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Sparham, Norfolk - 1821 Census

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

1821 Census of Population

This 1821 Norfolk Record Office document [with the reference NNAS safe 2, no 30] is on four separate sheets of paper and is actually 2 separate lists.

Census available

Name Index of all Parishioners list

The census document 1 contains the following names with the Page number in brackets which may contain more than one occurence of the name.
Able (6)
Anthony (1)
Baker (3)
Balden (1)
Baley (4)
Barker (4)
Barnes (2)
Bell (1)
Blake (5)
Blomfield (6)
Blyth (2)
Brett (3)
Burch (1)
Burton (3)
Buxton (3,5)
Chiles (1)
Clarbun (5)
Clarke (1,4)
Claxson (5)
Coburn (5)
Cole (2,6)
Coleby (4,6)
Colsey (3)
Comings (5)
Cox (2)
Crow (4)
Dack (1)
Dain (3)
Darrant (2)
Dearing (6)
Dennis (4)
Drew (5)
Fenn (6)
Fish (3)
Flood (1)
Forby (2)
Forler (3)
Fox (3,5,6)
Frost (2)
Godfrey (5)
Gooch (4,6)
Goward (4,6)
Groom (1,2,3,6)
Gymer (1)
Hall (1)
Howard (3,5)
Howell (4)
Hunter (4,6)
Jacob (1)
Lavender (6)
Layte (4)
Leverage (5)
Lovell (3)
Lynn (2)
Maners (3)
Meale (5)
Neale (2,3)
Nelson (6)
Norton (4)
Outlaw (1)
Parterson (3)
Paterson (3)
Patterson (2,6)
Pinchen (4)
Purcell (5)
Reeve (5)
Rix (6)
Rud (1)
Rudd (6)
Sayer (4)
Southgate (3,6)
Spooner (3)
Springal (3)
Springall (1,3)
Stoughton (6)
Taylor (4)
Tolada (5)
Toleda (5)
Trowse (4)
Watling (1,6)
Wells (2)
Wilson (2)
Winter (3)
Witesides (2,3)

Names not in Heads of Households list

Balden (see Baldwin)
Baley
Barker
Bell
Blyth (see Blythe)
Brett
Burch
Chiles
Clarbun (see Clabourn)
Claxson
Coburn
Coleby (see Colby)
Colsey
Comings (see Commings)
Crow
Dack
Dain
Darrant (see Durrant)
Godfrey
Goward (see Gaywood)
Hall
Hasel (see Hazle)
Hunter
Jacob
Layte
Leverage
Lovell
Meale (see Neal?)
Neale (see Neal)
Outlaw
Pinchen
Purcell
Rix
Rud (see Rudd)
Sayer
Southgate
Springall (see Springall)
Trowse
Witesides
Notes

Name Index of Heads of Households

The census document 2 contains the following names with the Page number in brackets which may contain more than one occurence of the name.
Anthony (1)
Baker (1)
Baldwin (1)
Barnes (1)
Blake (2)
Blomfield (1)
Blythe (1)
Burton (1)
Buxton (1)
Clabourn (2)
Clarke (1,2)
Colby (2)
Cole (1)
Commings (2)
Cox (1)
Dennis (2)
Drew (2)
Durrant (1)
Fish (1)
Flood (1)
Forby (1)
Fox (2)
Frost (1)
Gaywood (2)
Gooch (2)
Groom (1)
Gymer (1)
Hazle (1,2)
Howard (1,2)
Howell (2)
Lynn (1)
Neal (1)
Nelson (1)
Norton (2)
Patterson (1)
Reeve (2)
Rudd (1)
Springle (1)
Stoughton (1)
Taylor (2)
Watling (1)
Wells (1)
Wilson (1)
Winter (1)

Names not in all Parishioners list

Baldwin (see Balden)
Blythe (see Blyth)
Clabourn (see Clarbun/Coburn)
Colby (see Coleby)
Commings (see Comings)
Durrant (see Darrant)
Gaywood (see Goward)
Hazle (see Hasel)
Neal (see Neale)
Springle (see Springall)

The Census Document No 1 containing all Parishioners

It contains the following information :-

An Account of all the People in this Parish Male & Female taken May 15th 1821

Names Male Female Age Total
Willm Clarke1-78-
Frances Clarke-1812
------
John Gymer--78-
Ann Gymer--63-
Ann Gymer12213
------
John Dack--24-
Susan Dack--23-
James Dack--34
Easter Dack227 months-
------
Hannah Outlaw-162-
Elizabeth Chiles-1672
------
George Hasel1-72-
Mary Chiles-1712
------
Simond Watling--43-
Martha Watling--43-
Mary Watling--18-
Sarah Watling--11-
Susan Watling--10-
George Watling--8-
Elizabeth Watling--6-
Benjamin Watling--3-
Samuel Watling--3-
Maria Watling466 months-
Sarah Springall   inmate--24-
Rachel Springall-2212
------
James Anthony--35-
Susan Anthony--38-
James Anthony--11-
Edmund Anthony--6-
Susan Anthony--5-
Mary Anthony332-
Elizabeth Bell   inmate-1317
------
John Rud1-63-
Ann Rud-1562
------
Edward Balden--45-
Lueasa Balden--41-
Jane Balden12153
------
Lydia Groom--46-
Mary Groom--6-
John Groom--5-
Will Groom--2-
Thomas Jacob32135
------
Mary Burch--38-
Hannah Burch-2102
------
John Flood--58-
Dooratha Flood--57-
Edward Flood--21-
Robert Flood--18-
Mary Flood--16-
Hannah Flood33136
------
Edmund Rud--34-
Mary Rud--35-
Richard Rud--6-
Mark Rud--4-
Elizabeth Rud3225
------
Francis Hall--36-
Martha Hall--36-
Francis Hall--3-
Henry Hall3114
-------
-----59
------
[Page 2]
Benjamin Cole--39-
Blyth Cole--38-
Elizabeth Cole--12-
Blyth Cole--8-
James Cole--5-
Benjamin Cole--2-
Mary Cole349 weeks7
------
Thomas Wells--62-
Mary Wells--68-
Thomas Wells21113
------
John Frost--22-
Sopiha Frost--22-
William Frost--2-
Mary Frost2214
------
John Groom--46-
Ann Groom--44-
Ann Groom--10-
Elizabeth Groom--7-
James Groom--4-
Roseta Groom--2-
Samuel Groom3417
------
William Darrant--55-
Mary Darrant--55-
Thomas Darrant--14-
John Darrant3184
------
William Witesides--60-
Ann Witesides--59-
Elizabeth Witesides--20-
Sarah Witesides--18-
Mary Witesides14155
------
John Blyth1-57-
Mary Blyth-1612
------
Richard Barnes--31-
Martha Barnes--34-
Mary Barnes--10-
Richard Barnes--7-
Elizabeth Barnes--6-
Hannah Barnes--2-
Susan Barnes--9 months-
James Patterson35308
------
Thomas Neale--35-
Elizabeth Neale--32-
Robert Neale--10-
William Neale--8-
Mary Neale--6-
Sarah Neale--4-
Elizabeth Neale3427
------
James Lynn--52-
Susan Lynn--42-
Susan Lynn12163
------
Thomas Forby--67-
Ann Forby--63-
Mittchel Forby--27-
Mary Forby22234
------
Josep Wilson1-63-
Sarah Wilson-1692
------
John Cox1-60-
Sarah Cox-1672
------
----58
------
[Page 3]
Robert Winter--33-
Sarah Winter--23-
Sarah Winter--2-
Eliz Forler?--19-
Mary Maners?--16-
Henry Parterson?--25-
Thomas Springal34167
------
Samuel Wood--40-
Elizabeth Wood--32-
Mary Wood--14-
Ann Wood--8-
Charles Wood--6-
Bridget Wood2436
------
James Paterson--54-
Elizabeth Paterson--51-
William Paterson--19-
Mary Paterson--12-
John Paterson--10-
Thos Paterson4266
------
William Brett--47-
Sarah Brett--50-
Sarah Brett12193
------
Mariah Lovell--32-
Mariah Lovell--10-
Isack Lovell--8-
William Lovell--6-
Thomas Lovell3245
------
John Springall--52-
Susan Springall--47-
John Springall--14-
Easter Springall--12-
Susan Springall--9-
George Springall3376
------
Mary Baker--49-
Sarah Baker--9-
Lidia Baker--7-
James Groom   inmate13764
------
Petter Colsey--27-
Mary Colsey--38-
Sarah Colsey--7-
William Colsey--5-
Robert Colsey--3-
Mary Colsey339 months6
------
John Fish--48-
Hannah Fish--50-
Miles Fish--17-
James Fish--14-
Frances Fish--7-
Benjamin Fish--6-
John Dain   inmate5247
------
Josep Southgate--43-
Mary Southgate--50-
John Southgate--12-
Robert Southgate3194
------
Samuel Howard--28-
Elizabeth Howard--26-
Elizabeth Neale--14-
Charlotta Spooner   inmate1364
------
William Buxton--50-
Thomas Witesides   inmate--25-
Charlotta Witesides   inmate--20-
Benjamin Buxton--14-
Sophia Witesides   inmate3265
------
William Burton--73-
Elizabeth Burton--60-
Susan Burton12143
------
----66
------
[Page 4]
William Howell--58-
Rebeca Howell--58-
Robert Howell--17-
John Howell   inmate--20-
Susan Howell   inmate--20-
Rebeca Howell--11-
Ann Howell   inmate3417
------
Susan Baley--25-
George Baley--4-
William Baley2113
------
Mary Clarke--63-
Ann Layte--87-
John Clarke12373
------
Mary Taylor--33-
Mary Ann Taylor--7-
Amelea Taylor--5-
Susan Taylor-434
------
John Hunter--27-
Frances Hunter--32-
John Hunter--6-
Robert Hunter--5-
William Hunter--3-
Mary Hunter4216
------
John Dennis--26-
Sarah Dennis--21-
Robert Dennis--2-
John Dennis315 months4
------
John Sayer1-60-
Ann Sayer-1632
------
William Norton--47-
Sarah Norton--47-
Ames Norton1273
------
Thomas Gooch1-28-
Susan Gooch-1272
------
Richard Taylor--36-
Sarah Taylor--33-
Hannah Taylor--12-
Mary Taylor--10-
James Taylor--7-
William Taylor--5-
John Taylor--3-
Benjamin Taylor--7-
Francis Barker   inmate5 *3609
------
George Goward--31-
Maria Goward--29-
George Goward--7-
Mary Goward--5-
William Goward3235
------
Richard Coleby--57-
Elizabeth Coleby--22-
Charles Trowse21223
------
George Goward--54-
Mary Goward--41-
Ann Goward--11-
James Goward2254
------
John Pinchen--74-
Sarah Pinchen--74-
James Pinchen--23-
James Crow   inmate31284
------
James Sayer--25-
Rebeca Sayer--24-
Sarah Sayer1213
------
----(62)
------
[Page 5]
Robert Clarbun--74-
Elizabeth Clarbun--71-
John Clarbun21393
------
Josep Purcell--52-
Ann Purcell--45-
Josep Coburn   inmate--21-
John Godfrey   inmate--33-
Sarah Godfrey   inmate--21-
Henry Godfrey   inmate428 weeks6
------
Phillip Reeve--77-
Susan Reeve--76-
Ann Reeve12303
------
William Comings--35-
Hannah Comings--33-
Roseanna Comings--12-
Mary Comings--10-
Laurel Comings--4 months-
Edmund Claxson   inmate24506
------
Robert Blake--63-
Elizabeth Blake--58-
Jeremiah Blake21163
------
John Leverage--48-
Margaret Leverage--50-
Henry Leverage   inmate--3-
Mary Ann Leverage2254
------
William Drew--42-
Ann Drew--35-
John Drew--9-
Sarah Drew--7-
William Drew--6-
Mary Drew--3-
Ann Drew3417
------
John Drew1-74-
Sarah Drew-1742
------
Abel Howard--30-
Tabatha Howard--32-
Howard--7-
Mary Howard--4-
John Fox--19-
Mary Buxton24166
------
Benjamin Fox--48-
Elizabeth Fox--47-
George Fox2193
------
William Howard--37-
Elizabeth Howard--48-
Henry Howard--10-
Richard Howard3184
------
John Toleda--49-
Elizabeth Toleda--49-
Ann Tolada--18-
Easter Tolada--15-
Susan Tolada14115
------
Elizabeth Meale-1781
------
----53
------
[Page 6]
Revd James Stoughton--53-
Diana Stoughton--40-
Murial Stoughton--7-
Elizabeth Stoughton--4-
Ann Willson--29-
Eleanor Gooch--32-
Susan Cole--14-
Josep Southgate26148
------
William Blomfield--62-
Elizabeth Blomfield--58-
Thomas Blomfield--22-
Maria Blomfield--21-
Charlotta Blomfield--20-
John Blomfield--17-
Frances Blomfield--15-
James Coleby--16-
John Goward--23-
Henry Rix--17-
James Watling--14-
Alice Hunter--11-
Charlotta Fenn761813
------
Jas Nelson--62-
Thos Nelson--24-
Robt Lavender-----
Willm Groom-----
Saml Patterson-----
James Rud-----
Eliz Nelson--20-
Frances Nelson--18-
Frances Dearing--32-
Eliz Able--22-
Sarah Fox651511
------
----32
------

71 Inhabited Houses

                      32     (P6)
                      59     (P1)
                      58     (P2)
                      66     (P3)
                      62     (P4)
                      53     (p5)
                     ---
                     335

   1821    330 Persons        [Value comes from second document]
   1811    307 Do
           ---
            23 Increase

Population taken May 1821

[End of Census Document No 1]

Notes


Heads of Households and trades

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

The Census Document No 2

It contains the following information :-

Names Hou Fam Bui Un Ag Tr Oth M F Tot
Revd Jas Stoughton11----1268
Willm Blomfield11--1--7613
Jas Nelson11--1--6511
Willm Clarke11--1--112
Jno Gymer12--2--347
George Hazle12--2--134
Simon Watling12--2--41014
James Anthony12--2--459
Edwd Baldwin12--2--448
Jno Flood11--1--336
Edmund Rudd12--2--639
Benjm Cole11--1--347
Thos Wells11--1--213
Jno Frost11--1--224
Jno Groom11--1--347
Willm Durrant12--2--459
Jno Blythe11---1-112
Richard Barnes11--1--358
Thos Neal11--1--347
Jas Lynn11---1-123
Thos Forby11---1-224
Joseph Wilson12--2--235
Jno Cox12--11-358
Robt Winter11--1--447
Jas Patterson12--2--7310
Jno Springle12--11-6511
Baker11--1--134
Jno Fish11---1-527
Saml Howard11--1--134
Willm Buxton12--2--325
Willm Burton12--11-459
[Total page 1]3144--3671100115215
Willm Howell14--4--61016
Jno Clarke11--1--123
Mary Taylor12--2--4610
Jno Dennis12--2--426
Willm Norton11---1-123
Thos Gooch12--11-6511
George Gaywood Junr11--1--325
Richard Colby13--12-639
George Gaywood13--3--6511
Robt Clabourn11--1--213
Philip Reeve11--1--123
Rob Blake12--2--437
Willm Commings11---1-246
Willm Drew12--11-459
Able Howard11--1--246
Benjm Fox12--2--527
-----------
Brot from other side3144--3671100115215
Robt Hazle---1------
-----------
[Totals]4773-159131157173330

[End of Census Document No 2]

Notes


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September 2006