Norfolk: Ashill - Population in 1831

This 1831 Norfolk Record Office document [with the reference PD 548/81] is on one sheet of paper. It is the standard printed form that was issued to parishes and contains only statistics ie. no names.

It contains the following information [on the outside]:-

County of Norfolk
Division of -----
Hundred of Wayland
Parish of Ashill

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   348
	Females 352
	        ---
	Total   700

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 Ashill

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   |
 1.| Inhabited Houses. ___________________________________  129
   | Families.         ___________________________________  155
   |
 2.| House building.   ___________________________________   --
   |
 3.| Houses uninhabited. _________________________________    2
   |
 4.| Fa  { Employed in Agriculture _______________________  115
   | mi  { In Trade,Manufacture, &c. _____________________   27
   | lies{ All other Families.   _________________________   13
   |
 5.|            {______________________________________________
   |   Males    {______________________________________________ 
   |            {________________________________________   348
   |
   |            {______________________________________________
   | Females    {______________________________________________
   |            {________________________________________   352
   |
 6.| Males upwards of 20 years ____________________________ 171
   |
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   |
 7.| Agric   { Occupiers 1st Class.________________________   7
   | ulture. { Occupiers 2nd Class.________________________   6
   |         { Labourers in Agriculture.___________________ 105
   |
 8.| Manufacturers.________________________________________  --
   |
 9.| Retail Trade and Handicraft___________________________  32
   |
10.| Wholesale & Capitalists, Clergy, Office - Clerks, }
   | Professional, and other Educated Men              }_____  2
   |
11.| Labourers, not Agricultural.____________________________  4
   |
12.| All other Males of 20 Years.____________________________  9
   |
13.| Male      { Upwards of 20 Years.________________________  6
               {-----------------------------------------------
   | Servants  { Under 20 Years._____________________________  1
   | All Female Servants.____________________________________ 22
   |
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(Signed) Edm^d Oldfield

[End of Document]

Notes

1. There was also a page of printed text detailing how the form was to be filled out.
2. The form had /// ie. strokes marked on each line as each instance of the questions was answered. These strokes (omitted here if present) were then added up to produce the number at the end of the line.

See also the Ashill parish page and the main Population page

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Norfolk: Ashill - Population in 1831

Formula, No1.

Notes

Formula, N^o1.