Wacton, Norfolk - 1811 Census of Population

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

This 1811 Norfolk Record Office document [with the reference PD 496/91] is on 1 sheet of paper.

Census available

1801 - Statistics only.
1811 - This document.

Name Index

The census contains the following names.

Alderton
Aldridge
Archer
Bailey
Banham
Batley
Beck
Bishop
Bower
Carman
Chambers

Clarke
Cook
Copsie
Culham
Dade
Death
Dye
Elven
Green
Hanton
Harris

Hewit
Howes
Hubbard
Jeffries
Kemp
Leman
Lurken
Mason
Meadows
Muskett
Oliver

Perrone
Reeve
Rud
Sallows
Scales
Smith
Spurling
Staff
Stannard
Webb
Weston

The Census Document

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

It contains the following information :-

[Heads] of families follow [not indicated on original]

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

                   Q2
                   --
              Houses now
               Building

                   Q3
                   --
             Other Houses
              Inhabitable

                           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

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

Males                 Females              Total of Persons

This contains the following information :-

Wacton Magna
with Parva
Depwade Hundred
County of Norfolk

Copy of the Population of
the Parish of Wacton taken in the
Year 1811 as directed by Government.
Tho^s Muskett }
& }
Sha^d Perrone }

[Heads]	Q1 i	Q1 ii	Q2	Q3	Q4 i	Q4 ii	Q4 iii	Q5 M	Q5 F	Q5 T
Carman R Jun^r	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	1	4	5
Muskett Tho^s	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	3	3	6
Staff Mat and Smith & Staff	1	3	-	-	1	1	1	3	4	7
Rud & Meadows	1	2	-	-	-	2	-	-	2	2
Death & Banham	1	2	-	-	1	1	-	3	6	9
Staff Siman & Archer	1	2	-	-	1	1	-	1	3	4
Staff Rob^t Oliver & Staff	1	3	-	-	1	2	-	3	3	6
Copsie John	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	2	5	7
Carman Richd Sen^r & Jn do	1	2	-	-	2	-	-	2	3	5
Alderton Mary	1	1	-	-	-	1	-	1	2	3
Batley John	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	2	2	4
Scales Robt	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	2	2	4
Lurken John	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	3	3	6
Reeve James	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	5	2	7
Leman & Webb	1	2	-	-	2	-	-	4	2	6
Dade & Culham	1	2	-	-	2	-	-	4	6	10
Bower Robt	1	1	-	-	-	1	-	4	1	5
Weston Willm	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	3	4	7
Hanton John	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	3	3	6
Chambers Edmd	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	2	1	3
Staff & Aldridge	1	2	-	-	2	-	-	7	4	11
Perrone Sha^d	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	2	2	4
Dye John	1	3	-	-	3	-	-	6	6	12
Dye Green & Mason	1	2	-	-	1	1	-	7	6	13
Bishop Jona & Beck & Clarke	1	3	-	-	3	-	-	8	7	15
Bailey John	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	1	4	5
Howes Thos	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	3	6	9
Hubbard Robt Junr	1	1	-	-	-	1	-	2	2	4
Hubbard Robt Senr & Kemp	1	2	-	-	-	2	-	3	5	8
Smith John	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	2	2	4
Sallows John	1	1	-	-	1	1	-	3	2	5
Stannard Will	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	5	6	11
Hewit John	1	1	-	-	-	1	-	4	1	5
Bishop Joseph	1	1	-	-	-	1	-	3	3	6
Cook Thos	1	1	-	-	-	1	-	4	6	10
Harris John E Spurling & Elven	1	3	-	-	3	-	-	4	4	8
Mason & Jeffries	1	2	-	-	1	1	-	5	5	10
[Totals]	37	57	-	-	39	17	1	122	135	257

[End of Census Document]

These pages are for personal use only. They may not be copied, and the links within them may not be harvested for use on your own web pages. Please see the Copyright Notice.

See also the Wacton parish page and the main Census page