Scarning, Norfolk - 1801, 1811 and 1821 Census of Population

This Norfolk Record Office document [with the reference PD 306/2 and MF 708/12] contains the 1801 census which is to be found between the 1800 and 1801 Baptisms together with an analysis of the Parish Register entries. It also contains the 1811 and 1821 census which are written as a Memorandum at the end of the Parish Register. It contains only statistics ie. no names.

Census available

1801 - Statistics only and some trades.
1700 to 1800 - Baptisms, Burials and Marriages statistics.
1811 - Statistics only and some trades.
1821 - Statistics only.

The document contains the following information:-

1801

This year an Act was passed for taking an account of the Population of Great Britain in obediences to which the following return was made by this Parish.

1^st We have fifty six inhabited houses occupied by seventy seven families and two houses uninhabited.

2 We find four hundred and thirty nine persons, including children of every Age, of whom two hundred and twenty one are Males and two hundred and nineteen are Females, exclusive of Men serving in the Army or Navy.

3. Most of our males except Children are employed in Agriculture. But we have, one Blacksmith who employs one servant, one Wheelwright & one Tailor.

1700 to 1800 Baptisms, Burials and Marriages statistics.

The following is a copy of the returns of the Baptisms & Burials in the years.

Years	Males	Females	Years	Males	Females	Years	Males	Females
1700	8	7	1780	6	9	1788	0	9
1710	5	5	1781	2	8	1789	4	3
1720	8	2	1782	9	8	1790	7	4
1730	5	4	1783	8	4	1791	9	5
1740	2	5	1784	9	6	1792	9	7
1750	14	6	1785	5	8	1793	9	7
1760	11	6	1786	10	8	1794	5	9
1770	11	6	1787	6	5	1795	9	8
						1796	9	6
						1797	8	7
						1798	7	13
						1799	10	5
						1800	8	8

Years	Males	Females	Years	Males	Females	Years	Males	Females
1700	4	3	1781	4	5	1791	2	5
1710	4	10	1782	5	5	1792	2	3
1720	6	4	1783	6	3	1793	7	5
1730	6	2	1784	11	2	1794	5	2
1740	2	2	1785	7	3	1795	4	2
1750	4	2	1786	5	5	1796	3	3
1760	4	9	1787	2	4	1797	1	3
1770	3	5	1788	3	2	1798	3	1
1780	11	2	1789	4	3	1799	2	3
			90	3	3	1800	7	2

The following is a copy of the return of the Marriages.

Year	No of Marriages	Year	No of Marriages	Year	No of Marriages	Year	No of Marriages
1754	2	1766	5	1778	5	1790	2
1755	4	1767	6	1779	5	1791	8
1756	2	1768	7	1780	2	1792	4
1757	1	1769	4	1781	3	1793	5
1758	1	1770	5	1782	3	1794	2
1759	7	1771	2	1783	2	1795	1
1760	11	1772	9	1784	5	1796	5
1761	2	1773	6	1785	6	1797	10
1762	1	1774	1	1786	5	1798	9
1763	6	1775	2	1787	2	1799	5
1764	0	1776	2	1788	2	1800	4
1765	2	1777	3	1789	2

The foregoing is a true copy made by me.

S^t John Priest
Master of the School
and Curate

1811 - Be it remembered that in consequence of an Act passed in the last Session of Parliament the population of the Parish of Scarning was taken (sum cateris?) on Monday May 17th 1811 by the Reverend Philip Du Val Aufrere, Rector, Christopher Andrew Girling Esq^re Overseer, William Clarke Churchwarden when the following return was made.

We have in the Parish of Scarning 63 inhabited houses and one house uninhabited now building.

The number of persons inhabiting the said houses including people of all ages, exclusive of those serving in the Army or Navy is as follows


Males 251	Females 239	Total 490

whom of there is one School Master who employs one Usher to teach Parish Children gratis, one Blacksmith, one Wheelwright, one Bricklayer & one Publican. The remainder are principally employed in Agriculture.

The increase of Population since the return made in 1801 is fifty one _a testor?

Reverend Philip Du Val Aufrere
Rector

Memorandum
Agreeably to an Act passed in the last session of Parliament, the population of the Parish of Scarning was taken on May 28th 1821 by M^r J Turner one of the the Overseers, when the return was made as follows.

There are now 94 houses inhabited by 94 families, 1 house now building & 4 others uninhabited.
Families employed in Agriculture 86?, Employed in Trades 5? ____ts.
5 not employed in the preceding Classes.


Males Females Total	268 230 --- 498

Philip Du Val Aufrere
Rector
1821

[End of 1821 Census Document]

Notes

Philip Du Val Aufrere was in Mundesley in 1845 but still "of Scarning" as well.

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