Thorpe St Andrew, Norfolk - 1821 Census

1821 Census of Population

This Norfolk Record Office document [with the reference PD 228/76(S) and microform MF958/4] is from the Churchwardens' accounts for 1747-1875 where figures for 1801, 1811 and 1821 are to be found.

Census available

1801 - Includes names.
1811 - Statistics only.
1821 - Statistics only.

It contains the following information :-

In pursuance of an Act 1^st Geo 4^th intituled An Act for taking an Account of the Population of Great Britain and of the increase or diminuation thereof. The following is the total of the return made by the Overseers, dated the 28 May 1821.

Thorpe in the Hundred of Blofield.

Inhabited Houses
[By] Families
House Building
Uninhabited Houses

Families chiefly
employed in Agriculture

Families empl^d In Trade
Manufac^r and Handicrafts

Families not computed
in the preceding

Males
Females

Total of Persons

129
156
2
3

72

60

24

395
412
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807
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Ages	Un der 5	5 to 10	10 to 15	15 to 20	20 to 30	30 to 40	40 to 50	50 to 60	60 to 70	70 to 80	80 to 90	90 to 100	Upw^d of 100
Males	49	43	30	29	65	68	50	27	23	10	1	0	-
Females	53	53	36	32	80	58	43	26	20	8	2	1	-
[Totals]	102	96	66	61	145	126	93	53	43	18	3	1	807


The Population of Thorpe in 1811 amounted to	213 Males	239 Females	Making 452 Souls
In May 1821 exclusive of the Asylum, amounted to	329 Males	367 Females	Making 696 Souls
The population of May 1821 of the Asylum, amounted to	66 Males	45 Females	Making 111 Souls

Total Population of Thorpe			807 Souls

Increase between the periods of 1811 & 1821			355 Souls

[End of Census Document]

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