Sampford Arundell 1854 06Apr Sweet Stephen - burglary at Bathford 2 months 1854 19Jan Sydenham Mrs H - at Yeovil ball 1854 09Nov Sykes Mr - Moorfield Sq Bristol cured of deafness 1854 12Jan Symes H - doctor attended Mr Hart 1854 30Nov Symes H - surgeon Bridgwater 1854 02Mar Symes Henry surgeon Bridgwater marr Mary Ann Poole at Exeter 1854 15Jun Symes John - of Cleeve Yatton suicide at Durleigh age 50 1854 06Jul Symes John Cuff - milk stolen Somerset Sessions 1854 23Mar Symes Thomas - late of Bridgwater died age 37 Adelaide 1854 30Mar Symes William - customs house witness Bridgwater Borough Sessions 1854 28Dec Symons Samuel - died age 75 Goneva House Cornwall 1854 31Aug Symons William Phillip - Keenthorne Fiddington innkeeper debtor 1854 05Oct Symons William Philip - Keinthorne Fiddington victualler 1854 23Mar Sympson Joseph Dyer - Banwell Castle Somerset niece marr 1854 31Aug Synge F H - Weston Super Mare decd 1854 31Aug Synge Francis Hutchinson - died age 66 Weston SM 1854 07Sep Synge Francis Hutchinson - died age 66 Weston SM 1854 07Sep Synge Francis Hutchinson - funeral at Weston Super Mare 1854 21Sep Synge Mary Ann - Weston SM letter 1854 25May Tabachi Antonio - Tessin Swiss seaman murder at Liverpool 1854 15Jun Tabret John - witness to Durleigh Rd suicide nr Pound Farm 1854 13Jul Talbort Sarah - died age 69 Sherborne of apoplexy 1854 19Jan Talbot v Council - land in Weston field 1854 19Jan Talbot George T - subscription for the poor Bridgwater 1854 23Nov Talbot Henry - long service award South Petherton Ag Soc 1854 09Feb Talbot John - Horton Ilminster decd dau F M Sparke marr 1854 07Sep Talbot Rev E P A - vicar 1854 30Mar Talbot Samuel - stole potatoes at Kingsbury Episcopi 1854 20Jul Talbot Samuel - constable Cedzoy 1854 12Oct Talbot Thomas - Weymouth attack 1854 16Mar Talfourd Justice - sudden death Stafford assizes 1854 02Nov Tamlyns Mrs - Stoke St Mary land sale 1854 02Feb Tapscott William - public annoyance Fore St Bridgwater 1854 07Dec Target George - poaching Wells County Petty Sessions 1854 07Dec Target John - poaching Wells County Petty Sessions 1854 26Oct Targett Maria - 19 theft at Shepton Mallet 1854 02Nov Tarr James - Dulverton theft acquitted 1854 13Jul Tarrant John - hair cutter Middle St Yeovil Petty Sessioms 1854 23Mar Tasker Mrs - birth of son High St Wells 1854 05Oct Taswell George - Middlezoy sheep 1854 29Jun Taswell Mr - Kings Sedgmoor 1854 26Oct Taunton George - St Giles Devon labourer robbed at Bridgwater 1854 02Nov Taunton James - stole potatoes at Bridgwater 1854 20Apr Taunton Mr - Liskeard dau Juliana Tanner marr at Torquay 1854 16Feb Tayler Henry James of Whitehaven marr Ellen Sarah Scarlett at Bristol 1854 16Feb Tayler Mr - Cheddar farmer robbed 1854 28Dec Taylor maj gen - decd Ogwell House Devon son Reynell marr 1854 28Dec Taylor maj Reynell G marr Anne Holdsworth at Stokenham 1854 22Jun Taylor A C - prize Free Grammar School Bridgwater 1854 05Jan Taylor Alfred - Pitney horse thief 1854 10Aug Taylor Ann - witness Batheaston arson 1854 25May Taylor C - HM Customs Burnham borth of daughter 1854 30Nov Taylor Charles - tide surveyor Burnham 1854 02Mar Taylor Edwin - auditor Somerset Central Railway Co 1854 06Apr Taylor Elias - decd Shapwick widow died age 82 Cheltenham 1854 13Jul Taylor Eliza - her milk stolen Ashwick Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 23Mar Taylor George - stone cutter Frome attacked vicar 1854 06Jul Taylor George - 6 years for sheep stealing Somerset Sessions 1854 12Jan Taylor Herbert - Teignmouth birth of daughter 1854 19Jan Taylor John - London swell mob in Wilton Gaol 1854 30Mar Taylor John - Frome his box stolen 1854 09Nov Taylor John - Stawley award 1854 10Aug Taylor Joseph - stole ducks at East Chinnock 1854 10Aug Taylor Joseph - his trousers stolen Baltonsborough 1854 30Mar Taylor Mr - Court House Curry Mallet 1854 06Apr Taylor Reuben - stabbing 6 years penal servitude Somerset Assizes 1854 23Nov Taylor Rev Robert A - Lansdown Villa Springfield Rd Bristol birth dau 1854 13Jul Taylor Samuel - candidate for house surgeon Taunton Hospital 1854 30Nov Taylor Samuel - Bridgwater Iron Works 1854 10Aug Taylor Sargeant - cholera death Plymouth hospital ship 1854 22Jun Taylor T H - prize Free Grammar School Bridgwater 1854 02Mar Taylor Thomas - nursery nr Locking Rd Weston S M burglary 1854 06Apr Taylor W J - Stiles Farm Rodhuish sale of furniture 1854 13Jul Taylor Wadham - lad stole flowers at Chiselborough 1854 23Mar Taylor William - sale of property Rodhuish nr Dunster 1854 25May Taylor William - sale of cottage Union St Bridgwater 1854 20Jul Taylor William - overlooker explosion at Bridge Fold Mill Rochdale 1854 05Jan Tazewell John - Chedzoy his horse stolen 1854 20Apr Tazewell John - election of guardian Chedzoy 1854 27Apr Tazewell John - Chedzoy guardian of the poor 1854 05Oct Teague George - mate on 'Happy Return' Bridgwater inquest witness 1854 12Oct Teasdale Mr - publican Gateshead fire 1854 19Jan Teek Joseph - Launchley cart accident 1854 27Jul Teek Matthew - Meare land sale 1854 04May Telling Edward - harness maker Wooton Bassett fire 1854 27Apr Telling William - London to Freshford nr Bath 1854 23Nov Tellis James - letter carrier Castle Cary died 1854 09Mar Temblett John - tenant Wembdon sale of land 1854 10Aug Temlett Mr - miller Batheaston his cottage burnt 1854 27Jul Templar H - Teignmouth defendant 1854 05Oct Temple Agustus - cruelty to cat St Alphage Canterbury 1854 27Apr Templeman J M - Crewkerne dau Frances marr 1854 10Aug Templeman John Whitmarsh - died age 23 Mauritius 5th Fusiliers 1854 13Jul Templeman Thomas - his pullet stolen West Coker 1854 10Aug Templeman Thomas - Hay Grass House nr Taunton son died 1854 05Jan Templeton Mrs - birth of still born son Exeter 1854 21Sep Terrell J - decd Stoke Sub Hamdon dau marr 1854 19Oct Tgorne Mr - his horse stolen from West Quantoxhead 1854 20Apr Thackeray Charles - railway accident Clarborough tunnel 1854 31Aug Thatcher Harriet - widow burgled Chartershire 1854 04May Theobald E O - Bath stationer bankrupt 1854 30Mar Thick Ann - her shawl stolen at Frome 1854 30Mar Thick George - stole shawl at Frome 1854 26Oct Thick George - 16 labourer stole boots at Frome 1854 07Sep Thier Joanna - tenant Huntspill land sale 1854 02Mar Thirlwall Rev Thomas J - still born son North Petherton 1854 17Aug Thirlwall Rev Thomas - Castle St Bridgwater furniture sale leaving 1854 02Nov Thomas Daniel survetor Cardiff marr Emma Matthews of Bristol 1854 17Aug Thomas David - trammer Weegfach Mines Glamorgan explosion 1854 28Sep Thomas Edward of Bruton marr Sophia Chamberlain of Charlton Musgrave 1854 25May Thomas Frederick - West St Bridgwater cottage sale 1854 28Sep Thomas George Robinson - Agapemonite 1854 02Nov Thomas George - his trousers stolen at Huntspill 1854 13Jul Thomas Iltid - Hill House Swansea 1854 19Jan Thomas John - Bridgwater hatter 1796 1854 23Mar Thomas John - Clay Hill Middlesex dau Amelia marr 1854 28Sep Thomas Margaret - Carmarthen age 18 attacked at Cardiff 1854 31Aug Thomas Mr - birth of dau Monmouth St 1854 25May Thomas Mr - plasterer case of E Newman of Westonzoyland 1854 09Feb Thomas Richard - prov ctte Bridgwater Patent Slip company 1854 26Oct Thomas Richard - clerk to the Bridgwater Gas Co 1854 21Dec Thomason Metford - grocer Bridgwater advert 1854 20Apr Thompson C - houses in St Marys St Bridgwater 1854 22Jun Thompson C C - prize Free Grammar School Bridgwater 1854 29Jun Thompson Capt - Cannington estate sale 1854 22Jun Thompson G C - recitation Free Grammar School Bridgwater 1854 26Jan Thompson Isabella - murdered her child Bishop Aukland alias Crosier 1854 11May Thompson James - Saltash stole boy HMS Bellerophon 1854 07Sep Thompson Janet - died Stromness age 102 1854 12Oct Thompson Mark - brokers Gateshead fire 1854 03Aug Thompson Miss - Chard school fete 1854 26Oct Thompson Mr Mitford - his tobacco stolen borough quarter sessions 1854 03Aug Thompson Mrs H T - Chard school fete 1854 04May Thompson Rev Henry Bell - to assistant curacy Chard 1854 13Jul Thompson Rev Abraham Ker - headmastership Bideford grammar 1854 03Aug Thompson Rev Henn Bell - Chard school fete 1854 30Mar Thompson William - receiving stolen goods Northover 1854 13Apr Thompson William - murdered L Beha Norwich 1854 07Dec Thompson William Joseph - Newcastle Russian supported 1854 02Mar Thomson F J - temperence crusade Bridgwater 1854 05Oct Thomson Jane - charwoman St Alphage Canterbury 1854 28Sep Thomson Metford - his porter stole tobacco Bridgwater Police Court 1854 03Aug Thomson Rev Henry Thurston - Chard school fete 1854 03Aug Thomson Thomas Kenfield - Chard school fete 1854 09Nov Thorn George - Langport ploughing match 1854 13Jul Thorn Mr - decd sale of crops and cider Townsend Farm Carhampton 1854 06Jul Thorne John - Watchet his employee cutting timber died 1854 13Jul Thorne John - Stogumber accident 1854 06Apr Thorne Mr - decd sale of livestock Carhampton 1854 28Sep Thorne Mr - decd sale of furniture Townshend Farm nr Dunster 1854 13Apr Thorne Mr - Townsend Farm Carhampton sale of live stock 1854 18May Thorne Thomas - Yeovil birth of son 1854 07Sep Thornton Mrs - over 70 suicide Beckington 1854 26Oct Thoroughgood Charles - 25 labourer stole mutton at Queen Camel 1854 21Sep Thrasher James - drove horse and wagon without holding reins 1854 21Dec Threlfall Mr - former iron merchant St Helens found dead age 40 1854 21Sep Thurton Mr - ventriloquist Wells 1854 17Aug Thwaites J B - Burnham causeway construction 1854 14Sep Thyer James - Eastover Mayor Bridgwater Exhibition 1854 30Mar Thynne J F - Tavistock dealer in musical instruments bankrupt 1854 28Dec Tibbits John Adkins - widow Caroline Susan died age 34 Putney 1854 07Dec Tiley Ann - illegitimate child Westbury case 1854 06Apr Tiley Thomas - his shirts stolen Compton Bishop 1854 30Mar Tilley Ann - riot at Kingsbury Episcopi 1854 16Nov Tilly Mr - house High St to be pulled down 1854 06Apr Timewell James - stole purse at Wiveliscombe 2 weeks 1854 12Jan Timewell William - vetinery forge George Lane Bridgwater quitting 1854 27Jul Tinling Charles William Francis - West Somerset Yeomanry Cavalry 1854 24Aug Tite Mr - Barnstaple election 1854 23Mar Tiver William - Lamb Inn Bridgwater packets for New York 1854 30Mar Tiver William - Bridgwater Borough Sessions jury 1854 21Dec Tiver William - Bridgwater letter 1854 15Jun Tizard John - solicitor Weymouth birth of daughter 1854 21Dec Todd Joseph - Bennet St Bath wife Frances died 1854 02Nov Todderdale George - stole coat at North Petherton 1854 02Nov Toll Francis Lang - fraud Somerset Adjourned Sessions 1854 16Mar Tollemache Ellen - St Marylebone Workhouse 1854 30Nov Tombs H C - Langport passes solicitors exam 1854 15Jun Tomkins Charles - MD son William marr Weston Super Mare 1854 16Nov Tomkins H - prize Williton and Dunster Ag Assoc 1854 20Apr Tomkins Henry George - Park Lodge Weston S M birth of son still born 1854 15Jun Tomkins William Smith marr Mrs Martha Reynolds Laishley Weston S M 1854 22Jun Tomkins William Smith marr Martha Reynolds Laishley at Weston S M 1854 19Oct Tomkyns Emily - Yeovil 1854 01Jun Tomlin Capt - adjutant West Somerset Yeomanry 1854 27Apr Tomlin Capt B T - birth of daughter Hilmore Bishops Hull 1854 25May Tompkins H C - Yeovil son John died age 2 yrs 9 mths 1854 27Apr Toms J - Exeter builder bankrupt 1854 02Nov Toms Mr - Wellington glass stainer 1854 06Jul Toms W T - Good Samartian Society Chard 1854 02Mar Toogood Edward of Burcott marr Sarah Richards at Ashcott 1854 23Feb Toogood Mrs - Mudgley Wedmore tree sale 1854 13Jul Toogood Sarah - stole purse Twerton Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 28Sep Toone Joseph V chemist Warminster marr Emily Eliza Hardwick 1854 23Nov Totterdell Mr - fire at West Hatch 1854 27Jul Tottle Mr - fined for mixing mortar West St Bridgwater 1854 22Jun Tours James - Stromness 'Felix' sealer died 1854 02Feb Tout John of Hill Farm Milverton marr Mary Ann Blackmore of Ash Priors 1854 02Feb Tout Thomas - Hill Farm Milverton decd son John marr 1854 16Mar Towels John - sale of furniture Stevens's Farm Spaxton 1854 16Mar Towels Mr - decd sale of furniture Curry Pool Farm Charlinch 1854 09Nov Towils Mrs - house sale Cannington 1854 02Nov Towler William - stole ducks at West Monkton 1854 06Apr Townsend Thomas of Cutcombe marr Elizabeth Palfrey of Slade Farm 1854 02Nov Toze John - defrauded by W Evans Somerset Adjourned Sessions 1854 14Dec Tozer William - Paignton cottage sale 1854 25May Trapnell Robert - West St Bridgwater cottage sale 1854 05Jan Trapp Rev R - election Vicarage of Crediton 1854 19Oct Trask Charles of Norton marr Susan Staple of Stoke Sub Hambdon 1854 19Oct Tratt George - Bridgwater son John died age 8 1854 12Jan Tratt Miss - Down Lodge Wembdon seminary 1854 11May Travis Mr - Manor Farm Muchelney Parsonage Farm House to let 1854 07Sep Trayner James Edward - stole brass slides Bridgwater Petty Sessions 1854 26Oct Trayner James Edward - stole brass slides borough quarter sessions 1854 06Apr Treacher Benjamin - Wellington birth of son 1854 02Nov Treacher Rev J S - surrogate to the archdeaconry of Cornwall 1854 19Oct Treasure B - draper son Robert marr at Chard 1854 19Oct Treasure Bio linen draper Chard marr Ann Glyde 1854 30Mar Treasure James - stole straw at Stoke Lane 1854 19Oct Treasure Robert Rio marr Ann Mayo Glyde at Chard 1854 26Oct Treheard James - witness borough quarter sessions 1854 06Apr Trelawney Mr - Liskeard election 1854 30Nov Tremble Mr - Halfway House nr Penrith 5 calves 1854 13Jul Tremlett George marr Sarah Grigg at St Johns Eastover 1854 02Feb Tremlett Mrs - cook wanted Vale House Somerton 1854 13Jul Tremlett Rev Daniel - decd Rodney Stoke dau Isabella marr 1854 28Sep Trenchard F - Taunton son William died age 5 1854 07Dec Trenchard Frederick - Priory Taunton solicitor birth of son 1854 28Sep Trenchard John - died Evershot 1854 28Sep Trenchard William Bagehot - died age 5 Priory Taunton 1854 22Jun Trend Henry Tristock of Crowland Lincs marr Elizabeth Cottrill of London 1854 04May Trend Rev Henry - former Baptist minister Bridgwater preached 1854 04May Trend Rev Henry - to assistant curacy Cannington 1854 23Feb Trevelyan Harriet - relict of Archdeacon Trevelyan of Nettlecombe d Enmore 82 1854 01Jun Trevelyan Mrs - decd mansion house part of Enmore Castle to let 1854 02Mar Trevor James - Stowey Court actuary Quantock Savings Bank 1854 23Feb Trevor John - house to let Castle St Bridgwater 1854 12Jan Trewman J A - shot bittern North Petherton 1854 20Apr Trewman Rev Arthur - petty sessions case 1854 06Jul Trickey John - his jacket stolen Somerset Sessions 1854 29Jun Trickey Leslie - age 12 Shiplett Bleadon estate sale 1854 28Sep Trickey S - Aisholt post mortem case 1854 03Aug Trim Mr - Yeovil his sheep stolen 1854 06Jul Trimby Absalom Carpenter - stole wood Somerset Sessions 1854 13Jul Trimby PC - cart accident nr Kingsweston 1854 14Dec Troft Edward - didn't finish work Chard 1854 19Jan Trood Edward - Exminster food riots 1854 09Feb Trood Edward - prov ctte Bridgwater Patent Slip company 1854 10Aug Trood Mr - grocer Bridgwater illuminations 1854 12Jan Trood Mr - house at Alphington damaged in bread riots 1854 30Mar Trott Thomas - stole turnips at Drayton 1854 20Jul Trott Thomas - stole wheat Bridgwater to Hambridge 1854 02Nov Trout William - part of his threshing machine stolen Ashill 1854 16Feb Trowbridge S - died age 60 Bank House Glastonbury 1854 28Dec Truman A - freemason Lodge of Perpetual Friendship 1854 06Jul Trump William - West Monkton corn sale 1854 12Oct Trump William - Monkton Heathfield robbed 1854 30Nov Trump William - owned houses St John St Bridgwater foul privy 1854 09Mar Trvis Mr - colt sale Manor Farm Muchelney 1854 13Jul Tucker Edward - labourer buried baby North Curry 1854 30Mar Tucker G - Bridgwater Borough Sessions jury 1854 27Apr Tucker Henry - Edstock and Beer guardian of the poor 1854 02Nov Tucker Honour - her money stolen at Westonzoyland 1854 29Jun Tucker James - wheelwrights yard Cannington sale 1854 06Jul Tucker John - his silver spoons stolen Somerset Sessions 1854 27Jul Tucker John - Ford House Upper High St Taunton to let 1854 12Jan Tucker John Inman - sale of property at Banwell 1854 05Oct Tucker Joseph - stall Bridgwater Police Court 1854 09Nov Tucker Mr - postmaster Honiton birth of dau 1854 26Jan Tucker Mr - Winterborne Stoke hay 1854 02Nov Tucker Mrs - Post Office Honiton birth of daughter 1854 19Oct Tucker Rev H W - to Chantry Somerset curacy 1854 04May Tucker Rev Henry William - to assistant curacy of Chantry 1854 30Mar Tucker Samuel - accidnet at Middlezoy fell from roof 1854 13Jul Tucker Sarah - wife of Edward Tucker North Curry 1854 29Jun Tucker Walter - land sale Worthys North Petherton 1854 06Apr Tudway Mr - Wells petition 1854 11May Tudway Rev Henry - Huntspill lands 1854 10Aug Tuffnall Rev Charles - to vicarage of Stourpaine 1854 26Oct Tukcer George - Bridgwater dau Louisa marr 1854 13Jul Turk William - Lyneham his widow Martha remarried 1854 27Jul Turner v Hardy - Bridgwater County Court case 1854 27Jul Turner v Hardy - Bridgwater County Court case 1854 23Mar Turner Abraham - solicitor Taunton 1854 25May Turner Abraham - solicitor Taunton sale of 'Bowry' Kingston 1854 09Mar Turner Charles J - Staplegrove birth of son 1854 30Nov Turner E - surgeon Sherborne corns 1854 08Jun Turner George - Barton nr Exeter ag soc prize 1854 09Nov Turner George - Barton Exeter 1854 23Feb Turner Grace - tenant Fursland Buildings West St Bridgwater cottage sale 1854 07Sep Turner Grace - Bridgwater sister of Hannah Lewis 1854 16Nov Turner Isaac - Cleator murder 1854 27Apr Turner James - Enmore guardian of the poor 1854 27Apr Turner James - Lyng guardian of the poor 1854 02Nov Turner James - stole hay at Chard 1854 09Nov Turner Joseph - Hemington 1854 03Aug Turner Mr - churchwarden Chard school fete 1854 09Nov Turner Mr - Bideford birth of son 1854 29Jun Turner Mr - Westonzoyland land sale 1854 30Nov Turner Rev W H - Trent Rectory nr Yeovil corns 1854 06Jul Turner Rev William Henry - his tablecloths stolen Somerset Sessions 1854 05Jan Turner Samuel Charles - Child Okeford his relict died Taunton 1854 24Aug Turner Samuel - mariner smuggling Burnham 1854 05Jan Turner Susannah - died age 64 8 Mount Terr Taunton 1854 30Mar Turner W - Crewkerne currier bankrupt 1854 18May Turner William - currier Crewkerne court of bankruptcy 1854 15Jun Turner William - carrier Crewkerne court of bankruptcy 1854 19Oct Turner William marr Eliza Sharney at Bridgwater 1854 26Oct Turner William - 32 coal miner theft at Farmborough 1854 07Dec Turner William - child maintenance Bridgwater Police Court 1854 03Aug Tuson Mr - steward Long Sutton 1854 16Nov Tutcher William - died Pitminster age 71 of Taunton 1854 06Apr Tutton Samuel - highway robbery at Moorlinch 15 months 1854 19Jan Twose Thomas - master of the Union Bridgwater Police Court 1854 29Jun Tyler Rev O B - birth of daughter at Dinder 1854 23Mar Tynte col C Kemeys - MP birth of daughter at Brighton 1854 10Aug Tynte Col - fete at Halswell Park 1854 27Jul Tynte Col - steward Bridgwater races 1854 26Jan Tynte Colonel - of Halswell resigned W Somerset Yeomanry Cavalry 1854 07Dec Udal George - farmer Vearse nr Symondsbury inquest gig accident 1854 23Nov Udal Mr - stock dealer Vears Farm nr Simonsbury gig accident 1854 11May Udny George - Bengal Civil Service widow Temperance Sophia died Bath 1854 31Aug Uffleck George - died age 78 Weston SM 1854 09Nov Underdown Rev C E - to asst curacy of Knowle St Giles 1854 05Jan Underdown Robert - clerk to the Guardians Bridgwater Union 1854 01Jun Underdown Robert - clerk to guardians bread for Bridgwater Enmore etc 1854 13Jul Underdown Robert - clerk to the guardians Bridgwater Union teahcer wanted 1854 08Jun Underdown S - ironmonger Langport 1854 27Jul Underhill George - varnish manuf Limekiln Lane Bristol birth of son 1854 27Jul Underwood Moses - sale of messuage Bove Town Glastonbury 1854 27Jul Underwood Moses - decd Meare land sale 1854 16Nov Underwood Rev C E - to curacy of St Giles Knowle 1854 11May Union Joseph jun - pilot Bridgwater witness 1854 20Jul Unthank and Ritchie - linen drapers 187 Oxford St London fire 1854 17Aug Upham Henry snr - died at Brompton formerly clerk at bank Taunton 1854 14Sep Upham William - clerk to trustees Taunton market 1854 07Dec Upright James - miller decd son Thomas marr at Exeter 1854 07Dec Upright Thomas marr Mary Compton at Exeter Cathedral 1854 13Apr Upton Florence - Gloucester Assizes Smyth forgery case 1854 13Apr Upton John Hugh Greville - Gloucester Assizes Smyth forgery case 1854 13Jul Ure Nathaniel James of Boxgrove Sussex marr Julia Chapple of Dulverton 1854 27Apr Urquhart Frederic George - Cadbury House Somerset birth of dau 1854 13Apr Urquhart Henry John - vicar of Fleet Dorset dau Johanna marr 1854 19Jan Uttermare Octavius Michael - died age 58 Langport 1854 19Jan Uttermare T B - uncle died at Langport 1854 29Jun Uttermare T B - Westonzoyland land sale 1854 27Apr Vale James - Grenton guardian of the poor 1854 04May Valentine Richard - Pitminster Farm Pitminster sale of stock 1854 22Jun Valentine Richard of Pitminster marr Sarah Bartlet 1854 29Jun Valentine Richard of Pitminster marr Sarah Bartlett at Bridgwater 1854 07Sep Vallance Herny of Portland Sq Bristol marr Ellen Mary Cousins 1854 07Dec Valpy W H - decd Civil Service dau C A Hensley died Bath 1854 06Apr Vance E B - Cambridge died 1854 02Nov Varey John - 'Happy Return' Filey age 17 drowned 1854 11May Vassall Lady - Huntspill lands 1854 23Mar Vaughan Rev E P - Wraxall nr Bristol 1854 07Sep Veale Edward - Mark cottage sale 1854 19Jan Vearncombe v R Newton - butcher Bridgwater Police Court 1854 19Jan Vearncombe v C Parsons - baker Bridgwater Police Court 1854 19Jan Vearncombe v James Painter - Bridgwater Police Court 1854 19Jan Vearncombe v Pollard - Bridgwater Police Court 1854 19Jan Vearncombe v E Wippell - Bridgwater Police Court 1854 19Jan Vearncombe v Thomas Godfrey - Rose and Crown Bridgwater Police Court 1854 12Jan Vearncombe Mary Ann - shoplifting Bridgwater Sessions 1854 18May Vearncombe Thomas - Bridgwater Police Court case 1854 25May Vearncombe Thomas - Bridgwater Police court 1854 10Aug Venn John - age 22 assualt at Catcott 1854 12Jan Venn Robert - robbed Bridgwater 1854 13Jul Vennel Jane - stole rings Frome Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 10Aug Vesey Edward - his spoon stolen Batheaston 1854 09Nov Veysey Mr - Bridgwater Ag Assoc 1854 28Dec Veysey William - 49 High St Exeter died 1854 28Dec Vickers Mrs - died age 91 Kingswear Devon 1854 09Nov Vickery John - Heatherington Park award 1854 08Jun Vickery Short - auction at Three Greyhounds Inn Westonzoyland 1854 09Nov Vidal Edward - Cornborough nr Bideford birth of son 1854 19Oct Vigar Mr - Black Swan witness 1854 21Sep Vigour Alfred of Knowle marr Miss Braine at Carton Denham 1854 21Sep Vigour Thomas - Charlton Horethorne son Alfred marr 1854 16Feb Vile Joseph - birth of daughter White Hart Hotel Taunton 1854 03Aug Vile Mr - Hatch Inn Hatch Beauchamp 1854 31Aug Villiers George Villiers - royal horse guards dau Adelaide marr Taunton 1854 06Jul Villis Charles - stole lamb Somerset Sessions 1854 19Jan Villis Francis - 'Wellicks' Mill nr Nether Stowey 1854 30Mar Vincent George - stole cheese at Yeovil 1854 07Sep Vincent Mr - Chafffcombe Gate horse accident on way to Crewkerne 1854 13Jul Vincent William - his rings stolen Frome Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 17Aug Viner Alfred - carver North St Taunton advert 1854 27Jul Viner R A W vicar Badgworth marr Lucy Maria Pritchard at Walcot 1854 29Jun Viney Thomas - wife Catherine died age 53 Victoria Terr Taunton 1854 09Mar Vining J T - solicitor Yeovil agent for Crown Life Ass 1854 26Oct Virgin Joseph - South Petherton robbery 1854 16Mar Vivers Mr of Bridgwater marr Miss Lovell of Shepton Mallet 1854 10Aug Vivian William - Commercial Inn Bridgwater decorations 1854 13Apr Vosper Thomas Nicholls - Launceton draper bankrupt 1854 25May Vowles C A - Bridgwater apprentice draper wanted 1854 29Jun Vowles C A - Bridgwater draper advert 1854 02Nov Vowles C A - line draper Bridgwater died 1854 15Jun Vowles James - fight in New St Bristol manslaughter 1854 20Jul Vowles John - Badgworth and Weare land sale 1854 16Nov Vowles Mr - Ford St Bridgwater sale of drapery stock 1854 30Nov Vowles Mr - Fore st Bridgwater decd sale of stock 1854 20Apr Vowles William - Flax Bourton 1854 20Jul Voysey Miss - Cheltenham visitor to Burnham 1854 20Jul Waddington Elizabeth - age 15 explosion at Bridge Fold Mill Rochdale 1854 16Nov Waddington H - town clerk Bridgwater 1854 28Dec Waddington John - jockey killed Middleham 1854 16Mar Wade Lady - birth of dau Bath 1854 09Mar Wadman William - land surveyor Martock agent for Crown Life Ass 1854 23Mar Wagget William - accident at North Curry 1854 21Sep Wainwright Mrs F - birth of son at Southstoke Brewery Bath 1854 21Sep Wakefield Edwd W - Birklands Kendal son John marr 1854 21Sep Wakefield John Edward of Kendal marr Rachel Crewdson at Wellington 1854 28Sep Wakefield John Edward marr Rachel Crewdson Fox at Wellington 1854 02Nov Wakefield William - Yeovil his onions stolen 1854 27Jul Wakeham R - board of health Burnham 1854 27Jul Walden Capt - Irishman fight at battle of Castelia Peninsula War 1854 27Apr Walden Lockyer - fire Somerton 1854 19Jan Waldron James - Wiveliscombe dau Anna Maria marr 1854 30Nov Walford Charles - locker Customs Officer Bridgwater 1854 19Oct Walford Francis - superintendant Taunton station died 1854 06Jul Walford William - acquitted Somerset Sessions 1854 30Mar Walken Thomas - Bridgwater Borough Sessions jury 1854 19Oct Walker lieut John - Bridgwater son John Leonard drowned America 1854 23Nov Walker Eliza Julia - wid of R Walker of Bristol died age 69 1854 23Feb Walker George - tenant sale of cottage at Midford 1854 20Jul Walker Jane - age 18 explosion at Bridge Fold Mill Rochdale 1854 30Mar Walker John Winter - his cloth stolen Stoke Sub Hambdon 1854 30Mar Walker John Winter - his gloves stolen at Stoke Upon Hambdon 1854 14Dec Walker S - Bath decd son Samuel died Adelaide 1854 26Oct Walkey J E C - solicitor Bampfyld St Exeter 1854 27Apr Wall Jeremiah - Wedmore decd son John marr 1854 27Apr Wall John Barrow of Wedmore marr Sarah Puddy of Staughton 1854 27Apr Wall John Stone - Lascott Hill House Wedmore dau Jane marr 1854 24Aug Wallace Rev - rector Horsemonden accident nr Croyden station 1854 09Nov Wallace Rev J A - to vicarage of Wellow 1854 14Sep Wallin Thomas - Great Elm fight 1854 14Sep Wallis James - navvy Bruton line cruelty to wife 1854 30Mar Wallis John - stole wheat at Babcary 1854 30Mar Wallis Joyce - stole wheat at Babcary 1854 30Mar Wallis Thomas - stole wheat Babcary 1854 04May Walsh Capt - Belle Vue Terrace Taunton birth of son 1854 24Aug Walter Philip - perjury Yeovil 1854 09Nov Walter R - Yeovil exhib Roman pottery 1854 16Feb Walter W - surgeon Stoke Sub Hambdon birth of daugter 1854 02Feb Walthan Richard - yeoman Kilton birth of daughter 1854 23Nov Walton lieu Col - 1st life guards dau Eliza Walker died Bristol 1854 09Nov Walton James - decd eldest son William marr at Somerton 1854 02Nov Walton John - stole money at Crewkerne 1854 09Nov Walton William marr Harriett Davis at Somerton 1854 02Feb Walworth Simon - Bridgwater letter 1854 23Feb Ward Edward - sale of cottage at Midford 1854 20Apr Ward Joseph coach builder Honiton marr Ellen Denby Pettit 1854 02Mar Ward Mr - died actuary of Quantock Savings bank Nether Stowey 1854 07Sep Ward R W RN marr Marian Jane Spry at Cheltenham 1854 09Feb Ward Rev Richard - New Roman Catholic chapel at Frome 1854 16Feb Ward Thomas - died age 73 Over Stowey 1854 06Jul Ware Benjamin - sheets stolen and bed Bridgwater Borough Sessions 1854 18May Ware Charles - Bridgwater Police Court case 1854 06Jul Ware Elizabeth - stole sheets and bed Bridgwater Borough Sessions 1854 31Aug Ware James - died age 96 Little King St Bristol under Nelson 1854 28Dec Ware James - water bailiff Bridgwater carpenters wanted for Highbridge 1854 20Jul Ware John - boot factor 11 Gun St Spitalfields fire 1854 09Nov Ware John - house sale Cannington 1854 23Mar Ware Miss - pastry cook Bridgwater shop sale 1854 27Jul Ware Thomas - Meare land sale 1854 14Sep Warman Mr - fire at Hazel End Farm Farnham 1854 30Mar Warner Amos - his waistcoat stolen at Yeovil 1854 18May Warner Arthur - 44th regiment letter to his father in Somerset 1854 05Oct Warner John - grandson of John died age 30 the Compass North Petherton 1854 06Jul Warner William - his bacon stolen Somerste Sessions 1854 26Jan Warre Francis - died age 70 Cheddon Fitzpaine 1854 06Jul Warren v Surveyors of Middleszoy - Bridgwater Police Court 1854 09Nov Warren George - Kibbear thatching award 1854 28Dec Warren Jane - Bristol haberdasher bankrupt 1854 27Apr Warren Mr - driver Bitton mail cart 1854 23Feb Warren Rev J H - Bawdrip his servant had accident 1854 06Apr Warren Samuel marr Ann Pitman of Bridgwater at St Johns 1854 20Jul Warry Thomas - ensign 1st Somerset Militia 1854 27Jul Warry Thomas - ensign 1st Somerset Militia 1854 31Aug Wash Mary - age 22 The Butts Dublin murdered India 1854 02Feb Washer James - farmer Burnham fined 1854 06Apr Watch Mr - case at Somerset Assizes 1854 02Feb Waterman George - Spaxton fined 12s 6d Bridgwater police court 1854 23Feb Waterman Mr - innkeeper Spaxton agent for Bulpins cattle medicine 1854 09Feb Watkins C - steam tug 'Lord Warden' sunk on Thames 1854 19Jan Watson Misses - sale of Balls Lane Bridgwater 1854 02Nov Watton Mr - robbery at Birmingham 1854 06Apr Watts Daniel - stole shirts Compton Bishop 6 weeks 1854 23Feb Watts Edmund Bullock - land surveyor Yeovil 1854 19Oct Watts F - Mermaid Hotel Yeovil 1854 23Nov Watts Henry Shorland - successful in exam Yeovil 1854 30Nov Watts J P - tide waiter Burnham 1854 20Apr Watts John - Weston Super Mare 1854 14Sep Watts Mr - yeoman High Ham assaulted 1854 23Feb Watts Thomas - Freshford sale of mill Midford 1854 08Jun Way Charles - house sale Highbridge 1854 16Feb Way John - of Castle Inn died Langport age 33 1854 26Oct Way Thomas - brought waggon of goods to Bridgwater robbed 1854 20Jul Waygood James - labourer picking pockets Chedzoy 1854 17Aug Waygood James - guard Camden Town railway accident 1854 31Aug Waygood James - porter North London railway accident 1854 14Sep Wayte Mr - blacksmith Devizes affray 1854 10Aug Weadon Maria - her husband J Webber committed bigamy Somerset Assizes 1854 30Mar Weare George - stole beans at Clevedon 1854 08Jun Wearn William Henry - Portsea grocer bankrupt 1854 19Jan Weaver v C Poole - plaintiff a miller in Spaxton 1854 30Mar Weaver v Weaver Taunton Assizes 1854 23Feb Weaver Mr - grocer Stoke St Mary agent for Bulpins cattle medicine 1854 02Nov Weaving Edward of Salisbury marr Georgina Garthwaite of Bridgwater 1854 07Sep Webb George - check taker Hull fortune 1854 22Jun Webb George marr Mary Webb at St Johns Church Bridgwater 1854 06Jul Webb H - Melksham died of apoplexy 1854 06Apr Webb John - Bridgwater dau Adelaide marr at Sydney 1854 25May Webb John - Bridgwater infirmary fell from ladder while whitewashing inn 1854 15Jun Webb Mr - accident nr Four Alls Inn Taunton 1854 24Aug Webb Mr - injured Radstock branch of railway 1854 23Mar Webb Mrs - corm factor Bridgwater shop sale 1854 20Apr Webb William Henry of London and Totnes marr Juliana Tanner 1854 03Aug Webber Betty - age 13 beaten by J Whiting 1854 14Sep Webber F - Taunton model of Antwerp Cathedral Bridgwater Exhibition 1854 02Feb Webber George - offended in Fore St Bridgwater 1854 30Mar Webber George - Forme burglary 1854 20Apr Webber James - age 75 died Taunton 1854 06Jul Webber James Blake - his fowls stolen Somerset Sessions 1854 02Nov Webber James - stole fowls at St Decumans 1854 02Mar Webber John - house sale North Petherton 1854 06Jul Webber John - assaulted W Smith Bridgwater COurt 1854 10Aug Webber John - bigamy Somerset Assizes 1854 22Jun Webber John bookseller marr Miss Sharland at Taunton 1854 18May Webber Joyce - Union St assault case Bridgwater Police Court 1854 13Apr Webber Mary Ann - indecent language Bridgwater Police Court 1854 25May Webber Mr - furniture sale Bathpool 1854 20Apr Webber Rev E A - Runnington birth of son 1854 12Jan Webber Samuel of Tiverton marr Annie Weeks of Ipplepen 1854 20Apr Webber Samuel - Shopnoller his servant died at West Bagborough 1854 30Mar Webber Shadrach - stole wheat at Fivehead 1854 09Nov Webber William - Wiveliscombe award 1854 24Aug Webster Martha - murder nr Kirby station 1854 04May Webster Rev Wentworth - to assistant curacy of Cloford 1854 19Oct Webster Rev Wentworth - to Cloford Somerset curacy 1854 26Oct Wedlock Oliver - stole money at Frome acquitted 1854 27Jul Weedon James marr Eliza Cousins at St Johns Eastover 1854 09Feb Weedon John K marr Frances Maria Sparke at Islington 1854 30Nov Weeks Henry J marr Elizabeth Scourse at Wedmore of Cheddar 1854 12Jan Weeks J - late of Ipplepen relact Annie remarried 1854 09Nov Weeks John - died Priddy age 48 1854 16Nov Weeks W - Cheddar ran over child 1854 09Feb Weeks William - Walton Somerset birth of daughter 1854 20Apr Welch Betsy - West Bagborough inquest 1854 19Oct Welch C - Gurnscombe Burton ploughing contest 1854 24Aug Welch Charles - Greescombe Farm Bruton birth of son 1854 02Nov Welch Henry - Chard ploughing match 1854 05Oct Welch J and W - sale of the manor of Brookland Trill 1854 02Nov Welch John - Court Baron Manor of Chard 1854 05Oct Wellman Mr - draper Martock burglary 1854 20Jul Wells Richard - Winchcomb St dau Mary Adey marr at Cheltenham 1854 04May Welsford Rev William Clarke - to rectory of Saltford 1854 25May Welsford Rev William Clarke to rectory of Saltford 1854 24Aug Welsh Thomas - 'tiny tom' boxer manslaughter Salford 1854 13Apr Welsh W I - Wells birth of son 1854 09Mar Were Catherine - died age 74 Wellington quaker 1854 24Aug Wescombe Charles of Kingston marr Charlotte Durk of Shoreditch Taunton 1854 31Aug Wescombe Charles of Kingston marr Charlotte Durk at Taunton 1854 23Feb Wescombe Mr - smith Thurloxton agent for Bulpins cattle medicine 1854 09Nov Wescombe William - assault Bridgwater Police Court 1854 12Oct West Charles - ship broker Gateshead fire 1854 15Jun West G - Corfe fell from horse 1854 07Sep West Harriet - Mark cottage sale 1854 05Oct West John - vicar of Aisholt letter 1854 18May West Joseph - ill treating calves Bridgwater Police Court 1854 26Oct West Joseph - Frome his money stolen 1854 19Oct West Lovelace - boy servant to Mr Poole Martock Ag Assoc 1854 07Dec West Mr - printer Bridgwater 1854 16Mar West Mr - Mark two headed cow 1854 21Dec West Orlando - blacksmith died age 74 Langport 1854 27Apr West Rev John - Aisholt guardian of the poor 1854 13Jul West Thomas - acquitted Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 09Nov Westerman Jane - Wellington womanservant award 1854 09Nov Westerman John - Wiveliscombe carter award 1854 06Jul Western George - stole apples Somerset Sessions 1854 18May Western Mr - Castle of Comfort light spring car sale 1854 21Sep Westlake J - died Othery age 4 1854 17Aug Westlake James - Bagenham Farm Othery fell from horse 1854 05Oct Westlake James marr Mary Wollis at Drayton 1854 07Sep Westlake Mr - Bincham Farm Othery gig accident 1854 12Jan Weston Mark - late of Wellington Somerset died age 88 Hammersmith 1854 30Mar Wheadon Edwin - stole flour at Westonzoyland 1854 14Sep Wheadon Mr - High Ham assaulted Mr Watts 1854 26Oct Wheddon Jane - tenant messuage sale Lime St Nether Stowey 1854 23Feb Wheeler Mr - grocer Middlezoy agent for Bulpins cattle medicine 1854 23Mar Whelan Emma - matron Marylebone Workhouse 1854 25May Wheler Sir Trevor - Torrington murder nr Cross House 1854 13Jul Wheller Mrs - Bow St Yeovil wife of shoemaker attempted suicide 1854 05Jan Whidborne Rev G F - election Vicarage of Crediton 1854 30Nov Whiley J - Bridgwater Iron Works 1854 10Aug Whipple Mr - Bristol Arms Bridgwater illuminations 1854 19Jan Whitby John - subscription for the poor Bridgwater 1854 23Mar White and Son - sale of livestock Wiseburrow Farm Holcombe Rogus 1854 29Jun White Ann - age 72 Cannington land sale 1854 22Jun White Daniel - sale of estates at Wyke Champflower 1854 12Jan White Eales - meeting about the poor Taunton 1854 09Feb White Eales - horse killed Taunton 1854 13Jul White Eales - Taunton Nurseries plant auction 1854 16Mar White George - glover Yeovil killed by express train 1854 30Mar White H C - Bridgwater Borough Sessions jury 1854 02Nov White Henry - his money stolen St Decumans 1854 09Feb White Henry C - prov ctte Bridgwater Patent Slip company 1854 27Jul White Henry C - Fore St Bridwater 'Perseverance' cruises 1854 11May White John - Stogumber dau Hannah marr 1854 19Oct White John - servant to Messrs Lush of N Bruham 1854 02Nov White John - stole coat Westonzoyland 1854 02Nov White John - Chard ploughing match 1854 29Jun White Joseph - Cannington land sale 1854 31Aug White Joseph - stole coat Bridgwater races 1854 23Feb White Mr - smith Shapwock agent for Bulpins cattle medicine 1854 31Aug White Mrs - Cannington injured in cart accident 1854 27Apr White Rev E W - vicar Meare fire 1854 23Feb White Robert - dau Elizabeth died age 18 Yeovil consumption 1854 13Jul White Robert - his fowl stolen Wincanton Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 05Oct White Robert - stole lead Windsor Castle 1854 09Nov White W jun - Spaxton Bridgwater Ag Assoc 1854 30Mar White William - stole ham at Keynsham 1854 20Apr White William - North Curry property sale 1854 27Apr White William sen - Spaxton testimonial 1854 05Oct White William - servant of Mr Bonser shot people Nottingham bread riots 1854 09Nov Whitefield James - Milverton manservant award 1854 13Apr Whitehead A - civil engineer Exeter 1854 15Jun Whitehead Arthur - land surveyor Exeter sale of Warwick Farm Wrangway 1854 29Jun Whitehead Mrs - Cannington cottage sale 1854 13Apr Whitehead Rev William Bailey - decd sale of 'Culverhays' Chard 1854 10Aug Whitehead Rev E - to Lyme Chapel Bathwick 1854 02Mar Whitehouse Richard of Lyme Regis marr Lucy Hammond Notting Hill 1854 14Dec Whitelock T - HMS Virago boatswain severly injured Petropaulski 1854 28Sep Whiting C - Aisholt post mortem case 1854 03Aug Whiting J - beat girl Betty Webber 1854 05Oct Whitlake Sarah - her pocker picked at St Matthews fair Bridgwater 1854 24Aug Whitmoor Mr - Langport his potatoes stolen 1854 24Aug Whittle Hezekiah - pawnbroker Gt Bolton nearly strangled 1854 24Aug Whittle John - Holmes and Whittle Bath timber merchants arrested 1854 23Mar Whitty D J of Bridonferry Glam marr Harriet Anne Hamlin of Wrington 1854 14Sep Wick Charlotte - dau of boatbuilder Love St Hotwells accident 1854 15Jun Wickenden Mr - North St Taunton refreshments 1854 23Mar Wickham James Anthony - died North Hill Frome age 86 1854 30Mar Wickham James Anthony - died North Hill Frome age 86 1854 28Dec Wickham Mr - Compton Bishop burgled 1854 23Nov Widdicombe John - joint occupier of farm at Wembdon 1854 20Jul Widdop Robert - age 33 explosion at Bridge Fold Mill Rochdale 1854 23Feb Wide James - tenant Fursland Buildings West St Bridgwater cottage sale 1854 21Sep Widgoda Capt Von - eccentric Maltese gent Norton Fitzwarren 1854 13Apr Wightman John - sale of 'Lower Curl Pits' Chard 1854 02Feb Wilcocks Mr - head gamekeeper of Sir PPFP Ackland NetherStowey 1854 27Jul Wilcox Alfred - tenant Meare land sale 1854 12Jan Wilcox John - witness Bridgwater Sessions 1854 26Jan Wilcox Joseph - son of Thomas Wilcox stabbed by T Badman fly driver 1854 06Apr Wilcox Joseph - stabbed at Weston S M 1854 04May Wilcox Joseph marr Miss Webb at Eastover 1854 13Jul Wilcox Joseph - stabbed at Weston his assailant died in prison 1854 09Nov Wilcox William - decd dau Lucy died at Stoke Gifford 1854 02Nov Wilkes Caleb - stole watch at Taunton 1854 22Jun Wilkins v Knapton - Bridgwater County Court 1854 06Jul Wilkins Edward - Walworth liquid manure 1854 16Nov Wilkins Elizabeth - Burnham railway 1854 12Jan Wilkins Hannah - Bridgwater Sessions witness 1854 06Jul Wilkins Jesse - stole fowl Somerset Sessions 1854 30Nov Wilkinson Elizabeth - her razor stolen Bridgwater Police Court 1854 06Jul Wilkinson Jervase - Wollaton Notts wife ahd 25th child 1854 19Oct Wilkinson John - in employ of Mr Hentage Martock Ag Assoc 1854 27Apr Wilkinson Julia - actress age 24 in France husband in prison 1854 30Mar Willet John - stole gin Long Ashton 1854 16Nov William Charles - Wells age 3 run over by Mr Weeks of Cheddar 1854 09Nov Williams child - Grove Lane Wells knocked down 1854 30Mar Williams Charles - Winford disturbance 1854 12Oct Williams Charles - age 15 vagrancy Bridgwater 1854 13Jul Williams E - candidate for house surgeon Taunton Hospital 1854 30Mar Williams Edward - his potatoes stolen Whatley 1854 14Dec Williams G - died Eastover age 45 1854 26Oct Williams George - borough quarter sessions 1854 02Nov Williams George - stole spoon at Milbourn Port 1854 30Nov Williams George - comptroller Customs Officer Bridgwater 1854 07Dec Williams J N - Haygrove Farm Bridgwater 1st prize ag show 1854 20Jul Williams J P - Weston Super Mare town commissioner 1854 09Feb Williams J V - plough accident at Sandford Hill Wembdon 1854 20Apr Williams J V - Haygrove Farm Bridgwater sale of pigs 1854 07Dec Williams J V - Haygrove Farm Bridgwater gold medal best pigs 1854 02Mar Williams John - stole silver watches Bridgwater Police Court 1854 27Apr Williams John Vickery - Bridgwater guardian of the poor 1854 27Apr Williams John - Broomfield guardian of the poor 1854 10Aug Williams John - stole tea from Edward Bush Somerset Sessions 1854 28Sep Williams John - Aisholt agapemonite suicide Lampeter Landilo 1854 02Nov Williams John - fraud at Nether Stowey 1854 09Nov Williams L B - Springfield Lodge Bath dau Caroline Eliza died 1854 29Jun Williams Mary - age 48 Cannington land sale 1854 18May Williams Mr - inland revenue officer Williton accident 1854 19Jan Williams Rev William of Leamington Priors marr Anna Maria Waldron 1854 10Aug Williams Rev Samuel - to South Brewham 1854 28Dec Williams Rev Thomas marr Emma Catherine Reed at Bath 1854 15Jun Williams Richard - Primitive Methodist Missionary Soc killed Cork 1854 21Sep Williams Thomas - draper Long Sutton borth of son and daughter 1854 29Jun Williamson John - Shiplett Bleadon estate sale 1854 20Jul Williamson Mr - explosion at Bridge Fold Mill Rochdale 1854 30Mar Williment Messrs - Curry Mallet land sale 1854 13Jul Willis Charles - stole fowl Wincanton Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 13Jul Willis Henry - stole eggs Lovington Somerset Quarter Sessions 1854 13Jul Willis Henry - Stoke released heifer Yeovil Petty Sessions 1854 05Oct Willis Henry marr Hannah Tottle of Wellington at Langport 1854 13Apr Willis J - painter plumber glazier Bridgwater advert 1854 24Aug Willis John Wesley late of Tiverton marr Elizabeth Shepherd 1854 14Sep Willis Mr - landlord Nags Head Devizes 1854 19Oct Willis Rev G W B - birth of dau at Rectory St Leonards 1854 25May Willmore Graham - judge Taunton Assizes 1854 28Sep Willmore Graham - Lynchfield nr Taunton birth of twin daughters 1854 27Apr Willmott Mrs M A - sale of house Holyrood St Chard 1854 15Jun Wills John - Longload St Glastonbury house sale 1854 29Jun Wills John - land sale Moon Lane North Petherton 1854 29Jun Wills John - land sale North Coneygar North Petherton 1854 10Aug Wills Rosa - Wellington fete 1854 23Feb Willy Jeffery - yeoman Kingsbury fell from horse 1854 12Oct Wilmot William R - Emmanuel Pl Weston SM dau Katherine marr 1854 27Jul Wilmott John - tenant messuage sale Bove Town Glastonbury 1854 31Aug Wilson Ann - pickpocketing Bridgwater races 1854 02Nov Wilson Ann - stole money at Westonzoyland 1854 30Mar Wilson James - sailor murder South Shields 1854 12Oct Wilson James - Gateshead worsted manuf fire 1854 21Dec Wilson Thomas - miller Stockport fined 1854 06Jul Wilton John of Wells marr Sarah Haine of Glastonbury 1854 27Apr Winslade Charles - Cannington guardian of the poor 1854 11May Winslade John - pilot Bridgwater witness 1854 27Jul Winslade Mr - Cannington land sale 1854 29Jun Winsloe Mr - 9 Crescent Taunton sale of furniture 1854 02Nov Winter Harriet - stole candlestick at Taunton 1854 28Dec Winter John - Teignbridge House Devon birth of son at Wiveliscombe 1854 02Nov Winter Joseph - riot at Langford Budville 1854 20Jul Winter Mr - killed hare Langport 1854 11May Winter Mr - son of marine store keeper Langport 1854 14Sep Winter Mrs - assaulted husband Langport 1854 28Sep Winter Mrs - Langport beat husband 1854 09Mar Winter William marr Harriett Hawe at Taunton St James 1854 11May Winter William - sale of land nr Pillrow Wall Chapel Allerton 1854 07Sep Winterbottom J E - zoologist died of cholera at Rhodes 1854 01Jun Winterburn Arthur - age 11 elected organist St Giles Colchester 1854 19Jan Wippell E - Bridgwater Police Court 1854 30Mar Wisberry v Richards Taunton Assizes 1854 05Oct Witcombe G - cabinet maker decd his widow Selina marr at Shepton Mallet 1854 30Mar Withers Benjamin - Milton assaulted at Chewton Mendip 1854 06Apr Withers Benjamin - money stolen at Chewton Mendip 1854 16Nov Withers John - repairing Highbridge toll house 1854 30Mar Withers William - Milton assaulted at Chewton Mendip 1854 06Apr Withers William - money stolen at Chewton Mendip 1854 27Apr Withey Carey - yeoman Denny Chew Magna dau Susannah marr 1854 19Oct Witteridge William - offensive cesspool Bridgwater Police Court 1854 28Sep Wollcombe Rev John - rector Stowford dau Ellen marr 1854 30Mar Wonnacott George - his gin stolen Long Ashton 1854 20Apr Wood Charles - Smoky Farm Staplegrove sale of livestock 1854 29Jun Wood Charles - Enmore sale of house at Othery 1854 05Oct Wood Charles - Ebley Mill accident 1854 21Dec Wood Charles - trustee Enmore sale of land under the will of Edward Burnell 1854 09Nov Wood James - age 81 Milverton ag lab award 1854 06Apr Wood John - burglary at Hatch Beauchamp 4 yrs penal srvtude 1854 18May Wood John - butcher Wakefield cart 1854 30Mar Wood John - stole meat at Hatch Beauchamp 1854 26Oct Wood Joseph marr Catharine Foster of Bristol at Brandon Hill 1854 23Nov Wood Mr - Stonehall Enmore pointer dog found 1854 29Jun Wood Rev John of Walworth marr Ann Pierpoint at Bathwick 1854 17Aug Wood Sarah - assaulted West St Bridgwater 1854 27Jul Wood Thomas R - Clayhidon sale of carthorse 'Young Wonder' 1854 05Oct Wood V - tea and cake at Langport National school 1854 21Dec Wood V S - ceart accident returning from Donyatt 1854 19Jan Wood Vincent S - at Yeovil ball 1854 25May Wood Vincent - Langport entertainment 1854 21Sep Wood Vincent Stuckey - Drayton hounds 1854 09Mar Woodburn Joseph - constable Wookey fight 1854 09Nov Woodbury Henry - Wellington award 1854 03Aug Woodcock Rev C - Chard school fete 1854 28Dec Woodforde F H - Tangier House Taunton birth of son 1854 30Nov Woodforde J W - Taunton corns 1854 21Sep Woodgates William - proprieter Honiton Academy died 1854 29Jun Woodham Thomas - Shiplett Bleadon estate sale 1854 02Nov Woodland John - banker bailiff Taunton borough 1854 09Feb Woodland William - prov ctte Bridgwater Patent Slip company 1854 23Feb Woodland William jun - solicitor Taunton 1854 31Aug Woodland William of Shuttern House Taunton marr Adelaide Blanch Villiers 1854 23Nov Woodman B - St Marys St birth of daughter still born 1854 09Mar Woodrow Mrs - died age 93 North St Bridgwater 1854 31Aug Woodson Capt G E - barque 'Townsend' bound for Valparaiso lost 1854 23Feb Woodward J L L - Bridgwater druggist birth of son 1854 09Mar Woodward J L L - chemist Bridgwater agent for Crown Life Ass 1854 06Jul Woodward Major - Bannerdown House nr Batheaston wife Mary died age 36 1854 27Jul Woodward Mr - chemist Langport bottle exploded 1854 27Apr Woolgrove T - Bridgwater decd dau Mary marr 1854 07Dec Woolley George - watchmaker 25 Broadmead Bristol 1854 17Aug Woolmington John yeoman marr Sophia Charlotte Shaw at Milborne Port 1854 06Jul Woolmington Thomas - his blanket stolen Somerset Sessions 1854 19Oct Worner Reuben - carter to Mr Richards Martock Ag Assoc 1854 18May Wotton William - inland revenue officer Somerton wife Emma died 1854 12Oct Wrath George - broker Gateshead fire 1854 26Oct Wreford Robert - solicitor the Close Exeter 1854 02Mar Wreford William - stole mutton Bridgwater Police Court 1854 09Mar Wrey Rev John - accident at Stoberry Park 1854 05Oct Wride F - North Twon Taunton decd sale of furniture 1854 09Mar Wride Francis - land sale Chilton Trinity 1854 21Sep Wride Francis - died age 79 North Town Taunton 1854 09Nov Wride Jane - witness to Wedmore attack 1854 09Nov Wright James - assault on wife Charlotte Bridgwater Police Court 1854 07Dec Wright William - Liddiard Tregoz blacksmith murdered woman 1854 02Nov Wyatt Edward marr Mary Burdge of Yatton at Kingston Seymour 1854 02Nov Wyatt George - son Edward marr at Kingston Seymour 1854 26Jan Wyatt Mr - miller Milverton 1854 21Dec Wybern Robert - died Woolavington 1854 02Mar Wyburn Robert - cabinet maker Taunton sale of stock in trade 1854 21Dec Wyburn Robert - died Woolavington 1854 02Nov Wyndham George - baker Pill court case Wynsham v Mitchell 1854 06Jul Wyndham John Campbell - his wood stolen Somerset Sessions 1854 16Nov Wynn William - Burnham railway 1854 19Jan Yandall Jane - wife of John decd tailor Wiveliscome 1854 19Jan Yandall John - tailor Wiveliscome 1821 1854 01Jun Yandell Mr - witness Luxborough murder 1854 06Apr Yandell William - witness Cutcombe murder 1854 06Jul Yeandle Charles - acquitted Somerset Sessions 1854 21Sep Yeandle Charles - manservant of Mrs MacLean accused of assault Taunton 1854 07Sep Yendle Mr - age 16 gun accident Warminster 1854 20Jul York Rev J - Shepton Mallet marriage of drunks 1854 20Jul Yorston Charles H - bookseller Lower Ashley Rd Bristol birth of son 1854 29Jun Young Albert - age 8 Shiplett Bleadon estate sale 1854 29Jun Young Arthur - age 9 Shiplett Bleadon estate sale 1854 07Dec Young Giles - witness to poaching Wells County Sessions 1854 22Jun Young J - fined Bridgwater Police Court White Ball Yard West St 1854 15Jun Young John - farmer South Brent brother in law of J Symes 1854 13Jul Young John - died age 42 Blandford 1854 20Apr Young Mary Ann - witness West Bagborough inquest 1854 02Nov Young Thomas corn merchant Curry Rivell marr Mary Ann Steel