Norfolk: Reedham

Population in 1811, 1831 and 1841

This 1811 Norfolk Record Office document [with the reference PD 290/35 and microform reference MF 961/6] was a hand written memorandum in the parish register and contains only statistics ie. no names.

Population figures available

• 1811 - This document.
• 1831 - statistics.
• 1841 - statistics.

It contains the following information :-

[1811]

Reedham a Village

[signed] John Baker         Church Warden

1831 Population

It contains the following information :-

County of Norfolk
Division of ------
Hundred of ------
Parish of Reedham

Formula, N^o1.

When the entries in this Formula shall have
been totalled and properly transferred to the
Overseer's Schedule, this Formula No 1. is
to be delivered to the Churchwarden of the
Parish, and preserved by him and his
Successors in Office [under IX. Section of
the Act].

Males   282
Females 253
---
Total   535
Population Enquires
1831
30th May 1831
[The following was on the other side of the printed form]

Formula, N^o 1. County of Norfolk, Parish of Reedham

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|
1.| Inhabited Houses. ___________________________________   109
| Families.         ___________________________________   106
|
2.| House building.   ___________________________________     2
|
3.| Houses uninhabited. __________________________________    1
|
4.| Fa  { Employed in Agriculture _______________________    59
| mi  { In Trade,Manufacture, &c. _____________________    39
| lies{ All other Families.   _________________________     7
|
5.|            {______________________________________________
|   Males    {______________________________________________ 
|            {________________________________________    282
|
|            {______________________________________________
| Females    {______________________________________________
|            {________________________________________    253
|
6.| Males upwards of 20 years ____________________________  135
|
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|
7.| Agric   { Occupiers 1st Class.________________________   10
| ulture. { Occupiers 2nd Class.________________________    2
|         { Labourers in Agriculture.___________________   85
|
8.| Manufacturers.________________________________________    2
|
9.| Retail Trade and Handicraft___________________________   15
|
10.| Wholesale & Capitalists, Clergy, Office - Clerks, }
| Professional, and other Educated Men              }_____  1
|
11.| Labourers, not Agricultural.____________________________ 22
|
12.| All other Males of 20 Years.____________________________  5
|
13.| Male      { Upwards of 20 Years.________________________  7
{-----------------------------------------------
| Servants  { Under 20 Years._____________________________ 13
| All Female Servants.____________________________________ 17
|
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(Signed) Robert Browne
        Churchwarden

[1841]

Taken 7th June 1841 by Robert Browne and Robert Ridall

[End of Document]

Notes

• All shorthand contractions in the document have been reproduced as written.

See also the Reedham parish page and the main Population page

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January 2007