Bracon Ash, Norfolk - 1831 Census of Population

The parish of Bracon Ash 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 206/30] 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 Humbleyard
Parish of Bracon Ash

Formula, N^o1.

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   136
	Females 180
	        ---
	Total   316

Population Enquires
1831

30th May 1831

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

 Formula,  N^o 1. County of Norfolk, Parish of Bracon Ash

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   |
 1.| Inhabited Houses. ___________________________________   39
   | Families.         ___________________________________   59
   |
 2.| House building.   ___________________________________    1
   |
 3.| Houses unihabited. __________________________________    0
   |
 4.| Fa  { Employed in Agriculture _______________________   38
   | mi  { In Trade,Manufacture, &c. _____________________   17
   | lies{ All other Families.   _________________________    4
   |
 5.|            {______________________________________________
   |   Males    {______________________________________________ 
   |            {________________________________________   136
   |
   |            {______________________________________________
   | Females    {______________________________________________
   |            {________________________________________   180
   |
 6.| Males upwards of 20 years ____________________________  81
   |
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   |
 7.| Agric   { Occupiers 1st Class.________________________   6
   | ulture. { Occupiers 2nd Class.________________________   1
   |         { Labourers in Agriculture.___________________  44
   |
 8.| Manufacturers.________________________________________   0
   |
 9.| Retail Trade and Handicraft___________________________  15
   |
10.| Wholesale & Capitalists, Clergy, Office - Clerks, }
   | Professional, and other Educated Men              }_____  1
   |
11.| Labourers, not Agricultural.____________________________  4
   |
12.| All other Males of 20 Years.____________________________ 71
   |
13.| Male      { Upwards of 20 Years.________________________ 10
               {-----------------------------------------------
   | Servants  { Under 20 Years._____________________________  2
   | All Female Servants.____________________________________ 20
   |
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(Signed) John Tillett

Notes

1. There was also a page of printed text detailing how the form was to be filled out.
2. The form had /// ie. strokes marked on each line as each instance of the questions was answered. These strokes (omitted here if present) were then added up to produce the number at the end of the line.

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Bracon Ash, Norfolk - 1831 Census of Population

1831 Census of Population

Formula, No1.

Notes

Formula, N^o1.