Forncett St Peter, Norfolk - 1831 Census of Population

Forncett St Peter 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 421/90] 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 _______________
Parish of _________

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   372
	Females 355
	        ---
	Total   727

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 Forncett St Peter

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   |
 1.| Inhabited Houses. ___________________________________   130
   | Families.         ___________________________________   131
   |
 2.| House building.   ___________________________________     1
   |
 3.| Houses unihabited. __________________________________     1
   |
 4.| Fa  { Employed in Agriculture _______________________    67
   | mi  { In Trade,Manufacture, &c. _____________________    46
   | lies{ All other Families.   _________________________    10
   |
 5.|            {______________________________________________
   |   Males    {______________________________________________ 
   |            {________________________________________   372
   |
   |            {______________________________________________
   | Females    {______________________________________________
   |            {________________________________________   355
   |
 6.| Males upwards of 20 years ____________________________  175
   |
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   |
 7.| Agric   { Occupiers 1st Class.________________________   13
   | ulture. { Occupiers 2nd Class.________________________   10
   |         { Labourers in Agriculture.___________________   71
   |
 8.| Manufacturers.________________________________________    1
   |
 9.| Retail Trade and Handicraft___________________________   50
   |
10.| Wholesale & Capitalists, Clergy, Office - Clerks, }
   | Professional, and other Educated Men              }_____  2
   |
11.| Labourers, not Agricultural.____________________________  9
   |
12.| All other Males of 20 Years.____________________________ 17
   |
13.| Male      { Upwards of 20 Years.________________________  3
               {-----------------------------------------------
   | Servants  { Under 20 Years._____________________________  1
   | All Female Servants.____________________________________ 29
   |
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(Signed) J____? Blomfield?

[End of Census Document]

Notes

The form transcribed is a photocopy of the original document (which is unfit for production) and was illegible in places indicated by question marks (?) in the transcription.
The standard form Formula N^o 2, filled in at the same time, is also available for this parish.

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Forncett St Peter, Norfolk - 1831 Census of Population

1831 Census of Population

Formula, No1.

Notes

Formula, N^o1.