Norfolk: New Buckenham

Census: 1803

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

This 1803 Norfolk Record Office document [with the reference MC 343/123a 735x9] covers 10 pages, the start of each being indicated by [Page xx] in the text.

The following is actually described as a Military List but is much more than that. To find all those males between the ages of 15 and 60 a list was drawn up which in addition to them also included some males above 60 and a number of singlewomen and widows. The ages, marital status and other information was also recorded for most people.

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. See notes if any name has a (*) following it.

Aldhouse (1)
Aldis (1)
Armsby (1)
Assey (1,4)
Austin (1)
Badcock (1)
Betts (1,5)
Blomefield (1)
Bond (2)
Boosey (2)
Booty (1,2)
Brigg (1)
Briggs (2)
Briton (1)
Brundle (2)
Bryant (1)
Buddry (1,2)
Cary (2)
Catermoul (2)
Chambers (2)
Chilvers (2)
Cliffton (2)
Cobbold (2)
Cockle (2)
Davy (3,4)
Daynes (3)
Dodd (3)

Doubleday (3)
Eloy (3)
Emms (3)
Feak (3,4)
Feake (4)
Fielding (3)
Foulger (3,4)
Fox (3)
Foyster (3,4,10)
France (3,4)
Fromow (4)
Frost (4)
Fulcher (3)
Fuller (3)
Gale (4)
Garnham (4)
Gedge (4)
Gibbs (4)
Glover (4)
Godfrey (4)
Goss (4,8)
Grand (4)
Gray (4)
Gunton (4)
Hale (5)
Hammant (5)
Harrison (10)

Hastings (5)
Hawes (5)
Haylett (4)
Hendry (5)
Hensby (5)
Hewett (5)
Hewitt (4,5)
High (4,10)
Hinchley (5)
Hole (2,4)
Howes (5)
Hunt (5)
Jessup (5)
Johnson (5)
Kemp (6)
Knights (6)
Lanham (6)
Leech (6)
Limmer (6)
Lissemer (6)
Long (6)
Mack (6)
Mathews (6)
Mayer (6)
Mear (6)

Miles (6)
Neve (6)
Nunn (6)
Orford (7)
Osborn (7)
Ottaway (7)
Page (7)
Parker (7)
Parson (7)
Parsons (7)
Petter (7)
Phillipo (7)
Plant (7)
Plumpton (7)
Potter (7)
Prentice (7)
Raynes (8)
Reynolds (8)
Rivett (8)
Rotherham (8)
Rush (8)
Scarlett (8,9)
Scott (9)
Sharpe (6,9)
Shepherd (9)
Smith (8,9)

Southgate (9)
Spurling (9)
Stebbings (8)
Susham (9)
Swan (9)
Sword (9)
Tann (9)
Tillott (9)
Tipple (9)
Tipples (9)
Took (9)
Townshend (1,9)
Turner (9)
Wade (10)
Waite (10)
Wallis (10)
Warnes (10)
Whitehead (10)
Wink (10)
Womack (10)
Woodcroft (10)
Woodrow (10)
Woods (9,10)
Wright (10)

The Census

The original document had the following headings spelt out in full. They have been contracted to allow for a clearer display.

Names = "Names"
Age = "Age"
Profession = "Trade"
Chⁿ = "Childⁿ"
Status & Occupants = "Memor[an]d[um]" [Single/Married/Relatives/Servants in house]
No Wom/CH = "No of women and childⁿ"
Over 15 = "No of Males above 15"
Over 60 = "No of men above 60"
Serve = "Men agreeing to serve"

This contains the following information :-

New Buckenham } The names of all the Inhabitants in the said Parish
Norfolk } between the age of 15. & upwards taken 1 & 2 Aug^t 1803

Names	Age	Profession	Chⁿ	Status & Occupants	Women +Chdn	Over 15	Over 60	Serve
[Page 1]
Aldis W^m Jun^r	24	Carpenter	-	Marr^d	-	1	-	-
Assey Jn^o	29	Shopkeeper	-	Single Maid	-	1	-	-
Assey W^m	22	D^o	-	D^o	-	1	-	-
Aldis W^m Sen^r	49	Carp^r	3	Wife & Mot^r	-	1	-	-
Armsby W^m Junior	34	Farmer	-	Wife	-	1	-	-
Aldis Geo	40	Cord^r	4	D^o	-	1	-	-
Aldis	25	Carp^r	3	D^o	4	1	-	-
Aldhouse Jn^o	43	Cord^r	3	Wife	4	1	-	-
Austin Edw^d	15	App^r to T Townshend	-	-	-	1	-	-
Aldis N & Dan^l	15	Singleman	-	-	-	2	-	-
Armsby	15	D^o	-	-	-	1	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Booty Cha^s	32	Glazier	-	Singleman	-	1	-	-
Blomefield W^m	26	Tanner	-	D^o	-	1	-	-
Brigg W^m	24	Collarmaker	-	Wife	2	1	-	-
Badcock Jn^o	35	D^o	-	Singleman	-	1	-	-
Betts Osborn	32	Carp^r	-	Wife & his Mo:	4	1	-	-
Briton Jn^o	36	Lab^r	-	Wife	6	1	-	-
Buddry Jn^o	24	Cord^r	-	Wife	1	1	-	-
Bryant R^d	30	Lab^r	-	D^o	5	1	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	39	20	-	-
[Page 2]
Buddry Jn^o	22	Shoem^r	-	Wife & Sister	2	1	-	-
Bond Jn^o	21	-	-	Singleman	-	1	-	-
Briggs & Amos	60	Lab^r	5	Wife	6	-	1	Broken
Brundle Hep^r	16	-	-	Singleman	-	1	-	-
Briggs Jn^o	-	Lab^r	-	Wife	1	1	-	-
Boosey Jn^o	67	Farmer	-	D^o & servt^s	3	0	1	-
Briggs R^t	61	Lab^r	-	Wife Daur & GrandC	3	-	1	-
Briggs W^m	16	Son of R^t	-	Single	-	1	-	-
Booty Jn^o	-	Cordw^r	-	Wife &	3	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cockle Ja^s	26	Surgeon	-	Single	-	1	-	-
Catermoul Tho^s	24	Baker	1	Wife Maid & boy	4	1	-	-
Cliffton R^d	51	Blacks:	-	Maids?	2	1	-	-
Cliffton Ja^s	20	D^o	-	Single	-	1	-	-
Cary W^m	30	Butcher	2	Wife	3	1	-	-
Chilvers Jn^o	32	Lab^r	2	D^o	3	1	-	-
Catermoul Ja^s Jun^r	20	D^o	-	Fitts	-	1	-	-
Chambers Jn^o	32	D^o	4	wife	5	1	-	-
Cary Sam^l	15	Butcher w^th his Bro^r	-	-	-	1	-	-
Catermoul Ja^s Sen^r	46	Baker	5	& wife	6	1	-	-
Catermoul R^d Jun^r	16	App^r to Sam^l Hole	-	-	-	1	-	-
Chambers Eliz	-	-	-	a Widow	1	-	-	-
Cobbold & His Sister & App^t	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-
Catermoul R^d	52	a widower	-	-	& infirm	-	1	-
Chilvers G^r	67	D^o	-	D^o	-	-	-	1
-	-	-	-	-	42	17	4	-
[Page 3]
Davy Sam^l	24	Wheelman	-	Single	-	1	-	-
D^o Tho^s	36	Cooper	6	& wife	7	1	-	-
Dodd Jn^o Jun^r	27	Surgeon	-	Single	-	1	-	-
Doubleday Jn^o Jun^r	21	Bricklayer	-	D^o	-	1	-	-
Daynes Jn^o	31	Lab^r	4	& wife	5	1	-	-
Doubleday Martⁿ	36	Lab^r	8	D^o	9	1	-	-
Davy Mary	-	widow	-	-	1	-	-	-
Doubleday Jn^o	46	Lab^r	5	D^o	6	1	-	-
Dodd Jn^o	59	Surgeon	5	D^o & Servt^s	-	1	-	-
Dodd Cha^s	15	Son of John Dodd Surgⁿ	-	-	-	1	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eloy Cha^s	16	Cooper w^th Davy Tho^s	-	-	-	1	-	-
Emms	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Feak R^d	29	Lab^r	2	Wife & others	5	1	-	-
Foulger Sam^l	27	Glover	-	Single	-	1	-	-
Fox Edm^d	21	Taylor	-	D^o	-	1	-	-
Fielding Jn^o	24	Carp^r	-	D^o	-	1	-	-
Foulger Tho^s	29	Glover	-	D^o	-	1	-	-
Fulcher Tho^s	40	Farmer	6	Wife & servt^s	9	1	-	-
France Edw^d	24	D^o	-	-	-	1	-	Light Horse Norwich
Fuller W^m	26	Lab^r	2	& Wife	4	1	-	-
Foyster Sam^l	39	D^o	1	& Wife	2	1	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	57	19	-	-
[Page 4]
Feak W^m	36	Weaver	-	Broken	-	1	-	-
Fromow Jn^o	36	Shopkeeper	5	& Wife	6	1	-	-
Frost Sam^l	24	Lab^r	1	D^o	2	1	-	-
Foulger R^t	60	Glover	2	& Wife	3	-	1	-
France Jn^o	66	Clk	1	D^o& Serv^s	4	-	1	-
Foyster R^d	57	Lab^r	2	-	2	1	-	-
Feake Bridget	-	Singlewoman	-	-	1	-	-	-
Fromow W^m	16	Son of Jn^o	-	-	-	1	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gunton Sam^l	19	Shopk^r with M^r Assey	-	-	-	1	-	-
Grand Ow (*)	33	D^o	4	-	5	1	-	-
Gale Jn^o	36	Farmer	3	-	5	1	-	-
Godfrey R^t	16	Cooper w^th Davy	-	-	-	1	-	-
Goss W^m	70	Carp^r	-	Wife	1	-	1	-
Glover Jn^o	29	Clk	3	D^o & Servt^s	7	-	1	-
Gedge Raymes	47	-	3	& wife	4	1	-	-
Gunton Jo^s	50	-	-	wife & Serv^t	2	1	-	-
Gibbs Mary Mrs Davy	95 60	-	-	& Maid	3	-	-	-
Gray widow	-	-	2	Daurs	3	-	-	-
Garnham Geo	60	Perukemaker	-	& wife	1	-	1	-
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Peter	40	Baker	-	Serv^t Maid	1	1		-
Hewitt Philip	24	Bricklayer	-	-	-	1	-	-
Haylett Jn^o	29	Collarmaker	-	-	1	1	-	-
Hole Sam^l	38	Cordw^r	2	Wife & sister	4	1	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	55	15	5	-
[Page 5]
Hensby W^m	19	Cordw^r	-	Single	-	1	-	-
Hammant Ja^s	20	Blacksmith	-	Single	-	1	-	-
Hastings Rodant? (*)	35	Lab^r	3	& wife	4	1	-	-
Howes Ja^s	40	D^o	3	wife	4	1	-	Lame
Hensby R^t	28	Taylor	2	& wife	3	1	-	-
Hewitt R^t	29	Farmer	-	Single	-	1	-	-
Hunt Mary	-	widow	1	-	2	-	-	-
Hinchley Jn^o	24	Cordw^r	-	Single	-	1	-	-
Hewett Ja^s	68	Farmer	-	wife & servt^s	5	1	-	-
Hale W^m	30	Shoemaker	-	wife & inmate	4	1	-	-
Hinchley Sam^l	46	Perukemaker	4	& wife	5	-	1	-
Hawes W^m	66	Watch^r	-	Single	-	-	1	-
Hensby widow	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Hendry R^t	70	Lab^r	-	Daur	1	-	1	-
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jessup Tho^s	26	Lab^r	1	& wife	2	1	-	-
Johnson Sam^l	36	Glazier	4	D^o	5	1	-	-
Jessup Jn^o	30	Lab^r	3	D^o	4	1	-	-
D^o Francis	28	D^o	1	D^o Dra?	2	1	-	-
Johnson Jn^o	29	Butcher	1	D^o & Serv^s	3	1	-	-
Johnson Sam^l	18	App^r to Osb: Betts	-	-	-	1	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	45	15	3	-
[Page 6]
Knights W^m	34	Lab^r	4	& wife	5	1	-	-
Kemp Timothy	44	W Weaver	6	D^o	7	1	-	-
Kemp Ann	-	Singlewoman	-	-	1	-	-	-
Kemp R^d	60	Gent	-	wife & maid	2	-	1	-
Knights Phoebe	-	Widow	-	-	1	-	-	-
Lanham Tho^s	29	Glazier	2	& wife	3	1	-	-
Leech Hep^r	34	Bricklayer	4	D^o	5	1	-	-
Limmer W^m	31	Baker	3	D^o & maid	5	1	-	-
Lissemer Jn^o	70	Lab^r	-	& wife	1	-	1	-
Long Ja^s	60	L Weaver	-	D^o	1	-	1	-
Long Ann	-	widow	-	& serv^t	2	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mathews W^m	26	Cordw^r	-	-	-	1	-	-
Miles W^m	20	Liner W^r	-	Lame hand	-	1	-	-
Mayer Jn^o	26	Glover	-	-	-	1	-	-
Mear Jn^o	60	Lab^r	2	& wife	3	-	1	-
Mack at Sharpes	-	Single	-	-	-	1	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nunn W^m	20	Lab^r	-	Single	-	1	-	Varry? Low
Neve widow	-	-	-	& 2 Daurs	3	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	39	10	4	-
[Page 7]
Osborn Henry	26	Schoolm^r	1	Wife & 6 Boarders	8	1	-	-
Ottaway W^m	28	Brickmaker	1	-	1	1	-	-
Orford Raymas	29	Haberdas^r	-	Single	-	1	-	-
Osborn Ja^s	31	Baker	-	-	-	1	-	Lame
Orford Jn^o	60	Gamekeep^r	-	Wife	1	-	1	-
Orford W^m	36	Carrier	3	D^o	4	1	-	-
D^o Paupers	-	in Workhouse	-	-	7	-	-	-
Orford Ja^s	58	Lab^r	1	& wife	2	1	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Petter Jn^o	32	Lab^r	1	& wife	2	1	-	-
Plant Valentine	34	Office of Exci:	5	D^o & maid	7	1	-	-
Plumpton Jn^o	29	Lab^r	2	& wife	3	1	-	-
Parson W^m	19	Shoemaker	-	Single	-	1	-	-
Prentice W^m	22	Lab^r	1	& wife	2	1	-	-
Phillipo W^m	58	Gent	-	women	4	1	-	-
Potter Jo^s	26	Lab^r	2	& wife	3	1	-	-
Parsons W^m	46	Shoemaker	-	D^o	1	1	-	-
Parker W^m	46	D^o	2	D^o	3	1	-	-
Page	60	Lab^r	4	D^o	5	-	1	-
-	-	-	-	-	53	15	2	-
[Page 8]
Rivett Ja^s	24	Lab^r	1	& wife	2	1	-	-
Raynes Jn^o	35	Tanner	-	wife & maid	2	1	-	-
D^o Wm Burton	32	Currier	-	single	-	1	-	-
Reynolds Ja^s	20	Lab^r	-	wife	1	1	-	-
Rotherham Jo^s	30	Bricklay^r	4	wife & maid	6	1	-	-
Reynolds Jn^o	34	Lab^r	5	& wife	6	1	-	-
Rush Tho^s	33	Cordw^r	4	D^o	4	1	-	-
Rush R^d	18	Carp^r & App^r to Goss	-	-	-	1	-	-
Reynolds	56	Shopk^r	-	wife	1	1	-	-
Rotherham Jn^o	62	Sen^r Brickl^r	-	& Housek^r	1	-	1	-
Reynolds widow	-	& maid	3	-	5	-	-	-
Rush Edw^d	60	Shoemak^r	-	Wife	1	-	1	-
Rush Jn^o	46	Farmer	5	D^o	6	1	-	-
Rush	60	Schoolm^r	-	& Grandson	1	-	1	-
Raynes W^m	-	-	-	& Daur	2	-	-	-
Rotherham Jn^o	-	Jun^r Brickl^r	-	& wife	1	1	-	-
Rotherham Susan	-	2 Daurs & Inmate	-	-	4	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Smith R^t	63	Linen W^r	1	Wife	2	-	1	-
Scarlett Sam^l	25	Cordw^r	-	-	-	1	-	-
Smith R^t Jun^r	19	Linen	-	-	-	1	-	-
Stebbings Tho^s	46	Bricklayer	4	with wife & Nurse Ch^d	5	1	-	-
D^o Tho^s Jun^r	19	D^o	-	-	-	1	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	50	15	4	-
[Page 9]
Sharpe W^m	30	Cordw^r	2	wife	3	1	-	Broken
Smith W^m	40	Lab^r	4	D^o	5	1	-	-
Spurling R^t	46	Bricklayer	2	D^o	3	1	-	-
Susham R^t	60	Lab^r	-	D^o	1	-	1	-
Sword Widow	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Scarlett Winburgh (*)	60	Tanner	-	-	-	-	1	-
Southgate R^t	60	Lab^r	2	Daurs	2	-	1	-
Sword Benj^m	51	Publican	-	Wife & Maid	2	1	-	-
Shepherd Jas	47	Cabinetm^r	-	Widower &Inm^e	-	1	-	-
Scott Rose	-	Single	-	-	1	-	-	-
Swan H^y and	-	woman servt	-	-	2	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tillott Sam^l	27	Glover	-	-	-	1	-	-
Townshend Tho^s	24	Collarm^r	1	wife	2	1	-	-
Tipple Jn^o	18	Taylor	-	single	-	-	-	-
Townshend Jn^o	41	Tanner	4	& maid	5	1	-	Norwich Light Horse
Took W^m	-	-	-	& wife	2	1	-	-
Tipples Han: & Eliz^h	-	Singlewomen	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tann W^m	60	Shoemak^r	-	& W.Woods	-	-	1	-
Turner Mary Widow	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-
Tipple Tho^s	48	Taylor	4	& wife	5	1	-	-
D^o George	17	Taylor	-	Single	-	1	-	-
Townshend Mary Widow	-	-	-	& Daur	2	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	40	12	4	-
[Page 10]
Widows in Alms House	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-
Wink Francis	29	Lab^r	1	Wife & Harrison	4	1	-	-
Woodcroft	23	D^o	-	wife	1	1	-	-
Wade W^m	27	Cordw^r	2	Wife	3	1	-	-
Warnes Jn^o	36	Lab^r	4	D^o	5	1	-	-
Woodrow Jn^o	16	Singleman	-	-	-	1	-	-
Wallis Seth	-	Whitesmith	3	D^o	4	1	-	-
Whitehead Philip	15	at Mr Highs	-	-	-	1	-	-
Woodrow Mathew	48	Lab^r	6	D^o	7	1	-	-
Wright Sam^l	50	Bucher	-	D^o	1	1	-	-
Whitehead W^m	52	Haberd^r	1	D^o	2	1	-	-
Waite widow & Tho^s Foyster	-	-	2	Daurs	3	-	-	-
Waite Thomasine	-	widow	-	-	1	-	-	-
Woods W^m	60	Shoem^r	1	Daur	1	0	1	-
Woodrow W^m	51	Lab^r	-	Wife	1	1	-	-
Warnes Cha^s	66	Lab^r	1	Nurse Ch^d & Wife	2	-	1	-
Womack Welham	55	Singleman	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	39	12	2	-


		1	39	20	0
		2	42	17	4
		3	57	19	0
		4	55	15	5
		5	45	15	3
Women & Children	459	6	39	10	4
& Men above 15 }		8	50	15	4
& under 60 }	150	9	40	12	4
& Men above 60	28	7	53	15	2
	---		---	---	---
	637		459	150	28

[End of Census Document]

Notes

It is assumed that where no age is given for a male then they are under 15 years.
There are a number of men aged 70 years but none above so the enumerator may just have rounded their ages down to this figure?
Entry for Grand - "Ow" is an abbreviation for Owen .
Entry for Hastings - Christian name in Parish registers is spelt Rodiment at burial of a child in 1803 and Rodament when he was buried in 1830.
Entry for Mr Scarlett - "Winburgh" could possibly be "Pinburgh"?

See also the New Buckenham parish page and the main Census page

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