Bale, Norfolk - 1831 Census of Population

The parish of Bale is one of the few places in the county for which a census before 1841 survives.

1831 Census of Population

This 1831 NRO document [Ref PD 550/46] is on one sheet of paper. It lists only some of the answers from the printed form that was issued to parishes and contains only statistics ie. no names.

It contains the following information :-

An Account of the Population of Bale, taken in May 1831.

   
    Inhabited Houses. ___________________________________   54
    Families.         ___________________________________   56
   
    Houses unihabited. __________________________________    2
   
    Families chiefly employed in Agriculture ____________   46
    Families chiefly employed In Trade _______ __________    6
   
    Total number of Males
    Total number of Females
    Total number of Persons

   Total number of Males 20 years of Age _________________  66

[End of Census Document]

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