Norfolk: Baconsthorpe

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.

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 Sam^l		1	1			1												1
1			1	1	Fisher Rob^t			1	2		1											1	1
	1		1	1	Ward Geo	1	1		2			1						2	2	1	1		0	1
1			1	1	Means Will^m				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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