Norfolk: West Harling

Census: 1821

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

This 1821 Norfolk Record Office document [with the reference PD 27/22 or MF 1798/134-135] is on 1 very wide sheet of paper with more than 30 columns. This has been split into 2 tables for ease of viewing.

Census available

1821 - This document.
1841 - National census.

Name Index

The following surnames are contained in the document.

Bussey
Callow
Catchpole
Coachmans (*)
Crooke
Dean

Dodd
Hall
Harbour
Hubbard
Lefley
Mallows

Munford
Murton
Nicolson
Nottley
Nunn

Pooley
Pymar
Warman
Wilson
Youngs

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

Table 1

Inh Hou = "Inhabited Houses"
1^st = [Actually gives by how many Families Occupied]
2nd [above the next 2 headings]
- Fam = "By how many Families Occupied"
- Hou Bld ="Houses now building"
Oth Un = "Other Houses Uninhabited" (3rd)
4th [above the next 3 headings]
- Agr = "Families Chiefly Employed in Agriculture"
- Tra = "Families Chiefly Employed in Trade manufacture &c."
- Oth = "All Other families not comprized in the two preceding classes"
5th [above the next 3 headings]
- Mal = "Males" (5th)
- Fem = "Females" (5th)
- Tot = "Total" (5th)

Table 2

Names
First set = Males
- M(ale) I(nfant) = U(nder) 5 years
- 5 = "5 to 10" [years]
- 10 = "10 to 15"
- 15 = "15 to 20" [Note missing under Females]
- 20 = "20 to 30"
- 30 = "30 to 40"
- 40 = "40 to 50"
- 50 = "50 to 60"
- 60 = "60 to 70"
- 70 = "70 to 80"
- 80 = "80 to 90"
Second set = Females
F(emale) I(nfant) = U(nder) 5 years
This is followed by the same age range as that under males above, except for the "15 to 20" column.

This contains the following information :-

West Harling 1821
Population

Names	Inh Hou	1^st	Fam	Now Bld	Oth Un	Agr	Tra	Oth	Mal	Fem	Tot
Bussey Callow & Harbour	1	3	-	none	-	8P	-	6P	8	6	14
Mallows & Pooley	1	2	-	-	-	3P	-	2P	3	2	5
Dodd & Mallows Jun^r	1	2	-	-	-	5P	-	6P	5	6	11
M^r Nicolson	1	1	-	-	-	10P	-	3P	7	6	13
Catchpole	1	1	-	-	-	-	3P	1P	3	1	4
Nottley	1	1	-	-	-	-	2P	6P	4	4	8
Hall	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	2P	-	2	2
Coachmans (*)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dean Rev^d M^r	1	1	-	-	-	2P	-	4P	3	3	6
M^r Pymar	1	1	-	-	-	9P	-	-	5	4	9
Youngs	1	1	-	-	-	8P	-	-	2	6	8
Lefley	1	1	-	-	-	3P	-	2P	2	3	5
Warman & P Hubbard	1	2	-	-	-	5P	-	3P	4	4	8
Crooke Munford and Nunn	1	3	-	-	-	9P	-	5P	8	6	14
M^r Murton	1	1	-	-	-	2P	-	-	2	-	2
Wilson	1	1	-	-	-	2P	-	-	2	-	2
Total	15	22	-	-	1	71P	5P	40P	60	56	116

Names	MI U5	5 10	10 15	15 20	20 30	30 40	40 50	50 60	60 70	70 80	80 90	FI U5	5 10	10 15	20 30	30 40	40 50	50 60	60 70	70 80	80 90
Bussey Callow & Harbour	2	6	-	1	-	-	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-
Mallows & Pooley	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-
Dodd & Mallows Jun^r	6	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-
M^r Nicolson	1	-	-	3	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	2	1	-	-	-	-
Catchpole	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Nottley	-	1	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
Hall	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-
Coachmans
Dean Rev^d M^r	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	-	-	-
M^r Pymar	-	-	-	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Youngs	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	-	-	1	-	-	-
Lefley	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Warman & P Hubbard	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	2	-	-
Crooke Munford and Nunn	3	-	1	-	-	1	2	-	1	-	-	2	-	1	-	1	1	-	1	-	-
M^r Murton	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-
Wilson	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	14	8	1	11	7	12	5	5	4	2	-	5	4	7	9	7	4	7	4	-	-

[End of Census Document]

Notes

All shorthand contractions in the document have been reproduced as written.
The letter "P" written after numbers in table 1 indicates no of people as opposed to families which heads the column.
There are errors in the second table "Total" line.
- Male 15-20 should be 8 not 11. This was probably caused by a corrected error in the same column under Mr Pymar from 6 to 3.
- Male 40-50 should be 6 not 5. This was probably caused by a corrected error in the same column under Warman.
In other documents and transcriptions the following alternative spellings have been seen which appear to refer to the same people/places:-
Harbour/Harber/Harbor, Lefley/Leffley/Leftley, Munford/Mundford, Nottley/Notley, Pymar/Pymer.
"Coachmans" may just refer to a building called the "Coachman's House".
According to the Land Tax for 1816 to 1822 William PYMAR occupied Stone House Farm, Charles MURTON was at Thorpe house Farm and Mr J. W. NICOLSON at Middle Harling Farm

See also the West Harling parish page and the main Census page

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