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Census: 1821
Baconsthorpe is one of the few places in the county for which a census before 1841 containing names survives.
This 1821 Norfolk Record Office document [with the reference PD 334/43/3] is on one sheet of paper.
[Transcription copyright © Mike Bristow]
Census available
- 1768 - Heads of Households.
- 1801 - Heads of Households, families and trades.
- 1811 - Heads of Households and trades.
- 1821 - This document.
Name Index
The census contains the following names.
| Adams Beales Bircham Bumfry Carr Christopher Cranefield Curson English Everitt Fisher Frankland Fromow | Girdlestone Grand Handcock Harmer Harrison Hazlewood Mann Mayes Means Nicholls Parton Pentney Pigott | Porrett Potter Risbury Rowe Scarfe Scottow Silence Skillings Smith Spence Springall Spurrell Starling | Stokes Taylor Thaxter Twiss Ward Warner Warnes Wegg White Whiting Wilson |
The Census Document
The original document had the following headings spelt out in full. They have been contracted to allow for a clearer display.
- A = "Agriculture" [P indicates Part in this and Trade columns]
- T = "Trade & etc"
- N = "Neither" [Trade or Agriculture is this persons occupation]
- H = "Inhabited houses"
- F = "No of Families"
- Head(s) of families follow [not indicated on original]
- First set = Males
- M I(nfant) = Under 5 years
- 5 = "5 to 10" [years]
- 10 = " 10 to 15"
- 15 = " 15 to 20"
- 20 = " 20 to 30"
- 30 = " 30 to 40"
- 40 = " 40 to 50"
- 50 = " 50 to 60"
- 60 = " 60 to 70"
- 70 = " 70 to 80"
- 80 = " 80 to 90"
- 90 = "90 to 100"
- Second set = Females
- F(emale) I(nfant) = Under 5 years
This is followed by the same age range as that under males above.
This contains the following information :-
| A | T | N | H | F | Heads | MI | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | FI | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Fromow Jas | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 3 | Taylor, Potter, Handcock | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Mann J | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Fisher John | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Adams Paul & John | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Warner Saml | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Fisher Robt | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Ward Geo | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Means Willm | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Silence & Rye | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Bumfry | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Everitt James | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Wegg & Frankland | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | Harrison | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| P | P | 1 | 1 | Warnes Wid & Wm | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | Starling R | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | Carr Mrs | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Warnes John | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Spence & Christopher | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Curson | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Parton | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Skillings B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | - | 1 | 1 | Harmer | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Spurrell J | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Risbury | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Smith J | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | English J | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Fisher Bat | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Rowe Matt | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Everitt Rob | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | 2 | Pigott Geo & J. Staff | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Grand Will | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| P | P | 1 | 1 | Mayes Clarke | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Bircham H | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | Porrett, W. Everitt J Fisher & J Hazlewood | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | Scarfe T. Susn & Hazlewood | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Thaxter & Stokes | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Cranefield | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Whiting John | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Wilson Mrs | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | White Wid: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Ward Stepn. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Beales J | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Springall J | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Girdlestone T | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Twiss F | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Nicholls T | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | 2 | Scottow Wm & Pentney | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 36 | 12 | 12 | 48 | 60 | 9 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 26 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
1821 Baconsthorpe Population
Increase - 10 years 28
| Total Males Total Females Total Persons | 125 121 --- 462 |
Males upwards of 20 years
| 14 13 9 8 8 4 3 -- 59 |
3 Houses empty viz. one farm house in the occupation of Mr Fromow
one cottage in the occupation of Mr Grand
one do of Mr Warnes.
[End of Census Document]
Names that have appeared since 1811
| Beales Carr Curson Fromow | Handcock Mann Nicholls Parton | Pigott Porrett Potter Risbury | Rowe Skillings Spence Stokes |
Names that have gone since 1811
| Bye Ford Massingham | Pegg Proudfoot Richardson | Staff Utton Walker |
Surnames which have changed (or gone) since 1811
| Bumfrey/Bumfry | Warns/Warnes |
See also the Baconsthorpe parish page and the main Census page
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Copyright © Mike Bristow.
January 2002