Baconsthorpe, Norfolk - 1801 Census

Census available

• 1768 - Heads of Households.
• 1801 - Probably taken on the night of March 10th. - this document.
• 1811 - Heads of Households and trades.
• 1821 - Heads of Households and trades.
• 1831 - Only statistics available ie. no names.

1801 Census of Population

Name Index

The Census Document

It contains the following information :-

Population of Baconsthorpe 1801

No	Houses	Tr	a	Males	No	Females	a	No
1	Hall		2a	Mr Shorty & 1 M servant	2	Mrs S & 1 Female servant	1	2
2	Ives		4a	Mr I & 3 male Ser	4	Mrs P & 2 Maids	2	3
-	J Smith Farmer		2	Mr S & 1 Male (Ser)	2	Mrs S & 2 daughters	2	3
-	J Smith Shoemaker	1		J. S & 4 sons	5	Wife		1
5	Press			R. Ps	1	Mrs Press		1
6	{Scottow		1	{W. Scottow	1	Wife & 2 daughters		3
	{Cletherwood			{		Wid Cletherwood		1
7	Peggs	-	2a	Pegg & 1 son	2	Wife & sister		2
8	Parsonage			Mr Girdlestone & 1 M:Servt	2	Two female Servants		2
9	Springalls		5	Mr S & 4 male servts	5	Mrs S & 1 female Servt	1	2
10	Bumfreys		1	R. B & 1 son	2	Wife & 3 daughters		4
11	Pentneys		1	R. P & 2 boys	3	Wife & 1 Girl		2
12	Wilsons		3	Mr. Wilson 2 Male Ser	3	Mrs Wilson daugh & 2 Maids	1	4
13	Jas. Wards		2	J. Ward & 2 Son	3	Wife		1
14	Cranefields	4		Mr C & 3 Sert. 1 hurnB?	5	Mrs C & 2 Mothers & 1 Girl		4
15	Thaxters		1	W. Thaxter	1	Wife		1
16	Scarfe		1	T. S.	1	Wife		1
17	Franklands	2		R.F & Apprentice		Wife & 2 daughters		3
18	{Wid Frankld			{		Wid Frankland		1
	{ Purdy			{ Boy	1	Purdy & Sister		2
19	Mayes	1	2	Mr Mayes & 2 sons	3	Mrs M & 3 Girls	1	4
20	Will Everitts		1	W:E	1	Wife		1
21	Robt.Everitts	1		R Everitt & 4 son	5	Wife & 1 daughter		2
22	Grand		2	Grand & 2 sons	3	Mrs Grand & 3 daughters	1	4
23	E Wilson			--		E Wilson		1
24	Silences	1		E Silence	1	Mrs Silence		1
25	Harrison		1	Harrison & 2 sons	3	Wife & 1 daughter		2
26	Spurrell		2	Spurrell & 1 Ser boy	2	Mrs Spurrell & daughter		2
27	(empty)
28	G. Ward			G. Ward	1	Wife		1
29	W.Bastard			--		W Bastard & grand daughter		2
30	T.Jarvis		1	Thos Jarvis & 1 son	2	Wife & 1 daughter		2
31	Harmer	5		W. Harmer & 5 sons	6	Wife & 3 daughters		4
32	Warns		3	J.Warns & 2 sons	3	Mrs Warns 4 daughters & 1 servt	4	6
33	T.Everitt		1	Th Everitt & 3 sons	4	Wife & 2 daughters		3
34	Bircham		1	Bircham & 1 son	2	Wife & 2 daughters		3
35	Wid Clarke					W. Clarke		1
36	{ Walker					Wid. Walker grandchild &Fisher		3
	{ Whitesides		1	Whitesides	1
37	{Hazlewood}		1	Hazlewood & 1 son	2	Wife & 1 daughter		2
--	{Fisher }		1	Thos. Fisher	1
38	Christopher			Christopher	1	Wife daughter & Boarder		3
39	Chapman	1		Chapman		Wife & daughter & grandcd		3
40	T.Silence	2		Thos Silence 1 son & apprec	3	Wife & servt		2
41	Means		6	Mr Means &c 2 son 3 Servt	6	E.Means & 2 Servts	2	3
42	{R.Smith		1	R.Smith & 2 sons	3	Wife & 2 daughters		3
	{Staff		1	Staff	1
43	Emery	3		Emery & 2 Apprentices	3	Mrs Emery & 1 child 1 Servt		3
44	Mr. Fisher		4	R.Fisher & Brother & 3 son	5	Mrs Fisher 2 daug: & 2 Servts	2	5
45	Adams		2	P.Adams & 2 sons	3	Wife & 3 children		4
46	Massingham			John Massing	1	E? Massingham & 4 daughters		5
47	J.Fisher		1	John Fisher & 4 sons	5	Wife		1
48	Ford	2		Ford & 1 apprentice	2	Wife		1
	Trade	23	57	Agriculture	119	Agriculture	14	120

Notes

• a = In Agriculture in column 4 of the table above.
• In entry 14 the word/abbreviation after "Servants" is not clear.
• In entry 46 the Initial of Mrs Massingham is not clear.

See also the Baconsthorpe parish page and the main Census page