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Dunston is one of the few places in the county for which a census, before 1841 containing names survives.
[Transcription copyright © Mike Bristow]
This 1811 NRO entry [Ref DUN(C)81] only gives statistics from 1811-1820 and contains the following :-
1821 Dunston ------------ Baptisms Burials Males Females Total Males Females Total Year Marriages 1811 1 1 1811 1 1812 2 2 3 3 1812 1813 1 1813 2 1814 2 2 1814 1815 1815 1 1816 2 2 1816 1817 1 1 2 1 2 3 1817 1 1818 3 3 1 1 1818 1819 1 1 2 2 2 1819 1 1820 2 2 4 1 3 4 1820 2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Total 12 8 20 8 5 13 8
Diocese of Norwich, County of Norfolk, Deanery of Humbleyard
[End of Document]
This 1821 census for Dunston [NRO Ref DUN(C)80] contains the following:-
1821 - [Names] | Males | Fem | Total | [Trade] |
---|---|---|---|---|
Revd. Mr. Longs Family | 5 | 12 | 17 | |
Lady H Boyce | 1 | 6 | 7 | |
Robert Carpenter | 5 | 2 | 7 | Agriculture |
W Brighten | 2 | 2 | 4 | Do |
John Leggatt | 1 | 1 | 2 | Do |
Samual Dady | 4 | 3 | 7 | Do |
Stephen Smith | 1 | 4 | 5 | Do |
William Leggatt | 3 | 4 | 7 | Do |
Charles Brighten | 1 | 3 | 4 | Trade |
Edjester Wickham | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
George Beauty | 2 | 2 | 4 | Agriculture |
Widow Waller | 3 | 3 | 6 | Do |
John Brows | 2 | 2 | 4 | Trade |
Simon Jackson | 3 | 3 | 6 | Do |
Daniel Andrews | 5 | 1 | 6 | Do |
Richard New | 2 | 1 | 3 | Do |
John Butcher | 2 | 1 | 3 | Do |
William Turrell | 2 | 2 | 4 | Do |
Jeremiah Lincoln | 2 | 2 | 4 | Trade |
Joseph Parfitt | 4 | 3 | 7 | Agriculture |
George Fish | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
[Totals] | 52 | 59 | 111 |
Twenty inhabited Houses containing Twenty Families
Sixteen Families supported by agriculture
Two in Trade
Two Independent
Taken in the Year 1821
1821 Accounts of the Population in Dunston.
[End of Census Document]
It appeared on the original as if the occupation in the entry for Charles Brighten was rubbed out. This would then give Mr. Brows & Mr. Lincoln in Trade, Revd. Long & Lady Boyce as Independent and the rest in Agriculture (even though the "Do" for ditto was missing).
See also the Dunston parish page and the main Census page
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February 2002