Brisley, Norfolk - 1821 Census

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

1821 Census of Population

This 1821 NRO document [Ref PD 664/2 and MF 1422/10] contains only statistics ie. no names. It also includes the Clergyman's returns for the number of Birth's, Marriages and Burial's for the years 1811 to 1820.

Census available

1821 - This document.
1821 Clergyman's returns - Statistics only.

It contains the following information :-

State of the Population of the Parish of Brisley, as ascertained by J Maul Rector and Geo Butler, Overseer of the Parish, May 29 1821

Ages	Un der 5	5 to 10	10 to 15	15 to 20	20 to 30	30 to 40	40 to 50	50 to 60	60 to 70	70 to 80	80 to 90	90 to 100	Totals
Males	30	15	26	11	31	20	18	15	13	6	1	1	187
Females	22	23	21	13	29	23	15	13	8	7	1	-	175
[Totals]	52	38	47	24	60	43	33	28	21	13	2	1	362

Inhabited Houses
[By] Families
House Building
Uninhabited House

Families chiefly
employed in Agriculture

Families empl^d In Trade
Manufac^r and Handicrafts

Families not computed
in the preceding

Males
Females

Total of Persons

75
88
2
1

60

26

2

187
175
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362
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[Clergyman Returns]

Years	Bapt Males	Bapt Females	Bapt Total	Burials Males	Burials Females	Burials Total	No of Marri ages
1811	5	5	10	2	2	4	1
1812	2	1	3	3	3	6	1
1813	-	4	4	3	3	6	1
1814	5	5	10	5	2	7	2
1815	7	2	9	3	5	8	4
1816	3	5	8	4	4	8	3
1817	5	6	11	-	2	2	2
1818	8	4	12	2	2	4	5
1819	5	7	12	2	2	4	1
1820	8	4	12	2	6	8	4
[Totals]	48	43	97	26	31	57	24

The above was taken from the Parish Registers by J Maul, Rector - May 1821

[End of Census Document]

Notes

All shorthand contractions in the document have been reproduced as written.

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