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Census: 1831
Alderford is one of the few places in the county for which a census before 1841 containing names survives.
This Norfolk Record Office document [with the reference PD 43/27] is on 3 sheets of paper, the breaks being indicated by [Page n] which are not on the original.
[Transcription copyright © Mike Bristow]
Name Index
The census contains the following names and the numbers in brackets refer to the page numbers on which they occur.
| Bacon (1) Copeman (1) Crisp (2) Freestone (3) Gage (2)[Notes] Howlett (1) Jackson (3) | Little (3) Rainer (3) Shuttleburgh (3) Stanhope (1) Stimpson (1,2) Tuck (1) |
The Census Document
The census contains the following information.
[Page 1]
Population of Alderford 1831
| Age | ||
|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Stimpson Ser | 58 | |
| Robert Stimpson | 63 | |
| Mary Stimpson | 57 | |
| Francis Stimpson | 21 | |
| Harriett Stimpson | 19 | |
| John Stimpson | 15 | |
| Robert Bacon | 69 | |
| Mildred Bacon | 60 | |
| Harriett Howlett | 23 | |
| Sarah Stanhope | 33 | |
| Sarah Howlett | 16 | |
| Wm Copeman | 64 | |
| Elizabeth Copeman | 23 | |
| Mark Tuck | 50 | |
| [Page 2] | ||
| William Gage | 34 | |
| Elizabeth Gage | 38 | |
| Charles Gage | 13 | |
| George Gage | 11 | |
| Harriett Gage | 9 | |
| Clarisa Gage | 8 | |
| Martin Gage | 7 | |
| Author Gage | 3 | |
| Emma Gage | 2 | |
| Benjamin Stimpson Jur | 23 | |
| Sarah Stimpson | 32 | |
| John Crisp | 29 | |
| Mary Crisp | 32 | |
| [Page 3] | ||
| Samuel Freestone | 50 | |
| Sarah Freestone | 42 | |
| Frances Freestone | 14 | |
| Richard Freestone | 9 | |
| Robert Shuttleburgh | 18 | |
| Anne Little | 70 | |
| Henry Rainer | 38 | |
| Martha Rainer | 47 | |
| Mary Rainer | 14 | |
| James Rainer | 12 | |
| Susan [Rainer] | 7 | |
| Emely Rainer | 5 | |
| Mary Jackson | 79 |
[End of Census Document]
Notes
- All shorthand contractions in the document have been reproduced as written.
- The gaps between blocks of names are believed to indicate households which if correct would equal 8.
- There are 40 people listed above and White's 1845 gives a population of 44.
- See also the Alderford 1841 census which shows :-.
- Gage family are now named Gedge.
- In the RAINER family above the surname after Susan was blank. She is now enumerated as Susan Rayner aged 15 [where age has been rounded down to nearest 5 years].
See also the Alderford parish page and the main Census page.
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Copyright © Mike Bristow.
December 2001