Bodham, Norfolk - 1768 Census

Bodham is one of the few places in the county for which a census before 1841 containing names survives.

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1768 Census of Population

This 1768 Norfolk Record Office document [with the reference PD 334/24 and MF 969/4] is on three pages. This census forms part of a Baconsthorpe Parish document hence its PD 334 reference as opposed to the normal PD 347 references for Bodham.

Name 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.

Arnold (1)
Atthow (1)
Balderstone (1)
Caston (1)
Cooper (1)
Custance (1)
Davison (1)
Dennis (1)
Eldridge (1)
Emery (1)
Everitt (1)

Farthing (1)
Frankland (1)
Frost (1)
Grey (1)
Gunton (2)
Hudson (2)
Hagan (2)
Humfrey (2)
Jackson (2)
Jarey (2)
Joy (2)

Kemp (2)
Learner (2)
Lynes (2)
Lynne (2)
Lake (2)
Lawrence (2)
Mann (2)
Middleton (2)
Otley (2)
Pells (2)
Porrett (2)

Pull (2)
Rawlins (3)
Rush (3)
Smith (3)
Spooner (3)
Starling (3)
Thomson (3)
Tuck (3)
Wells (3)
Woods (3)

The Census Document

This contains the following information :-

A list of the Inhabitants
of Bodham December 1768
containing
The names of each family
and their number

Names 1768	No
[Page 1 follows]
Arnold James	8
Atthow Robert	9
Balderstone Widow	1
Caston Robert	7
Cooper Thomas	10
Cooper Thomas	5
Cooper Widow	4
Cooper Wm	3
Custance John	5
Davison Wm	2
Davison Thomas	3
Dennis James	6
Eldridge Edmund	3
Emery James	7
Everitt Thomas	6
Everitt William	4
Farthing Robert	2
Frankland Thomas	6
Frost John	4
Frost James	1
Grey Robert	3
[Page 2 follows]
Gunton Dennis	8
Hudson widow	1
Hagan Tho	1
Humfrey widow	1
Jackson widow	4
Jarey Wm	1
Joy Samuel	3
Kemp Thomas	6
Learner Wm senior	2
Learner Wm junior	2
Lynes Wm senior	2
Lynes Wm junior	7
Lynne John	5
Lake Thomas	6
Lawrence W^m	4
Mann Francis	4
Middleton widow	1
Otley Robert	3
Otley Thomas	4
Pells Elizabeth	1
Porrett Widow	2
Pull John	2
[Page 3 follows]
Rawlins Richard	6
Rush Mary	1
Smith Tho	3
Spooner Tho	1
Starling Edmund	2
Thomson Wm	2
Tuck Mary	1
Wells Thomas	7
Woods Anne	2
	---
[Total persons]	194

[End of Census Document]

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