Kimberley, Norfolk - 1831 Census of Population

The parish of Kimberley 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 322/11] is on one sheet of paper. It is not on the standard printed form but laid out in the same manner and contains only statistics ie. no names.

It contains the following information :- Overseers Account of the Population of the Inhabitants of the Parish of Kimberley. Taken in the year 1831 by M^r Will^m Bayes and M^r Tho^s Matthews.

Hundred of Forehoe in the County of Norfolk.

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 1.| Inhabited Houses. ___________________________________   26
   | Families.         ___________________________________   27
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 2.| House building.   ___________________________________  None
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 3.| Houses unihabited. __________________________________  None
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 4.| Fa  { Employed in Agriculture _______________________   21
   | mi  { In Trade,Manufacture, &c. _____________________    6
   | lies{ All other Families.   _________________________  None
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 5.|            {______________________________________________
   |   Males    {______________________________________________ 
   |            {________________________________________    69
   |
   |            {______________________________________________
   | Females    {______________________________________________
   |            {________________________________________    69
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   |                                                  Total 138
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 6.| Males upwards of 20 years ____________________________  45
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 7.| Agric   { Occupiers 1st Class.________________________   7
   | ulture. { Occupiers 2nd Class.________________________   2 (N.B. These men
                                    being tradesmen are again entered under Q9.)
   |         { Labourers in Agriculture.___________________  28
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 8.| Manufacturers.________________________________________ None
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 9.| Retail Trade and Handicraft___________________________  14
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10.| Wholesale & Capitalists, Clergy, Office - Clerks, }
   | Professional, and other Educated Men              }_____ None
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11.| Labourers, not Agricultural.____________________________ None
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12.| All other Males of 20 Years.____________________________ None
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13.| Male      { Upwards of 20 Years.________________________  6
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   | Servants  { Under 20 Years._____________________________  3
   | All Female Servants.____________________________________  7
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14.|                                                          None
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15.|    1821 Census not to be found - Enumerator Deceased
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16.|    None
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In 1811 81 Males
in 1821 77 Males

in 1811 68 Females
in 1821 68 Females

in 1811 149 Total
in 1821 145 Total

Decrease to 1831
in 10 years 7

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