AXBRIDGE, a market-town, formerly a borough, of the hundred of Winterstoke, in the county of Somerset. It stands on the river Ax, just below the range of the Mendip hills, near the great chasm through them known by the name of Cheddar Clift. The corporation is of great antiquity, as is the large Gothic parish church. It is 130 miles from London. The market is held on Thursday. The population in 1801 amounted to 819, in 1811 to 853, and in 1821 to 988.