Fincham, Norfolk - 1831 Census of Population

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

1831 Census of Population

This 1831 NRO document [Ref PD 351/9 and MF 1434/6] is on one sheet of paper. It is the standard printed form that was issued to parishes and contains only statistics ie. no names.

It contains the following information [on the outside]:-

County of Norfolk
Division of
Hundred of _______________ [Clackclose]
Parish of _________ [Fincham]

Formula, N^o1.

When the entries in this Formula shall have
been totalled and properly transferred to the
Overseer's Schedule, this Formula No 1. is
to be delivered to the Churchwarden of the
Parish, and preserved by him and his
Successors in Office [under IX. Section of
the Act].

	Males   371 
	Females 385
	        ---
	Total   756

Population Enquires
1831

30th May 1831

    [The following was on the other side of the printed form]

 Formula,  N^o 1. County of Norfolk, Parish of Fincham

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   |
 1.| Inhabited Houses. ___________________________________   151
   | Families.         ___________________________________   154
   |
 2.| House building.   ___________________________________     0
   |
 3.| Houses unihabited. __________________________________     2
   |
 4.| Fa  { Employed in Agriculture _______________________    96
   | mi  { In Trade,Manufacture, &c. _____________________   49
   | lies{ All other Families.   _________________________     9
   |
 5.|            {______________________________________________
   |   Males    {______________________________________________ 
   |            {________________________________________   371
   |
   |            {______________________________________________
   | Females    {______________________________________________
   |            {________________________________________   385
   |
 6.| Males upwards of 20 years ____________________________  184
   |
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   |
 7.| Agric   { Occupiers 1st Class.________________________  11
   | ulture. { Occupiers 2nd Class.________________________   1
   |         { Labourers in Agriculture.___________________  96
   |
 8.| Manufacturers.________________________________________   
   |
 9.| Retail Trade and Handicraft___________________________  
   |
10.| Wholesale & Capitalists, Clergy, Office - Clerks, }
   | Professional, and other Educated Men              }_____  6
   |
11.| Labourers, not Agricultural.____________________________ 16
   |
12.| All other Males of 20 Years.____________________________  5
   |
13.| Male      { Upwards of 20 Years.________________________  3
               {-----------------------------------------------
   | Servants  { Under 20 Years._____________________________ 
   | All Female Servants.____________________________________ 27
   |
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(Signed) Arthur Loftus The Rector

1831

Notes

The form had /// ie. strokes marked on each line as each instance of the questions was answered. These strokes were then added up to produce the number at the end of the line.

[End of Census Document]

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Fincham, Norfolk - 1831 Census of Population

1831 Census of Population

Formula, No1.

Notes

Formula, N^o1.