Felbrigg, Norfolk - 1788 Census

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

Census available

1788 - This census.

1788 Census of Population

This 1788 NRO document [Ref WKC 7/4 404X1 (Windham Ketton Cremer collection)] is on both sides of one sheet of paper.

Name 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.

Blogg (1)
Brown (1)
Buck (1)
Causton (1)
Cawston (1)
Crow (1)
Cuper (1)
Curton (1)

Denni (1)
Denny (see Denni)
Drake (1)
Flaxman (1)
Forrow (1)
Gardener (1)
Gray (1)
Grimes (1)

Harmer (1)
Learnes (2)
Leder (1)
Luken (1)
Lukin (see Luken) (*)
Mann (1)
Miels (1)
Miles (see Miels)

Nickolls (1)
Pulls (2)
Ransom (1)
Smith (2)
Stamp (1)
Viel (1)
Ward (1)
Wright (1)

The Census Document

It contains the following information :-

Felbrigg February 5^th 1788

[ Names ]	Number
[Page 1]
At the Hall 4 Sarvents	04
The Reven^d Mr Luken & his Wife & 5 Children & 5 Sarvents	12
Mr Miels & his Wife & 4 Children & 7 Sarvents	13
Mr Drake & his Wife & 1 Child & 3 Sarvents	06
Mr Denni & his Wife & 7 Children & 3 Sarvents	12
Mr Mann & his Wife & 4 Children & 1 Lodger	07
Mr Causton & his Wife & and her Mother	03
Nickalas Cawston & his Wife & 6 Children	08
Mr Harmer & his Wife & 1 Child & 1 Sarvent	04
Mr Brown & his Wife & 4 Children & 1 Sarvent & 2 Lodgers	09
Richard Buck & his Wife & 4 Children	06
Thomas Gardener & his Wife & 4 Children	06
Richard Nickolls & his Wife & 4 Children	06
William Blogg & his Wife & 5 Children	07
David Viel & his Wife	02
Harmer Crow & his Wife & 4 Children	06
William Grimes & his Wife & 8 Children	10
Mary Cuper & 3 Children	04
William Gray & his Wife & 4 Children	06
Mary Stamp & 4 Children	05
William Wright & his Wife & 5 Children	07
Thomas Flaxman & his Wife & 3 Children	05
James Leder & his Wife & 2 Children	04
Gilbert Curton & his Wife & 3 Children & 1 Lodger	06
John Gray & his Wife & 6 Children	08
John Forrow & his Wife & 1 Lodger	03
Thomas Ransom & his Wife & 3 Children	05
Th Widdow Gray & 2 Children	03
John Ward & his Wife & 1 Child	03
[Page 2]
John Pulls & his Wife & 5 Children	07
Suana Smith & 2 Children	03
Edward Learnes & his Wife & 4 Children	06
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In all	196
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Population of Felbrigg

[End of Census Document]

Notes

Right Hon. William Windham died in 1810 and his estates went to his nephew Admiral Lukin (assumed name of Windham).

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