Norfolk: Rackheath

Census: 1815

Rackheath 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 PD 685/18] also contains the Churchwardens Accounts for 1795-1941.

Census available for Rackheath

1811 - Heads of Households and number of males and females in families.
1815 - This document.
1821 - Heads of Households and number of males and females in families.

The Census Document

The census contains the following information.

Population taken Feb 25 & 26 of Rackheath 1815 by ___?

No	Head	Males	Females	Total
1	Edw^d Stracey Esq^r	7	7	14
2	John Leist	5	3	8
3	W^m Leist	5	4	9
4	Rob^t Aldous	6	3	9
5	Chris^r Davy	5	3	8
6	John Davy	4	1	5
7	Natⁿ Pycroft	7	6	13
8	Cha^s Crickmay	4	2	6
9	John Reeve	2	2	4
10	W^m Spooner	1	3	4
11	W^m Butterfant	2	2	4
12	Henry Ives	4	4	8
13	Rich^d Allen	5	3	8
14	W^m Thompson	2	3	5
15	Rob^t Rudram	1	3	4
16	John Springall	2	2	4
17	James Stolady	6	1	7
18	Rob^t Basey	3	4	7
19	Christmas Allen	3	3	6
20	Tho^s Nicholson	4	2	6
21	Abraham Newstead	5	2	7
22	John Marshell	2	3	5
23	John Emmerson	3	3	6
24	John Cann	1	2	3
25	John Amiss	1	4	5
26	Benjⁿ Bayfield	2	3	5
27	W^m Needs	3	3	6
28	Ann Walker	3	5	8
29	Mathew Howard	2	1	3
30	John Amiss	1	2	3
31	Edm^d Ward	3	1	4
32	March Butterfant	1	2	3
33	W^m Ward	2	2	4
34	John Carman	1	3	4
35	W^m Riseborough	3	5	8
36	W^m Goatson	2	4	6
37	Ralph Pye	2	2	4
38	John Vincent	4	3	7
39	Jere Kidd	2	3	5
40	John Barrett	3	2	5
41	Rob^t Mathews	3	3	6
42	Barnard Wilson	2	1	3
43	John Cann	1	1	2
44	Edw^d Stone	2	2	4
45	Frosdicke ---	1	1	2

	[Totals]	132	123	255

[End of Census Document]

See also the Rackheath parish page and the main Census page

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