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Coston, Norfolk - 1831 Census of Population

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

This 1831 NRO document [Ref PD 320/20] is on one sheet of paper. It was in 3 columns which did not line up across the paper and were of unequal lengths.

Surname Index

The following surnames are contained in the document and may occur more than once.

Atkins
Balls
Bayes
Blazey
Browne 		Cook
Nichols
Orten
Pain
Pitcher 		Robinson
Saunders
Tuttle
Wilkinson
Yeomans

The Census

It contains the following information :-

Overseer's Return
of the Population
of Coston 1831

Names of Male Persons
Residing in the parish of Coston
-- June 1831 --
Names of Female Persons
Residing in the parish of Coston
-- June 1831 --
T H Bayes         John BrowneA Bayes
F W Bayes       Murrell BrowneA Atkins
John Nichols      John Browne JunrM Bayes
Rolp Yeomans    W BayesA Bayes
Thos OrtenJane Bayes
Jas OrtenMary Tuttle
Rob OrtenE Cook
Jas WilkinsonM Orten
Thos Orten Junrher Daughter
Will TuttleM Tuttle
John TuttleLisa Tuttle
his sonDo her Daughter
Thos TuttleM Tuttle
Do his sonDo her Daughter
Do his sonA Blazey
Do his sonE Saunders
Do his sonDo her Daughter
Do his sonDo her Daughter
Abraham BlazeyE Pitcher
John BlazeyE Balls
James BlazeyDo her Daughter
James SaundersDo her Daughter
John SaundersH Pain
Danl PitcherWidow Robinson
Henry BallsWidow Bayes
Do his sonE Bayes
John PainM Bayes
James PainDo her Daughter
Geo PainB Browne
Do her Daughter

Number of Persons Residing in the Parish of Coston
- June 1831 -
33 Males7 Houses
30 Females  occupd by 11 familes
--
63 Total

[End of Census Document]

Notes

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See also the Coston parish page and the main Census page

© Mike Bristow
January 2002