Bircham, Great, Norfolk - 1811 Census of Population

Great Bircham is one of the few places in the county for which a census before 1841 containing names survives. This 1811 NRO document [Ref PD 34/43] is on one sheet of paper.

Surname Index

The following surnames are contained in the document. The numbers following each are the Page numbers which contain one or more occurences of the name.

Ausbourne
Bales
Barker
Barmstone
Barterby
Beck
Bell
Billins
Blow
Bowman
Britton
Browne
Bussey
Carrington
Cawthorn
Chapman

Claxon
Coe
Dodman
Driffield
Elvy
Golden
Green
Grieves
Grimes
Hamond
Harrison
He[l/b]in
Hill
Hollander
Humphreys

Hunt
Jarr
Knowles
Lack
Lown
Marsham
Marsters
Miles
Mitchell
Nock
Nurse
Pole
Pratt
Preston
Ransom

Roberson
Rodwell
Royce
Rumbles
Samphir
Sampson
Shilling
Sparham
Spenton
Spooner
Stearman
Wadalow
Ward
Wagg
Watts

The Census

It contains the following information :-

An account of ye population of Gt Bircham
taken 27 of may 1811 by John Barker.

                  Males  Females                     Males  Females

1 Jno Claxon        2      1       David Mitchell      4      4
  Geo Barterby      1      1       James Stearman      2      1
  Jn^o Jarr          3      4       Thos Bales          2      1
1 Jno Barker        2      3       Wm Coe              2      2
  Robt Rumbles      1      1       Jno Browne          2      1
1 Jno Shilling      4      4       Miss Hollander      -      3
1 Tho Cawthorn      1      1       Jno Elvy            1      4
  Robt Miles C^k     -      1       Tho Lown            4      3
1 Jn^o Sampson       2      3       Phillis Britton     4      1
  Tho^s Marsters     3      1       Thos Mitchell       2      1
1 Robt Miles Snr    2      -       Jno Wagg            1      1
1 Robt Spooner      4      4       Wm Barmstone        4      1
  Tho^s Ransom       3      2       Edm^d Royce          2      2
  Jno Golden        3      1       King Sparham        5      3
1 Thos Bell         3      3       Robt Sparham        4      4
1 Thos Harrison     1      1       Sarah He[l/b]in     4      7
  Robt Miles Jnr    1      4       Robt Hill           1      2
  Thos Lack         2      4       Jno Wadalow         4      4
1 Dewing Chapman    1      3       Wm Knowles          1      2
  Thos Ward         2      4       Wm Pole             3      3
1 Matt^w Bowman      3      3       Wm Bussey           2      3
1 Town House        2      3       Thos Spenton        1      5
1 Wm Lack           4      2       Jno Pratt           2      3
1 Tho^s Grieves      4      2       Sasana Billins      1      3
1 Jos^h Samphir      3      2       Martha Rodwell      7      6 
1 Jno Roberson      1      2       Robt Hunt           3      6
  Robt Nock         1      5       Richd Watts         1      1
1 Jno Green         2      1       Wm Ausbourne        2      2
1 Martⁿ Dodman      1      2       Jno Marsham         3      3
  Fran^s Hamond      4      3       Bloom Humphreys     2      1
1 Richard Wagg      1      2       Luke Driffield      1      1
1 W^m Grimes        -       3       Rayner Preston      2      1
  Thos Carrington   3      3                         ---    ---
1 Mary Nurse        -      2                          79     84
1 Wm Beck           6      4        One uninhabited   79     88
1 Patrick Blow      3      3            House        ---    ---
                  ---    ---                         158    172
                   79     86                         172
                                                     ---
                                                     330

[End of Census Document]

Notes

All shorthand contractions in the document have been reproduced as written.
The document contained 2 columns of names which only lined up approximately.
The meaning of the figure "1" before some names in the first column is unknown but has been included for completeness.
The only unreadable name is "Sarah He[l/b]in" in the 2nd column. Whites 1845 gives a Thomas Hebgin (a farmer) who is probably related.

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