| Surname | First name | Year | Date | Place of death | Age | Description | Cause of death | Informant |
| MERIFIELD | Nehemiah | 1857 | 22 Aug | Union workhouse, Shaftesbury | 70 | Farm labourer | Diarrhoea. Fever. Certified | The mark of William Taylor, in attendance, union workhouse, Shaftesbury |
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