Norfolk: Northwold

Census: 1787

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

This Norfolk Record Office document [with the reference NRS 19117 (P153F)] is a map which includes a description of Northwold on the left hand side and a list of property owners and their tenants on the right hand side.

Each entry contains a unique reference number which refers to a property but this does not appear anywhere although houses or varying sizes are actually drawn on the map.

Name Index

The census contains the following names and the numbers in brackets refer to the property reference number in which they occur. The following indexes are provided :-

Owners
Tenants
Occupations
Owner occupiers

Owners

Where 2 numbers are given separated by a minus sign ("-") then this indicates that one person owns all in the range. eg. a man named Harvey owns properties 58,59 and 60. Some owners do not appear to live in the village and some of the others do not live in their own houses.

Basham (28-31)
Beales (35-38)
Beckett (63)
Bennett (102)
Bird (92)
Bradfield (96)
Butters (84)
Caney (61)
Carter (14-16,17-21)
Cater (75,76,87)
Constable (52)
Cork (77)
Crane (46-48)
Crow (54)
Dye (62)
Edwards (71,90)
Fendick (82)
Fenton (74)

Fuller (103)
Gold (83)
Gordon (72)
Graves (51)
Green (88)
Harrison (93)
Harvey (58-60)
Hunt (91)
King (32-34)
Lancaster (73)
Loombe (100)
Mann (39-41)
Minick (69)
Morley (89)
Nurse (70)
Parishioners (95)
Partridge (1-8)
Pearson (101)

Rector of Colveston (13)
Rector of Northwold (9)
Robinson (66)
Russell (99)
Slade (42)
Smith (50,67-68)
Spinks (55,57)
Steed (49)
Stratton (64-65)
Thompson (81)
Turner (85)
Turrenton (53)
Whish (10)
Wilson (12)
Woodrow (78-80)
Wortley (104)
Wright (24-27,86)
Young (22-23,43-45,56,97-98)

Tenants

Adderson (25)
Ashley (67,73)
Banham (37,95)
Barker (40)
Basham (22)
Bass (72)
Beales (35)
Bells (3)
Bennett (51,98,101,
102,103,104)
Bird (92)
Booth (64)
Bristow (49,64)
Brooks (88)
Buckingham (29)
Bullock (68)
Bunting (34)
Burgess (51)
Butters (84)
Caney (61)
Carter (17)
Casebow (59)
Cater (75,76)
Chapman (44)
Chiffney (20)
Chinnery (26)
Coote (11)
Crane (46)
Crow (54)
Curchin (96)
Dent (30,68)
Don (5)
Drew (8)
Dye (59,62,63)
Eastgate (56)
Ellis (73)

Elmer (94)
Fendick (19,71,82,87)
Flewpot (14)
Follin (48)
Foyster (1)
German (23)
Gill (76)
Gold (83,84)
Gordon (72)
Goss (12)
Harpley (12)
Harris (65)
Harrison (80,93)
Harrod (80)
Hewitt (90)
Hinton (9)
Hooker (69)
Hudson (82)
Hunt (91)
Inglebright (7,15)
Johnson (27,63)
Jolliff (44)
Kenton (86)
King (33,43,78)
Kitteringham (25,38)
Long (50)
Mann (16,39)
Mash (86)
Matthews (56)
Nichols (85)
Norman (15)
Nurse (70)
Oldgate (89)
Pain (31,52)
Pareman (32,40)
Pearson (71)

Pymer (35)
Reed (5,79)
Roberts (31)
Robinson (45,66)
Rosberry (89)
Royal (79)
Rudd (61)
Rudderham (77)
Russell (58,71)
Sayer (81)
Sizen (87)
Slade (42)
Smith (13,28,67)
Spinks (4,6,19,38,44,57)
Steed (60)
Thimblethorp (13)
Thompson (16,41)
Thorp (104)
Thurlow (2)
Tillett (21)
Townsend (93)
Tuck (60,72)
Tuddenham (47,77)
Turner (5,85)
Turrenton (53)
Unknown (8)
Upton (30)
Van Foyster (1)
Ward (12)
Watson (90)
Whish (10)
Woods (55)
Wright (24,69,74,99)
Young (18,97)
Youngs (56)

Occupations

Baker (37)
Basketmaker (5)
Blacksmith (38,67,73)
Breechesmaker (64)
Bricklayer (31,46,47,91)
Butcher (31)
Carpenter (35,43,71,76)
Carpenter (80,85,86)
Clerk (10)
Collarmaker (62,63)
Farmer (1,2,11,13,18)
Farmer (22,24,39,41,49)
Farmer (59,78,96,97,99)
Felmonger (66)
Gardener (6,35,102)
Gent (17,28,34)

Glasier (77)
Governer (95)
Grocer (42,58)
Herd (93)
Labourer (4,8,12,13,16,19)
Labourer (25,27,29,30,32)
Labourer (38,40,44,48,50)
Labourer (52,53,54,55,56)
Labourer (57,60,63,65,68)
Labourer (69,71,72,73,77)
Labourer (79,81,82,83,87)
Labourer (88,89,90,92,94,101)
Linen Weaver (26)
Maltster (50,57)
Miller (8,15,51)
Plumber (77)

Rector (9)
Schoolmaster (5)
Shepherd (3,7,80,84)
Shoemaker (25,33,69,70,72,86)
Steward (14)
Tallow Chandler (58)
Tanner (21,40)
Taylor (20,71)
Thatcher (5,85)
Unknown (36,98,100)
Victualer (23,74,101)
Warrener (60,84)
Wheelwright (90,103)
Widow (15,19,44,45,57)
Widow (59,61,64,72,75)
Widow (76,82,104)

Owner occupiers

Beales (35)
Bennett (102)
Bird (92)
Butters (84)
Caney (61)
Cater (75,76)

Crane (46)
Crow (54)
Dye (62)
Fendick (82)
Gold (83)
Gordon (72)

Harrison (93)
Hunt (91)
Mann (39)
Nurse (70)
Robinson (66)
Slade (42)

Smith (67)
Spinks (57)
Turner (85)
Turrenton (53)
Young (97)
Youngs (56)

The Census

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

Refs = "References"
Trades Profess = "Their Trades or Professessions"
W = "Women"
M = "Men"
Child = "Children"

The Census Document

The census contains the following information.

Northwold
in the County of
Norfolk
surveyed by
Thomas Dons
1787

Owners of the Houses	Refs	Tenants	Trades Profess	M	W	Child
Henry Partridge Esq^r	1	Henry Van Foyster	Farmer	3	5	5
	2	Thomas Thurlow	Farmer	2	3	2
	3	John Bells	Shepherd	2	1	4
	4	Tho^s Spinks	Labourer	1	2	-
	5 Manor House	Philip Turner Stephen Reed Thomas Don	Thatcher Basketmaker Schoolmaster	1 1 1	2 1 1	2 6 -
	6	Robert Spinks	Gardener	1	1	4
	7	Rob^t Inglebright	Shepherd	1	1	1
	8	Will^m Drew Joseph --	Labourer Miller	1 1	1 1	2 -


Rector of Northwold	9	Rev^d D^r Hinton	Rector	3	1	-


Rev^d Rich^d Whish	10	Himself	Clerk	2	4	7
	11	Joseph Coote	Farmer	1	1	5


H W Wilson Esq^r	12	Tho^s Harpley Will^m Ward Will^m Goss	Labourer D^o D^o	1 1 1	1 1 1	6 4 1


Rector of Colveston & Vicar of Diddlington	13	Will^m Smith W^m Thimblethorp	Farmer Labourer	1 1	1 1	2 1


Richard Carter	14	Tho^s Flewpot	Steward	3	2	1
	15	Tho^s Norman -- Inglebright	Miller Widow	2 0	1 2	5 0
	16	Rob^t Thompson James Mann	Labourer D^o	1 1	1 1	0 2


Thomas Carter	17	John Carter	Gentⁿ	1	3	0
	18	John Young Jun^r	Farmer	2	2	3
	19	Dan^l Fendick Ann Spinks	Labourer Widow	1 0	1 1	4 0
	20	Will^m Chiffney	Taylor	1	1	2
	21	-- Tillett	Tanner	1	1	2


Rev^d M^r Young	22	Tho^s Basham	Farmer	4	1	4
	23 The Crown	Widow German	Victualer	0	2	1


Sergent Wright	24	Himself	Farmer	1	2	3
	25	Tho^s Kitteringham John Adderson	Labourer Shoemaker	1 1	2 1	2 3
	26	Tho^s Chinnery	Linen Weaver	1	1	4
	27	John Johnson	Labourer	1	1	5


Tho^s Basham	28	Tho^s Smith	Gent	1	2	1
	29	W^m Buckingham	Labourer	1	1	4
	30	Will^m Upton James Dent	D^o D^o	1 1	1 1	2 1
	31	W^m Roberts Stephen Pain	Butcher Bricklayer	1 1	1 1	6 1


Fra^s King Sen^r	32	John Pareman	Labourer	1	1	4
	33	John King	Shoemaker	1	2	6
	34	Rob^t Bunting	Gent.	1	2	3


John Beales	35	Himself Benjⁿ Pymer	Carpenter Gardener	1 1	2 1	11 0
	36	------	-	0	0	0
	37	Will^m Banham	Baker	1	2	0
	38	Silas? Spinks John Kitteringham	Labourer Blacksmith	1 1	1 1	0 3


Joseph Mann	39	Himself	Farmer	1	3	1
	40	Anth^y Barker James Pareman	Tanner Labourer	1 1	1 3	0 0
	41	W^m Thompson	Farmer	1	1	6


Edward Slade	42	Himself	Grocer	1	2	2


John Young Jun^r	43	Fra^s King	Carpenter	1	1	2
	44	Marg^t Chapman Rob^t Spinks Rob^t Jolliff	Widow Labourer D^o	0 1 1	2 1 1	2 2 2
	45	Ann Robinson	Widow	0	1	4


Tho^s Crane Sen^r	46	Himself Tho^s Crane Jun^r	Bricklayer D^o	1 1	1 1	0 1
	47	John Tuddenham	D^o	1	1	5
	48	Will^m Follin	Labourer	1	1	2


Elis. Steed Widow	49	Tho^s Bristow	Farmer	2	2	1
Will^m Smith	50	Will^m Long	Maltster	1	1	6


Ann Graves	51	Geo Bennett Jos. Burgess	Labourer Miller	1 1	1 1	4 5
John Constable	52	Rob^t Pain	Labourer	1	0	2
Fra^s Turrenton	53	Himself	D^o	1	1	4
Rob^t Crow	54	Himself	D^o	1	1	1
Osbert Spinks	55	John Woods	D^o	1	1	6
Rob^t Youngs	56	Himself Jos: Eastgate Elis. Matthews Rob^t Matthews	D^o D^o Widow Labourer	1 1 0 1	1 1 1 0	2 1 0 4
Will^m Spinks	57	Himself John Spinks	D^o Maltster	1 2	0 1	0 0


[End of Column 1]


Thomas Harvey	58	Tho^s Russell	Grocer &Tallow Chandler	1	2	2
	59	John Casebow Mary Dye	Farmer Widow	1 0	1 1	1 0
	60	John Tuck John Steed	Warrener Labourer	1 1	1 1	3 0


Thomas Caney	61	Himself Elis Rudd	------ Widow	1 0	1 1	2 2
Thomas Dye Sen^r	62	Himself	Collarmaker	2	1	2
Henry Beckett	63	Tho^s Dye Edw^d Johnson	D^o Labourer	1 1	1 1	4 0


John Stratton	64	Geo Booth Mary Bristow	Breechesmaker Widow	2 1	2 1	1 1
	65	Will^m Harris	Labourer	1	1	7


Will^m Robinson	66	Himself	Felmonger	2	2	1




Rich^d Smith	67	Himself Ja^s Ashley Jun^r	Blacksmith D^o	1 1	0 1	0 2
	68	Fra^s Bullock James Dent Sen^r	Labourer D^o	1 1	2 1	1 1


Cha^s Minick	69	Will Wright John Hooker	Shoemaker Labourer	1 1	1 1	2 5
John Nurse	70	Himself	Shoemaker	1	1	2
John Edwards	71	John Pearson John Fendick Tho^s Russell	Taylor Carpenter Labourer	3 1 1	2 1 1	1 2 1
Mary Gordon	72	Herself Will^m Bass Will^m Tuck	Widow Shoemaker Labourer	0 1 1	1 1 1	0 2 1
John Lancaster	73	Ja^s Ashley Sen^r Rob^t Ellis	Blacksmith Labourer	1 2	1 1	0 -
Sam Fenton	74 The Bull	Joseph Wright	Victualer	2	1	2
Sary Cater	75	Herself	Widow	0	2	0
Mary Cater	76	Herself Rich^d Gill	Widow Carpenter	0 1	1 3	4 0
John Cork	77	W^m Tuddenham Ja^s Rudderham	Plumber & Glasier Labourer	2 2	1 1	1 6


John Woodrow	78	Fra^s King Sen^r	Farmer	4	2	0
	79	Tho^s Reed James Royal	Labourer D^o	2 1	1 1	0 2
	80	W^m Harrison W^m Harrod	Shepherd Carpenter	1 1	1 1	3 1


W^m Thompson	81	W^m Sayer	Labourer	1	1	6
Cha^s Fendick	82	Himself Mary Hudson	D^o Widow	1 o	1 2	3 0
Will^m Gold	83	Himself	Labourer	1	1	2
Tho^s Butters	84	Himself Will^m Gold Jun^r	Warrener Shepherd	1 1	1 1	2 0
Will^m Turner	85	Himself John Nichols	Thatcher Carpenter	2 1	1 1	2 2
Matt Wright	86	Will^m Kenton Rob^t Mash	D^o Shoemaker	1 1	1 1	3 3
Will^m Cater	87	Will^m Fendick James Sizen	Labourer D^o	1 1	1 1	3 6
Widow Green	88	John Brooks	D^o	1	1	1
Will^m Morley	89	Philip Rosberry Joshua Oldgate	D^o D^o	1 1	0 1	1 0
-- Edwards	90	Edward Watson Tho^s Hewitt	D^o Wheelwright	1 1	1 1	3 5
John Hunt	91	Himself	Bricklayer	1	2	2
John Bird	92	Himself	Labourer	1	1	1
Tho^s Harrison	93	Himself W^m Townsend	Herd D^o	1 1	1 1	4 0


Parishioners	94	Rich^d Elmer	Labourer	1	1	3
	95 Workhouse	Rob^t Banham	Governer	5	5	3


James Bradfield	96	-- Curchin	Farmer	1	1	5


John Young Sen^r	97	Himself	Farmer	1	3	3
	98	Jos: Bennett	------	1	2	0


Tho^s Russell	99	John Wright	Farmer	4	2	2
Tho^s Loombe	100	-------	--	0	0	0
Will^m Pearson	101 The Bell	W^m Bennett John Bennett	Victualer Labourer	2	1	2


Joseph Bennett	102	Himself	Gardener	2	1	2


Sam^l Fuller	103	Isaac Bennett	Wheelwright	1	1	1
John Wortley	104	Mary Bennett Sary Thorp	Widow Widow	0 0	1 2	3 0

Number of

{
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Men
Women
Children
------
Total

177
198
339
---
714

[End of Census Document]

Notes

All shorthand contractions in the document have been reproduced as written.
Elis. is probably Elizabeth.
Properties 36 and 100 would appear to be empty (or being built).
Occupations in 61,98 and 100 were blank.
Christian names in 15, 21, 90 and 96 were not present.
The only indistinct Christian name was of Mr Spinks at entry 38.
It would appear that the document was drawn up by the Schoolmaster.
H. W. Wilson also had his name against an individual large house.

See also the Northwold parish page and the main Census page

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