Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk - 1793 Census

Wells-next-the-Sea is one of the few places in the county for which a census before 1841 containing names survives.

1793 Census of Population

This 1793 Norfolk Record Office document [with the reference FX 215/1] is a facsimilie of the original as written in the church records. I have split my transcription up into pages where each represents an individual street or area as indicated in the text.

Page Index

1. Parsonage Street
2. Burnt Street
3. Plummer's Hill
4. Butt Lands
5. Tow^ds the Fight^g Cocks
6. Church Street
7. Kendall's Yard
8. Mindham's Yard
9. Tow^ds Mrs Emersons
10. Ransome's Yard
11. Church Row
12. Tow^ds the C^h Marsh
13. Church Marsh
14. Spooner's Yard
15. Faux's Yard
16. Ringwood's Yard
17. Turn Stile Yard
18. East End Begins at
top of the Wounded
Heart yard

19. N. Everitt's Yard
20. Staithe
21. Kidwood Yard
22. Wounded Heart Yard
23. Standard Yard
24. Houses Bey^d Mr Bloom's
25. Captⁿ Bryant's Yard
26. Ship Yard
27. L^t H^d Up High Street
28. L^t H^d down High St
29. Fleece Yard
30. Sun Yard
31. Mr Jickling's Yard
32. Red Lion Yard
33. Tunn's Yard
34. Royal's Yard
35. Greyhound Yard
36. Glebe
37. The Court at the Bottom
of the Glebe

38. The Yard leading to
Mr Langtons
39. Langton's Yard
40. leading down --
41. Balls Yard
42. Brightmers Yard
43. Gibbs Yard
44. Bridge Yard
45. Mr Gardner's Yard
46. Cocks Yard
47. West End or houses
Bey^d Dogger
48. Dogger Lane
49. Base Houses
50. Ex: Off: Row
51. Turn tow^d Butt Lands
52. Tinker's Corner
53. Little London

Name Index

The following surnames are contained in the document. The numbers following each are the Page numbers which contain one or more occurences of the name.

Aggs (27)
Alderson (5)
Aldus (42)
Alford (39)
Allen (2,17,25,27,28,44)
Alyard (17,47)
Anderson (24)
Askew (28)
Baker (4,9,43,46,47,48)
Balcombe (42)
Baldwin (48)
Balls (23,41)
Banham (4)
Barton (10)
Base (7,9)
Batchelor (22)
Bates (37)
Battram (38)
Beckerton (1)
Beecroft (25)
Belcham (28)
Bell (24,39)
Bidwell (19)
Bircham (28)
Bird (6,48)
Bloom (4,31,44)
Bloy (48)
Bond (25,35,45)
Boon (32)
Bottomley (36,44)
Bouch (34)
Boyles (4)
Brick (22)
Brightmen (9)
Brightmer (1,21,28,42,47,48)
Brightwell (4)
Brinn (6)
Brown (25,43)
Bryant (25)
Buck (22,50)
Buckler (27)
Bulley (4)
Bullin (27,28,32)
Bullock (48)
Bunn (1,3,28,53)
Burcham (1)
Canfor (2)
Carman (16)
Cawston (27)
Chadd (11,18,19,23)
Chamberlyn (1)
Child (1,17)
Clamp (4)
Clarke (1,42,53)
Cock (9,46,47)
Coe (1,21)
Colls (23)
Cook (2,18,25,28,50)
Cooke (42)
Cooper (28)
Crawford (18,21)
Cringle (37)
Cubitt (48)
Cullin (11,28,32)
Curson (28)
Cursons (40)
Curtis (19)
Custance (48)
Dale (16)
Daniel (1)
Davey (2,9,27)
Davy (9)
Dean (39)
Deek (1)
Dennis (22,25)
Dixon (10)
Dodman (46)
Doyley (27)
Drake (6,47)
Draycot (12)
Drewell (41)
Dunsby (6)
Eaton (2)
Eccleton (47)
Edwards (19,26,44,45,47)
Elgar (27)
Ellenor (18)
Elliot (4,24,28,33)
Elsden (42)
Elsdon (42)
Elvin (28,42,48)
Emerson (9)
Emms (3)
Everitt (19,47)
Faircloth (2)
Fairweather (29,39)
Farist (3)
Farrer (53)
Faux (15)
Fenn (9)
Fiddy (1)
Flaxman (2,48,52)
Footer (1)
Foreman (42)
Forster (6)
Fox (27)
Framingham (45)
Franklin (31,37,53)
Frost (2,20,27)
Fryer (32,37,45)
Gamble (27)
Gardiner (5,30,53)
Gardner (45)
Garnet (21)
Garrit (22)

Gibbs (3,28,43)
Gilby (2)
Girdlestone (18,51)
Glover (9)
Godfrey (6)
Goldsmith (28,32)
Goss (29)
Greenacres (2,44)
Groves (20)
Haddon (53)
Hadley (27)
Hall (6,35,44,47,51)
Halliday (44)
Hammond (51)
Hamond (45)
Harmer (1)
Harper (2)
Harrison (35,44,47)
Harrod (47)
Hart (21)
Harwood (22)
Hasleton (49)
Haycock (6,9)
Hayden (40)
Haydon (19)
Henderson (39)
Hendry (22)
Herring (4)
Heyhoe (19)
Hill (1,26,27)
Hinson (4)
Hipworth (21)
Hook (19)
Horsfall (1)
Howard (29)
Howe (1)
Hubbard (37)
Hudson (4,22,33)
Humphry (39,47)
Impson (10,44,47)
Isaac (37)
Isaacks (5)
Jeary (3)
Jickling (22,31)
Johnson (18)
Juby (1)
Keed (47)
Kemp (39)
Kendell (4,6)
Kerrison (44)
Kerson (28,46,50,53)
Kidwood (4,18,21,22)
Lambert (5)
Lanch (48)
Learner (9)
Leeder (14,44)
Legget (1)
Lesley (2)
Lester (21)
Levi (27)
Libbis (9)
Lines (22)
Long (53)
Lounds (16,41)
Lovel (38)
Lown (1)
Lynn (12)
Madwell (47)
Magmus (52)
Magnus (46,53)
Makefield (48)
Makins (38)
Man (19)
Mann (2,4,19,47)
March (53)
Markinson (38)
Mase (42)
Massingham (12)
Matsell (25,39)
Matthews (19,50)
Mayes (37)
Metcalf (29)
Middleton (18,22)
Miller (52)
Millington (22,53)
Mindham (8,9,25,28,48,52)
Minns (1)
Misstead (47)
Mitchell (2)
Moll (45)
Money (2,14)
Monument (6)
Moorhouse (40)
Mott (24)
Mountain (47)
Moy (9)
Mussit (4,22)
Neale (41,47)
Nettle (46)
Nettleton (28,47)
Newson (17)
Nichols (44)
Nicholson (1)
Norton (6)
Notts(34)
Oakes (1)
Olands? (1)
Oldfield (19)
Oldman (37,38,39)
Oliver (28,53)
Orton (1,7)
Oughton (30)
Outlaw (3)
Overman (44)
Oxenborrow (53)

Page (28)
Parker (7,11,29)
Parnell (6)
Parsons (48)
Patrick (9)
Peace (27)
Pearce (1)
Pearson (4)
Pennington (47)
Pentney (1,6,39)
Pestell (47)
Pinchin (40)
Plane (17)
Ploin (6)
Plowman (9)
Plumb (47,49)
Pond (43)
Poole (26)
Potts (26,36,42)
Poulter (52)
Powditch (21,22,25,37,40)
Press (3)
Proudfoot (1,10,13)
Pull (1,4,8)
Race (28)
Randall (2)
Ransom (10)
Ransome (2,29)
Rayner (37)
Reeder (39)
Rhodes (12,26)
Ringer (1)
Ringstead (27)
Ringwood (2,16)
Rix (3,4)
Roddle (4)
Room (25)
Rous (2)
Rowlings (2,6)
Royal (34)
Rudd (2)
Rump (12)
Russel (1,53)
Savery (22)
Sayr (6)
Scales (32)
Seales (2)
Sharp (51)
Shaw (3)
Shekel (48)
Shorting (29,38)
Silence (4)
Simmonds (28)
Skeet (7)
Skippon (28)
Smith (18,19,21,26,28,37,
38,40,47,48)
Soffley (12)
Souter (36)
Southgate (1)
Spencir (50)
Spooner (6,14)
Stacey (1,27,34,45)
Standforth (43)
Stapleton (52)
Starkins (39,41,47)
Starkyns (23)
Steel (11)
Stoney (7)
Stoughton (27)
Straycock (19,27)
Swann (4)
Tertius (27)
Thompson (28)
Thurgate (4)
Tickell (27)
Tingay (9)
Tinkler (9)
Toll (53)
Tooley (7,49,52,53)
Tuff (46)
Tyzack (44)
Wabon (3,15,18,23,28)
Walden (5)
Walker (8,11,25,31)
Waller (1)
Wanfer (36)
Wardle (34)
Wassey (28)
Watson (21,32,42)
Webber (2,4)
Webon (48)
Wells (2)
Wesson (46)
West (7,47)
Whatley (44)
Whitehead (27)
Whitesides (48)
Wickham (1,31)
Wiggen (38)
Wilkerson (27)
Wilkins (27)
Williamson (17)
Wilson (23,25,27)
Winn (3)
Wodehouse (23)
Wood (1)
Woodbine (41)
Woodcock (27)
Woodrow (23)
Woods (31,48)
Wright (4,13,23,26,31,35,
38,41,42,44)
Young (14)
Youngs (2,30,44)

Note that some names also occur additionally as places in the Page Index above eg. Jickling.

This census contains the following information :-

Wells Census 1793
by
Samuel Horsfall
(Curate)

Inhabitants of Wells taken Easter
1793

	No
In Parsonage Street	187
In Burnt D^o	117
Plummer's Hill & Butt Lands	142
Turning to the Fighting Cocks & Church S^t	285
Church Marsh	76
From the East End to Jn^o Hill 3^rd Esq^re	513
From Kerrison's to the Dogger	675
West End or Houses beyond the Dogger	106
Dogger Lane with Base Houses	92
Ex: Off Row. with the turning to the Butt Lands	43
Tinker's Corner & Little London	78
	-----
Total	2310

Memorandum The 2310 according to this Acct is the number of Inhabitants yet allowing for Errors we may venture to Ascertain them about 2300 which is 100 less than in 1757.

A correct list of the Inhabitants residing in Wells taken the 8^th, 9^th,10^th & 12^th April 1793 by Sam^l Horsfall, Curate

Name	No	Name	No
[Page 1] Parsonage Street		[Page 1 contd] B/F	109
Samson Wood Esq^r	8	John Harmer	3
M^r Howe	3	Widow Proudfoot	4
S Horsfall Clk	2	Widow Pull	1
M^rs Bunn	2	Widow Chamberlyn	1
W^m Fiddy	4	Robert Lown	4
John Oakes	4	M^r Brightmer	3
M^rs Waller	2	Tho^s Olands?	3
Isaac Proudfoot	3	Rob^t Pearce	6
John Juby	5	M^r Nicholson	4
John Minns	2	M^r Southgate	6
Sam. Legget	5	In the W^k House	43
Robert Coe	3		---
James Burcham	6	[Total]	187
James Ringer	5	[Page 2] Burnt Street
Widow Clarke	3	M^r Eaton	2
Widow Wickham	2	M^r Lesley	10
Widow Deek	6	Rich^d Ringwood	2
James Orton	10	Sam^l Ringwood	4
Rich^d Hill	2	Widow Canfor	3
Tho^s Stacey	2	Tho^s Mitchell	10
W^m Beckerton	5	W^m Ransome	7
Chris: Pentney	3	Ambrose Greenacres	5
John Child	6	Henry Money	4
John Daniel	10	Matt: Randall	4
Rob^t Footer	4	Philip Davey	7
Miss Russel	2	John Rowlings	2
[Total]	---	M^rs Seales	2
	109	M^r Wells	4
			---
			66



[Page 2 contd] B/F	66	[Page 3 contd] B/F	45
M^r Webber Sen^r	3	Wid^w Emms	3
M^r Davey	4		---
Tho^s Youngs	2		48
Mary Frost	4	[Page 4] Butt Lands	-
Susan Faircloth	1	M^r Banham	3
Widow Flaxman	6	Peter Thurgate	6
John Harper	4	W^m Pearson	4
Thomas Allen	6	M^rs Brightwell	1
M^rs Faircloth	4	M^r Silence	4
George Cook	5	Benjⁿ Bulley	2
Robert Mann	6	John Baker	3
M^rs Gilby	2	Peter Kidwood	4
M^r Rous	2	M^r Boyles	3
Isaac Rudd	2	Henry Mussit	4
	---	M^r Webber	6
	117	John Clamp	3
[Page 3] Plummer's Hill		Widow Wright	4
M^rs Rix	-	Widow Hudson	2
Ed^d Jeary	-	W^m Herring	6
Alexander Shaw	-	James Pull Jun^r	3
Tho^s Outlaw	-	William Swann	3
Will: Farist	-	Rob^t Baker	3
Michael Press	-	Thomas Roddle	4
John Rix	-	M^r Kendell	1
W^m Wabon	-	Stephen Mann	2
Thomas Bunn	-	Widow Rix	6
Will^m Gibbs	-	Lee Hinson	8
M^r Winn	-	M^r Bloom	7
	---	Widow Elliot	2
	45		---
			94


[Page 5] Tow^ds the Fight^g Cocks		[Page 7 contd] B/F	114
John Lambert	4	John Skeet	7
Nath: Isaacks	5	Widow Orton	5
Miss Alderson	3	W^m Base	4
John Gardiner	3	[Page 8] Mindham's Yd	-
John Walden	5	M^r Mindham	4
[Page 6] Church Street		John Walker	1
John Norton	2	James Pull Sen^r	3
Widow Hall	4	[Page 9] Tow^ds M^rs Emer^ns
Thomas Hall	7	Tho^s Patrick	8
M^r Pentney	3	Widow Moy	1
W^m Spooner	5	Zack: Fenn	5
M^r Forster	3	Will: Cock	4
M^rs Hall	2	M^rs Emerson	2
Robert Hall	2	M^rs Tinkler	1
John Brinn	2	M^r Jo: Haycock	12
M^r Godfrey	8	M^rs Glover	2
Widow Sayr	1	M^r Tingay	2
M^rs Dunsby	5	M^r Libbis	10
M^r Sayr	7	M^r John Davy	5
W^m Parnell	2	Widow Learner	1
M^r Kendell	2	James Davey	2
M^r Monument	3	W^m Base Sen^r	2
Widow Rowlings	2	Robert Baker	4
M^r Haycock Sen^r	4	M^r Brightmen	4
Widow Drake	1	M^r Mindham	9
Susan Bird	3	M^r Plowman	7
W^m Ploin	9		---
[Page 7] Kendall's Yard			235
Tho^s Parker	4	[Page 10] Ransome's Yard
W^m West	5	Tho^s Barton	4
Charles Stoney	6	W^m Impson	6
W^m Tooley	2	John Dixon	4
		Widow Proudfoot	1
		John Ransom	1


[Page 10 contd] B/F	16	[Page 17 contd] B/F	56
[Page 11] Church Row		Tho^s Child	2
M^r Parker	2	Rob^t Allen	2
W^m Cullin	1	Gilbert Plane	3
M^rs Walker	7	Meshech Plane	3
Widow Chadd	3	W^m Newson	5
M^r Steel	8	Widow Alyard	5
[Page 12] Tow^ds the C^h Marsh			---
Tho^s Draycot	2		76
John Massingham	3	[Page 18] East End Begins at
M^r Rump	8	top of the Wounded Heart Yard
Robert Soffley	7	Widow Smith	4
W^m Rhodes	7	Robert Chadd	7
Tho^s Lynn	2	James Ellenor	8
	---	Rich^d Johnson	5
	66	Elijah Smith	5
[Page 13] Church Marsh		John Girdlestone	2
Tho^s Wright Esq^r	7	Philip Cook	7
Jnoⁿ Proudfoot	4	W^m Middleton	4
[Page 14] Spooner's Yard		W^m Kidwood	2
W^m Spooner	2	W^m Crawford	6
John Leeder	4	Widow Wabon	1
Robert Money	2	[Page 19] N. Everitt's Yard
Edm^d Young	6	Francis Smith	6
[Page 15] Faux's Yard		James Matthews	3
M^r Faux	2	Rob^t Smith	3
Christo^r Wabon	5	Rich^d Bidwell	3
[Page 16] Ringwood's Yard		John Haydon	2
W^m Ringwood	8	Mark Mann	3
Widow Dale	1	George Edwards	3
Tho^s Lounds	5	Widow Mary Man	1
H^m Carman	4	Francis Chadd	2
Rob: Carman	4	Thomas Hook	5
[Page 17] Turn Stile Yard		M^r Curtis	2
W^m Williamson	2


[Page 19 contd] B/F	84	[Page 22 contd] B/F	85
Thomas Heyhoe	9	John Lines	7
W^m Straycock	4	Stoughton Hendry	8
M^r Oldfield	4	Widow Powditch	3
M^r N: Everitt } John Everitt }	12	John Brick	6
	---	M^r Aug^t Dennis S.	9
	113	Collector Jickling S.	5
[Page 20] Staithe		M^r Batchelor S.	6
The Lett: S. signifies Staithe till we come to the Dogger			---
Widow Frost S.	4	129 + H. M. G = 135	135
Henry Groves	4	[Page 23] Standard Yard
[Page 21] Kidwood Yard		Tho^s Chadd	10
John Kidwood	2	W^m Balls	8
Sam^l Hart	4	Widow Woodrow	4
Widow Powditch	3	M^rs Wright	2
Mary Brightmer	1	Henry Starkyns	4
-- Crawford	1	John Wabon	3
Isaac Watson	6	Edm^d Wodehouse	2
Robert Garnet	7	Widow Wilson	1
John Coe	2	Solomon Colls	4
W^m Smith	4	[Page 24] Houses Bey^d M^r Bloom's
Tho^s Hipworth	4	M^rs Bell	2
Robert Lester	2	Edw^d Elliot	7
Robert Coe	3	W^m Mott	5
[Page 22] Wound^d H^t Y^d		James Anderson	2
Widow Harwood	3	[Page 25] Captⁿ Bryant's Yd
Will^m Millington	5	Widow Brown	2
Christ^r Savery	2	Widow Bond	2
Joseph Buck	5	George Beecroft	5
James Hudson	3	Captⁿ Mindham	6
Thomas Kidwood	9	Rob^t Room	5
Henry Garrit	4	Captⁿ Bryant	2
Clem^t Middleton	7	W^m Powditch	4
Henry Mussit	6	Peter Wilson	6
		W^m Cook	5


[Page 25 contd] B/F	91	[Page 27 contd] B/F	64
Thomas Allen	11	Widow Stacey	5
Widow Powditch	6	M^rs Bullin	7
M^r Dennis S.	4	Widow Aggs	2
John Matsell S.	8	Tho^s Wilson	-
M^r B: Walker S.	7	M^r Elgar	10
[Page 26] Ship Yard		M^r Tickell Clk	9
Peter Edwards	7	M^r Hill Tertius	7
Francis Wright	3		---
John Rhodes	8		104
Elijah Smith Sen^r	3	[Page 28] L^t H^d down High St
Thomas Potts	3	John Kerson	4
M^rs Poole	2	John Askew	4
M^r Hill: Merch^t S.	8	Tho^s Page	3
	---	Tho^s Belcham	2
	161	M^r Bircham	10
[Page 27] L^t H^d Up High Street		Robert Wabon } Widow Thompson }	6
George Peace	8	M^r Skippon	4
Edw^d Wilkerson	2	Henry Bullin	6
Captⁿ Stoughton	3	M^r Curson	2
M^r Gamble	3	John Goldsmith	1
Sam^l Fox	3	Widow Allen	2
John Hadley	5	Widow Cullin	2
John Whitehead	5	Widow Cooper	1
Dan^l Doyley	2	M^rs Nettleton	1
John Wilkins	4	M^r Brightmer	4
M^r Frost	2	Widow Cook	1
M^r Davey	3	Widow Oliver	5
M^r Ringstead	6	M^r Bunn	4
Widow Allen	1	Thomas Wabon	2
James Woodcock	5	W^m Wassey	3
W^m Straycock	2	Captⁿ Race	5
M^r Levi	4	Widow Mindham } M^rs Simmonds }	8
John Cawston	3	Widow Elliot	2
Widow Buckler	3


[Page 28 contd] B/F	82	B/F	78
Widow Race	1	[Page 33] Tunn's Yard
Widow Mindham	5	M^r Elliot	4
-- Smith	10	M^r P Hudson	7
John Gibbs	5	[Page 34] Royal's Yard
John Elvin	6	M^rs Royal } Tho^s Bouch }	5
[Page 29] Fleece Yard		John Stacey	6
Widow Goss	2	Widow Notts } Widow Wardle }	5
Peter Fairweather	2	[Page 35] Greyhound Yd.
John Shorting	5	Captⁿ Hall Sen^r	3
W^m Howard	6	Matthew Wright	2
John Metcalf	10	Widow Bond	2
	---	W^m Harrison	2
	134	[Page 36] Glebe
M^rs Ransome S.	4	Tho^s Potts Sen^r	3
Tho^s Parker	1	M^r Bottomley	5
[Page 30] Sun Yard		Captⁿ Wanfer	2
James Youngs	5	Edw^d Souter	5
John Gardiner	2	[Page 37] The Court at the Bottom of the Glebe
M^rs Oughton S.	7	M^r Fryer	4
[Page 31] M^r Jickling's Yd.		Widow Isaac	1
M^r Jickling	7	Captⁿ Mayes	2
Edw^d Wickham	3	Captⁿ Tho^s Fryer	5
Nathan^l Woods	10	Rob^t Oldman	4
Captⁿ R. Franklin	4	Widow Franklin	1
Captⁿ Hen^y Walker	7	Widow D^o	1
Captⁿ Hen^y Bloom	4	John Bates	4
Widow Wright S.	1	Tho^s Powditch	5
[Page 32] Red Lion Yard		Simon Smith	3
John Boon	3	Ben Rayner	5
David Fryer	2	Widow Hubbard	2
John Watson	2	Henry Cringle S.	5
M^rs Bullin	1		---
Tho^s Cullin	4		169
Captⁿ Goldsmith	7
Captⁿ Scales	4


[Page 38] The Yard leading to M^r Langtons		[Page 41 contd] B/F	135
Nich: Wright	9	Widow Neale	3
Joseph Battram	3	Tho^s Starkins	4
John Wiggen	9	John Wright	4
Rob^t Markinson	6	W^m Drewell	5
Christ:^r Makins	2	Widow Lounds	2
John Shorting	3	[Page 42] Brightmers Yd
Robert Lovel	3	Tho^s Brightmer	5
John Oldman	5	John Balcombe	2
John Smith	2	John Aldus	8
[Page 39] Langton's Y^d		Widow Mase	1
John Kemp	4	John Elsdon Sen^r	1
Joshua Humphry	4	John Elsden Jun^r	6
James Alford	5	W^m Aldus	5
Captⁿ Fairweather	2	M^r Mase	5
Tho^s Oldman	5	W^m Cooke	5
Henry Dean	4	Widow Watson	3
Tho^s Henderson	5	Peter Elvin	2
Widow Matsell	1	Peter Potts	2
Rob^t Starkins	3	Widow Clarke	2
M^rs Reeder	7	W^m Wright	3
M^rs Bell	3	John Foreman S.	6
Captⁿ Pentney	7	[Page 43] Gibbs Yard
[Page 40] leading down --		M^r Gibbs	4
John Hayden	4	M^r Brown	5
Tho^s Moorhouse	5	George Bacon	4
W^m Powditch	2	Widow Standforth	2
Tho^s Smith	10	Rachel Pond	6
James Cursons	5	[Page 44] Bridge Yard
Christ^r Pinchin	6	Captⁿ Tho^s Bloom	7
[Page 41] Balls Yard		Ed: Bottomley	4
M^r Balls	2	Widow Tyzack	2
-- Woodbine	9	Rich^d Impson	5
		Rob^t Leeder	4
		And: Hall	2


[Page 44 contd] B/F	254	[Page 47] West End or houses Bey^d Dogger
Matt: Kerrison	4	Nicholas Misstead	3
And: Hall Jun^r	3	Francis Bacon	4
Widow Whatley	4	M^r Nettleton	5
W^m Wright	6	M^r Harrison	7
Edw^d Edwards	1	Wid: Brightmer	4
Edw^d Edwards	4	James Pennington	5
John Nichols	4	James Madwell	4
John Greenacres	4	James Keed	3
Ri?: Halliday	1	James Humphry	4
M^r Overman	3	Hen: Eccleton	1
Tho^s Youngs	6	W^m Starkins } W^m Smith }	4 3
John Harrison	3	Math:^w Pestell	7
Widow Allen	1	James Madwell Sen^r	2
[Page 45] M^r Gardner's Yd		Joseph Plumb	4
M^rs Fryer	4	John Neale	8
Ed: Framingham	4	Susan Harrod	1
M^rs Gardner	2	W^m Mountain	4
Edw^d Edwards	7	Allen Drake	3
W^m Stacey	4	Widow Pennington	1
Rob^t Moll	3	King Everitt S.	5
W^m Bond	4	Tho^s Hall	2
M^r Hamond	10	Philip Impson	4
[Page 46] Cocks Yard		John Pennington	1
Tho^s Cock	3	W^m West	2
John Dodman	4	Matt: Edwards	4
John Bacon	4	Widow Alyard	2
W^m Tuff	3	James Mann	4
Edm^d Wesson	7	Tho^s Cock	5
Rob^t Nettle	3		---
John Kerson	4		106
M^r R^d Magnus	8
	---
	372


[Page 48] Dogger Lane		[Page 51] Turn^s tow^d B^t Lands
Henry Woods	8	M^r Girdlestone	10
Matt:^w Bullock	6	Captⁿ Hall	8
Rob^t Mindham	2	Captⁿ Hammond	7
James Makefield	6	M^r Sharp	4
Widow Baker	2	[Page 52] Tinker's Corner
Widow Brightmer	1	Rich^d Magmus Sen^r	6
W^m Custance	1	Widow Stapleton	6
W^m Baker	2	Elizabeth Flaxman	1
David Elvin	3	Elizabeth Tooley	1
Will^m Cubitt	9	M^rs Poulter	2
Henry Bloy	5	John Mindham	2
W^m Lanch	2	M^r Miller	2
W^m Parsons	6	[Page 53] Little London
Henry Baldwin	5	Captⁿ Haddon	3
Will^m Smith	2	Magnus y^e Taylor	5
Francis Flaxman	1	John Russel	7
Thomas Bird	2	Tho^s March	3
James Shekel	5	M^r Oxenborrow	3
John Whitesides	3	M^r Tho^s Bunn	3
Widow Webon	3	M^rs Gardiner	2
[Page 49] Base Houses	-	Capt: Oliver	5
Joseph Plumb	4	Tho^s Kerson	2
John Hasleton	7	Captⁿ Franklin	6
John Tooley	7	Widow Farrer	2
[Page 50] Ex: Off: Row		John Toll	3
M^r Spencir	4	Matt: Long	4
Widow Cook	3	Rob^t Tooley	3
Rob^t Kerson	4	Henry Clarke	3
M^r Buck	2	W^m Millington	2
W^m Matthews	4	M^r Clarke ..... Farmer	7
	---		---
	109		112

[End of Census Document]

Abbreviations used in this document

Bey^d = Beyond
B^t = Butt
C^h = Church
Emer^ns = Emersons
Ex: Off: = Excise Office

Fight^g =Fighting
H^d = Hand
H^t = Heart
L^t = Left
M^r = Mr

M^rs = Mrs
Tow^ds = Towards
W^k = Work
Wound^d = Wounded
Y^d = Yard

Notes

All shorthand contractions in the document have been reproduced as written.
Jn^o Hill 3^rd Esq^re refers to Mr Hill Tertius.
At the end of Page 22 we have H.M.G. containing 6 people. A possibility for this is His Majesty's Gaol?

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