Norfolk: Hunstanton

Population: 1831

This 1831 Norfolk Record Office document [Reference PD 698/139] is on one sheet of paper. It is the standard printed form that was issued to parishes and contains 2 names and statistics.

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

County of Norfolk
Division of -----
Hundred of Smithdon
Parish of Hunstanton

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   207
	Females 225
	        ---
	Total   432

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 Hunstanton St Mary

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   |
 1.| Inhabited Houses. ___________________________________   83
   | Families.         ___________________________________   91
   |
 2.| House building.   ___________________________________   --
   |
 3.| Houses uninhabited. _________________________________   12
   |
 4.| Fa  { Employed in Agriculture _______________________   65
   | mi  { In Trade,Manufacture, &c. _____________________   18
   | lies{ All other Families.   _________________________    8
   |
 5.|            {______________________________________________
   |   Males    {______________________________________________ 
   |            {________________________________________   207
   |
   |            {______________________________________________
   | Females    {______________________________________________
   |            {________________________________________   225
   |
 6.| Males upwards of 20 years ____________________________ 108
   |
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   |
 7.| Agric   { Occupiers 1st Class.________________________   6
   | ulture. { Occupiers 2nd Class.________________________   3
   |         { Labourers in Agriculture.___________________  62
   |
 8.| Manufacturers.________________________________________  --
   |
 9.| Retail Trade and Handicraft___________________________  18
   |
10.| Wholesale & Capitalists, Clergy, Office - Clerks, }
   | Professional, and other Educated Men              }_____  (Aldrich) 1
   |
11.| Labourers, not Agricultural.____________________________  5
   |
12.| All other Males of 20 Years.____________________________  9
   |
13.| Male      { Upwards of 20 Years.________________________  4
               {-----------------------------------------------
   | Servants  { Under 20 Years._____________________________ --
   | All Female Servants.____________________________________ 22
   |
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(Signed) Jn^o Tho^s Carter

[End of Document]

Notes

1. There was also a page of printed text detailing how the form was to be filled out.
2. The form had /// ie. strokes marked on each line as each instance of the questions was answered. These strokes (omitted here if present) were then added up to produce the number at the end of the line.

See also the Hunstanton parish page and the main Population page

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Norfolk: Hunstanton

Population: 1831

Formula, No1.

Notes

Formula, N^o1.