Illington, Norfolk - 1801 Census of Population

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

Census available

1801 - This document.
1821 - Ages of family units but no names.
1841 - National census.

This 1801 NRO document [Ref PD 488/19/1] is on one sheet of paper.

Surname 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.

Be aware that spelling varied so that eg. Brune/Brunen may all be the same family.

Baker
Balum
Betts
Brune
Brunen
Clarke
Collings

Cooke
Crooke
Foulger
Gates
Goodins
Haward
Hubbard

Jolly
Kerrich
Key
Legget
Ludkin
Palmer
Reynolds

Smith
Sparke
Taylor
Tilbrook
Vincent
Wells
Wright

The Census

It contains the following information as laid out:-

    Names        |      Names        |                           No
   of males      |    of females     |        Inhabited Houses    5
-----------------+-------------------|        Families           11
 Wm Key Sr       |  Mary Key         |        Males   36 }
 Wm Key Junr     |  Mary do          |        Females 35 } total 71
 Jeremiah do     |  Sarah do         |
-----------------+-------------------|
 Geo Smith       |  Elizh Smith      |
                 |  Eliz^h   do       |
-----------------+-------------------|
 John Ludkin     |  Mary Ludkin      |    Persons Chiefly employed
 John do         |  Rebecker do      |     in Agriculture     28
 Timothy do      |  Mary    do       |        Trade            1   Carpenter
-----------------+-------------------|    Not imployed        42
 John Brunen     |  Margery Brune    |                        --
 Henry Jolly     |  Matthew  do      |                        71
 John do         |  Mary Cooke       |
-----------------+-------------------|
 Wm Reynolds     |  Sarah Reynolds   |
 Edward Reynolds |  Mary    do       |
 Thos Reynolds   |  Rebecker Jolly   |
 Philip Jolly    |  Eliz^l Reynolds   |
-----------------+-------------------|
 Stephen Crooke  |  Charry Crooke    |
                 |  Charry   do      |
                 |  Mary     do      |
-----------------+-------------------|
 Henry Clarke    |  Mary Clarke      |
 Benjamin do     |                   |
 John Legget     |                   |
 John Hubbard    |                   |
-----------------+-------------------|
 John Baker      |  Frances Baker    |
-----------------+-------------------|
 Jonus Crooke    |  Mary Crooke      |
 Wm. Crooke      |  Eliz^b  do        |
 Geo Vincent     |  Susan Vincent    |
 Thos Baker      |  Sarah   do       |
                 |  Mary    do       |
-----------------+-------------------|
 Frs. Gates      |  Mary Palmer      |
 Edward Palmer   |  Sarah Betts      |
 Frs Betts       |  Eliz^b Foulger    |
 Sam^l Jolly      |  Gemimer Goodins  |
 James Tilbrook  |  Ester Collings   |
 John Haward     |                   |
 Richard Palmer  |                   |
-----------------+-------------------|
 Geo Wells       |  Mary Wells       |
 Robt Palmer     |  Charlotte Wright |
 Wm              |  Fr^s Sparke       |
 Wm              |  Eliz^b Balum      |
 Abriham Kerrich |  Lucy Taylor      |
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March the 10th 1801

[End of Census Document]

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