West Newton, Norfolk - 1831 Census of Population

This 1831 Norfolk Record Office document [with the reference PD 660/59] is on one sheet of paper. It is the standard printed form that was issued to parishes and contains only statistics ie. no names.

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

County of Norfolk
Division of -------
Hundred of ------
Parish of [West Newton]

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   118
	Females 114
	        ---
	Total   232

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 or __________ of ________

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   |
 1.| Inhabited Houses. ___________________________________   39
   | Families.         ___________________________________   44
   |
 2.| House building.   ___________________________________   --
   |
 3.| Houses unihabited. __________________________________    1
   |
 4.| Fa  { Employed in Agriculture _______________________   35
   | mi  { In Trade,Manufacture, &c. _____________________   10
   | lies{ All other Families.   _________________________    1
   |
 5.|            {______________________________________________
   |   Males    {______________________________________________ 
   |            {________________________________________   118
   |
   |            {______________________________________________
   | Females    {______________________________________________
   |            {________________________________________   114
   |
 6.| Males upwards of 20 years ____________________________  62
   |
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   |
 7.| Agric   { Occupiers 1st Class.________________________   4
   | ulture. { Occupiers 2nd Class.________________________   4
   |         { Labourers in Agriculture.___________________  53
   |
 8.| Manufacturers.________________________________________ none
   |
 9.| Retail Trade and Handicraft___________________________   6
   |
10.| Wholesale & Capitalists, Clergy, Office - Clerks, }
   | Professional, and other Educated Men              }_____  1
   |
11.| Labourers, not Agricultural.____________________________ 10
   |
12.| All other Males of 20 Years.____________________________  1
   |
13.| Male      { Upwards of 20 Years.________________________  2
               {-----------------------------------------------
   | Servants  { Under 20 Years._____________________________ --
   | All Female Servants.____________________________________  4
   |
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(Signed) -------

[End of Census 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.

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West Newton, Norfolk - 1831 Census of Population

Formula, No1.

Notes

Formula, N^o1.