Norfolk: Thorpe St Andrew - 1801 & 1811 Census

Thorpe St Andrew is one of the few places in the county for which a census before 1841 containing names survives. It contains Thorpe next Norwich and Thorpe Hamlet and is also known as Thorpe Episcopi. Thorpe Hamlet became part of the City of Norwich in 1852 when it was constituted as a separate ecclesiatical parish.

Census available

1801 - Includes names.
- Thorpe Hamlet
- Thorpe next Norwich
1811 - Statistics only.
- Thorpe Hamlet
- Thorpe next Norwich
1821 - Statistics only.

1801 and 1811 Census of Population

This 1801 Norfolk Record Office document [with the reference PD 228/105] is on two separate sheets of paper. One sheet [numbered Page 1] contains those living in Thorpe Hamlet and the other sheet [numbered Pages 2 and 3] contains the rest of the parish population. Additional information for 1811 is from a Norfolk Record Office document [reference PD 228/76(S) and microform MF958/4] containing the Churchwardens accounts for 1747-1875 where figures for 1801, 1811 and 1821 are to be found.

Name Index

The census contains the following names with the Page number in brackets which may contain more than one occurence of the name.

Allison (3)
Andrews (2)
Balls (2)
Barnes (2)
Baxter (2)
Berney (3)
Blyth (1)
Boast (1)
Brinded (2)
Brown (3)
Bunton (2)
Cannell (1)
Cannum (1)
Carter (2)
Cattermoul (3)
Clark (3)
Collins (2)
Colombine (2)
Colyer (3)
Crancher (1)
Dale (2)
Davey (2)
Daynes (1)
Duffield (3)
Dye (2)
Feak (2)
Gallant (2)
Gooch (1)

Green (2)
Grimble (2)
Hammond (3)
Harbard (1)
Harmer (2,3)
Harvey (2)
Hastings (2)
Helcot (3)
Houghton (3)
Hovell (3)
Howton (1)
Humfrey (2,3)
Jessup (2)
Kiddell (3)
King (1)
Lawse (2)
Leath (1)
Leman (3)
Lemon (3)
Lincoln (2)
Mallet (2)
Martin (3)
Mason (2)
Matthias (2)
Midleton (1)
Moon (3)
Newman (1)
Newton (2)

Ninham (2,3)
Olby (2)
Overed (2)
Partridge (2)
Plow (3)
Postle (2)
Rayner (3)
Reeve (2,3)
Rix (2)
Robinson (2)
Rodwell (3)
Rose (2)
Rudd (1)
Sampson (2)
Smith (2,3)
Southwell (2)
Stannard (3)
Stout (3)
Suffield (1)
Thompson (3)
Warne (2)
Weed (3)
Wells (1)
White (3)
Wicks (1)
Winter (3)
Worton (2)

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.

Names = "Heads of households"
Hou = "Inhabited Houses"
Fam. = "No of Families living in that house"
Un = "Houses uninhabited"
M = "Males" [Note Females first on Page 1 & second on 2 and 3]
F = "Females" [Note Females first on Page 1 & second on 2 and 3]
M+F = "Total of Male and Female columns"
Ag = "Persons chiefly employed in Agriculture"
Tr = "Persons employed in Trade and Handicrafts"
Oth = "All Other Persons not in two preceding classes"
Tot = "Total of previous 3 occupation columns"

The 1801 Census Document

It contains the following information :-

Particulars of the Population of the Hamlet of Thorpe, & of the Town of Thorpe next Norwich taken 10^th March 1801 according to the Directions of an Act of Parliament, these to be kept by the Churchwardens of Thorpe next Norwich
also Particulars for July 1811 of the Town of Thorpe next Norwich & of the Hamlet of Thorpe.

Names	Hou	Fam	Un	F	M	M+F	Ag	Tr	Oth	Tot
[Page 1] - Thorpe Hamlet
Suffield Henry 1	1	1	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	-
Daynes William	1	1	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-
King W^m	1	1	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-
Cannum	1	1	-	3	2	-	-	-	-	-
Cannell	1	1	-	3	6	-	-	-	-	-
Midleton	1	1	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-
Harbard Robert	1	1	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-
Leath	1	1	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-
Boast	1	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
Howton	1	1	-	4	2	-	-	-	-	-
Blyth	1	1	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-
Newman	1	1	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-
Gooch	1	1	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	-
Rudd	1	1	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-
Wells Jos^h	1	1	-	2	4	-	-	-	-	-
Wicks	1	1	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-
Crancher	1	1	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-

in 1801	17	17	-	35	39	74	18	5	51	74

in 1811	11	14	1 2 Bldg	34	33	67	-	-	-	-

[On the reverse side] March 10^th 1801 The Account of Population taken by
Joseph Wells Overseer
Thorpe Hamlet

Names	Hou	Fam	Un	M	F	M+F	Ag	Tr	Oth	Tot
[Page 2]
Thorpe next Norwich 10^th March 1801
Harvey John	1	1	-	4	11	15	-	1	14	15
Postle Will^m	1	1	-	3	3	6	3	-	3	6
Lincoln Widow	1	1	-	1	1	2	-	1	1	2
Mason Will^m	1	1	-	3	7	10	-	-	10	10
Smith John & Warne Rachel	1	2	-	5	5	10	-	1	9	10
Overed Tho^s	1	1	-	2	2	4	1	-	3	4
Rix Mary	1	1	-	-	-	2	2	-	2	2
Lincoln James	1	1	-	3	1	4	-	1	3	4
Dye Sarah	1	1	-	-	3	3	-	-	3	3
Colombine Peter	1	1	-	2	5	7	-	-	7	7
Green Will^m	1	1	-	-	4	4	-	-	4	4
Andrews Edw^d	1	1	-	1	1	2	1	-	1	2
Robinson John	1	1	-	1	3	4	-	-	4	4
Partridge Jere:	1	1	-	1	3	4	-	-	4	4
Carter Will^m	1	1	-	3	2	5	1	-	4	5
Mallet Samuel	1	1	-	2	4	6	2	-	4	6
Hastings -	1	1	-	1	-	1	-	-	1	1
Bunton John	1	1	-	3	2	5	-	2	3	5
Jessup & Humfrey	1	2	-	2	4	6	1	1	4	6
Reeve Edw^d	1	1	-	4	4	8	2	1	5	8
Davey Will^m	1	1	-	3	4	7	1	-	6	7
Harmer Martha	1	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	1
Robinson Rob^t	1	1	-	1	1	2	-	1	1	2
Matthias Ja^s Vincent	1	1	-	7	8	15	-	-	15	15
Worton Rich^d	1	1	-	2	3	5	-	2	3	5
Balls John	1	1	-	4	1	5	3	1	1	5
Gallant Edw^d	1	1	-	2	1	3	-	1	2	3
Smith Robert	1	1	-	2	2	4	1	-	3	4
Rose & Lawse	1	2	-	-	2	2	-	-	2	2
Brinded Jun^r & Grimble	1	2	-	6	4	10	-	3	7	10
Collins Robert	1	1	-	6	2	8	4	1	3	8
Barnes Widow	1	1	-	3	2	5	2	-	3	5
Newton Sam^l: & Ninham	1	2	-	6	4	10	2	-	8	10
Olby John	1	1	-	1	1	2	-	1	1	2
Southwell W^m	1	1	-	3	1	4	1	-	3	4
Feak Tho^s	1	1	-	1	1	2	1	-	1	2
Baxter -	1	1	-	1	2	3	1	-	2	3
Sampson Tho^s	1	1	-	4	2	6	1	-	5	6
Dale Robert	1	1	-	5	4	9	-	3	6	9
Brinded W^m	1	1	-	1	1	2	-	1	1	2
Robinson W^m	1	1	-	2	2	4	-	2	2	4

Carried Forward	41	46	-	101	116	217	28	24	165	217


[Page 3]
Brought Forward	41	46	-	101	116	217	28	24	165	217
Lemon David	-	-	-	4	4	8	-	2	6	8
Winter Widow	1	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	1
Moon James	1	1	-	2	2	4	1	-	3	4
Martin Will^m	1	1	-	1	2	3	-	-	3	3
Rayner Tho^s	1	1	-	3	3	6	1	-	5	6
Plow William	1	1	-	3	2	5	-	3	2	5
White William	1	1	-	7	8	15	-	1	14	15
Cattermoul Robert	1	1	-	2	4	6	-	2	4	6
Houghton Henry	1	1	-	6	3	9	-	1	8	9
Weed John	1	1	-	5	6	11	-	2	9	11
Helcot -	-	1	1	2	4	6	1	-	5	6
Leman Barnabas	1	1	-	1	3	4	-	1	3	4
Colyer Edward	1	1	-	2	1	3	-	1	2	3
Duffield Edward	1	1	-	5	1	6	2	-	4	6
Humfrey Richard	1	1	-	3	3	6	-	-	6	6
Rayner John & Brown	1	2	-	4	4	8	2	-	6	8
Stannard John & Berney	1	2	-	7	8	15	5	-	10	15
Thompson James	1	1	-	1	1	2	1	-	1	2
Poor's House	1	7	-	10	11	21	6	5	10	21
Smith William	1	1	-	2	2	4	-	2	2	4
Ninham Widow	1	1	-	1	2	3	-	-	3	3
Rodwell Edward	1	1	-	3	5	8	1	-	7	8
Allison Israel	1	1	-	3	-	3	3	-	-	3
Hovell John	1	1	-	4	4	8	1	-	7	8
Kiddell Edward	1	1	-	4	3	7	4	-	3	7
Reeve Roger	1	1	-	2	1	3	2	-	1	3
Hammond Widow	1	1	-	1	4	5	1	-	4	5
Harmer John	1	1	-	3	3	6	1	-	5	6
Stout Joseph	1	1	-	4	4	8	1	-	7	8
Clark Robert	1	1	-	4	2	6	1	-	5	6
Unoccupied	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

In 1801	71	84	5	200	217	417	62 Per sons	44 Per sons	311	417

John Robinson
Overseer

[End of Census Document]

1811 Census of Population

It contains the following information (for the Town of Thorpe):-

                   Q1
                   --
      i                    ii
      -                    --
   Inhab(ited)         By how many
     Houses           families occup.
      99                 106

                   Q2
                   --
              Houses now
               Building
                   7

                   Q3
                   --
             Other Houses
              Inhabitable
                   0

                           Q4
                           --
      i                    ii                 ii
Families Chiefly      Families Chiefly     All Other
Employed in           Employed in Trade    Families not
Agriculture           Manufacture          comprised in
                      and Handicraft       the two preceding
                                            classes
    47                    26                  33

                           Q5
                           --
  -M                     -F                     -T
       Persons including Children of Whatever Age

Males                  Females             Total of Persons
 213                     239                    452

The population as taken in June 1811

In the Hamlet of Thorpe

    11   Houses Inhabited
     1   Houses Uninhabited
    33   Males   } In all
    34   Females }  67 Persons

[End of Census Document]

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