Norfolk: Haddiscoe - 1831 Census

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

This 1831 Norfolk Record Office document [with the reference PD 208/134] is on 4 double sided pages of a book. Each entry extended across 2 pages and contained more than 30 columns. These have been split into 2 tables for ease of viewing.

Census available

• 1821 - Heads of Households etc.
• 1831 census - this document.

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.

The original document had the following headings spelt out in full. They have been contracted to allow for a clearer display.

• Names of families
• HOUSES [heading above the next 4]
  • Inh = "Inhabited"
  • NoF = "By how many Families"
  • NB = "Now Building"
  • UnI = "Uninhabited"
• FAMILIES
  Chiefly employed in [heading above the next 3]
  • Agr = "Agriculture"
  • Tra = "Trade, manufacture, or Handicraft"
  • Oth = "Other occupations"
• NUMBER OF PERSONS
  Including Children [heading above the next 3]
  • Mal = "Males"
  • Fem = "Females"
  • Tot = "TOTAL"
• First set = Males [heading above the next 13 columns]
• M(ale) I(nfant) = U(nder) 5 years
• 5 = "5 to 10" [years]
• 10 = " 11 to 15"
• 15 = " 16 to 20"
• 20 = " 21 to 30"
• 30 = " 31 to 40"
• 40 = " 41 to 50"
• 50 = " 51 to 60"
• 60 = " 61 to 70"
• 70 = " 71 to 80"
• 80 = " 81 to 90"
• 90 = "91 to 100"
• 100+ = "100 &c." [excluded as no one of that age]
• Second set = Females [heading above the next 13 columns]
• F(emale) I(nfant) = U(nder) 5 years
  This is followed by the same age range as that under males above.

Note that only a few of the ages columns had been filled in.

* = See Notes.

This contains the following information :-

Family Employed in
Agriculture  6
            15
            17
            16
           ---
            54
             3
           ---
            57

Family Employed in
Trade           13

Other Families Employed
Marsh Men & City 8

Males            204
Females          179
                 ---
Total of persons 383

Total Number Males
20 Years Old      100

Occupiers of Land Employing
Lab^r      6

D^o Not Employing
Lab^r      1

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Notes

• The first entry on Page 1 for W^m Elliett said "2 Marsh" under the "Oth" column.
• All shorthand contractions in the document have been reproduced as written.
• The second table had very few values filled in the ages columns.

See also the Haddiscoe parish page and the main Census page