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Bodney, Norfolk - 1831 Census of Population

The parish of Bodney 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 135/23] is on one sheet of paper. It is the standard printed form that was issued to parishes and contains only statistics ie. no names.

It contains the following information [on the outside]:-

County of Norfolk
Division of ------
Hundred of North Greenhoe
Parish of Bodney

Formula, No1.

When the entries in this Formula shall have
been totalled and properly transferred to the
Overseer's Schedule, this
Formula No 1. is
to be delivered to the Churchwarden of the
Parish, and preserved by him and his
Successors in Office [under IX. Section of
the Act]
.

	Males    60
	Females  50
	        ---
	Total   110

Population Enquires
1831

30th May 1831

    [The following was on the other side of the printed form]

 Formula,  No 1. County of Norfolk, Parish of Bodney

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   |
 1.| Inhabited Houses. ___________________________________    8
   | Families.         ___________________________________   17
   |
 2.| House building.   ___________________________________   --
   |
 3.| Houses unihabited. __________________________________   --
   |
 4.| Fa  { Employed in Agriculture _______________________    -}
   | mi  { In Trade,Manufacture, &c. _____________________    -}
   | lies{ All other Families.   _________________________    -} 17
   |
 5.|            {______________________________________________
   |   Males    {______________________________________________ 
   |            {________________________________________    60
   |
   |            {______________________________________________
   | Females    {______________________________________________
   |            {________________________________________    50
   |
 6.| Males upwards of 20 years ____________________________  34
   |
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   |
 7.| Agric   { Occupiers 1st Class.________________________   -}
   | ulture. { Occupiers 2nd Class.________________________   -} 33
   |         { Labourers in Agriculture.___________________   -}
   |
 8.| Manufacturers.________________________________________   -
   |
 9.| Retail Trade and Handicraft___________________________   -
   |
10.| Wholesale & Capitalists, Clergy, Office - Clerks, }
   | Professional, and other Educated Men              }_____  -
   |
11.| Labourers, not Agricultural.____________________________  -
   |
12.| All other Males of 20 Years.____________________________  1
   |
13.| Male      { Upwards of 20 Years.________________________  -
               {-----------------------------------------------
   | Servants  { Under 20 Years._____________________________  -
   | All Female Servants.____________________________________  1
   |
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(Signed) Buscall Fox

Notes


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© Mike Bristow
January 2007