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Norfolk: Eccles - 1841 Census

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[Transcription copyright © Mike Bristow]

Surname Index

The following surnames are contained in the document. The numbers following each are the Page numbers 5 to 9 in Folios 3, 4 and 5 [the census is contained entirely in three Folios] which contain one or more occurences of the name.

Abrey? (p8)
Balls (p5)
Barnard (p7)
Beales (p6, p7)
Bunn (p5)
Bunton (p8)
Bussey (p9)
Claxton (p5)
Collings (p5)
Cooke (p5)
Crook (p6)
Crooke (p7)
Gant (p9)
Howes (p7)
Knock (p7)
Lambert (p5)
Ling (p9)
Lubbock (p5)
Norton (p5)
Orsborn (p5)
Pack (p9)
Park (p8)
Pigg (p8)
Reeve (p8)
Renolds (p7)
Rout (p5)
Rudd (p7, p8)
Russels (p6)
Saunders (p9)
Sewel (p6)
Trew (p7)
Williams (p6, p9)
Willingham (p8)
Willimont (p8)

The Census

  • Census place (parish, township, etc.)
    • Hundred = Shropham
    • Supt. Registrar's District = Guiltcross [or Western District]
    • Registration District = Kenninghall and Harling
    • Enumeration District = 3
    • Description = Eccles
  • The columns transcribed are as follows :-
    • Address (street, number, etc.)
    • Un = "Uninhabited or Building"
    • In = "Inhabited"
      • A "/" in this column indicates more than one household at the same address - although the enumerator is not always consistent.
    • Surname / Forename / Relationship to head / Marital condition
    • Age / Male or Female (rounded to nearest 5 years. Under 15 yrs is exact)
    • Occupations
    • Whether born in same County ( Y or N ).
    • Whether born in S(cotland), I(reland),or F(oreign) Parts.

 

F(olio) 3 - Page 5

PLACE Un In Names Age/
M
Sex
F
Profession
Trade
Born
County
S, I
or F
    1 Wm Orsborn 60   Ag Lab N  
    /            
    1 George Collings 35   J. BlkSmith Y  
      Sophia Do   25   Y  
      John Do   9     Y  
      Mary Do     5   Y  
      Elizbth (sic) ---     4mon   Y  
    /            
    1 Richard Lubbock 40   Rector Y  
      Emmia (sic) Do   30   Y  
      Catherine Do     4   Y  
      Ellen Do     3   Y  
      Richard Do     1   Y  
      Elizbeth (sic) Do     3 mon   Y  
    /            
      Charles Rout 15   M. S. Y  
      Sophia Claxton   25 F. S. Y  
      Charlott Bunn   20 F. S. Y  
      Sophia Norton   20 F. S. Y  
      Susan Balls   15 F. S. Y  
    //            
    1 Wm Lambert 45   Baskt Maker Y  
      Maria Do   45   Y  
      Edward Do 15     Y  
      Isaac Do 14   Shoem Ap Y  
      Wm Do 10     Y  
      George Do   8     Y  
      Maria Do     5   Y  
    /            
    1 Wm Cooke 45   Agr Lab Y  
   
TOTAL in }
  Page 5     }
    5   12 13      
   
F(olio) 3   Page 6  
      Ann Do   45   Y  
      John Do 20   Agr Lab Y  
      Thomas Do 15   Blksmith Y  
      Wm Do 15   Agr Lab Y  
      Charlotte Do   11   Y  
      George Do 10     Y  
      Isaac Do   4     Y  
      Sarah Do     2   Y  
    /            
    1 Sarah Williams   60 Washerwoman Y  
      Charlotte Do   25 Washerwoman Y  
      Jane Do   20   Y  
    /            
    1 William Beales 40   Agr Lab Y  
      Rebecca Do   45   Y  
      John Do 20   Agr Lab Y  
      Maria Do   15   Y  
      Sarah Do     9   Y  
    /            
    1 John Russels 45   Agr Lab N  
      Sarah Do   40   Y  
      Robt Do 15   Agr Lab Y  
      John Do 14     Y  
      Frances Do   10   Y  
      James Do   7     Y  
    /            
    1 Wm Sewel 55   Agr Lab Y  
      Mary Do   55   Y  
    /            
    1 Jonas Crook 55   Agr Lab Y  
   
TOTAL in }
  Page 6     }
    5   13 12      
   
F(olio) 4   Page 7  
      Mary Do   55   Y  
      Susan Do   20   Y  
      David Do 20   Agr Lab Y  
      George Do 14   Agr Lab Y  
      Stephen Do 15     Y  
    /            
    1 Benjm (sic) Barnard 54   Gardner Y  
      Charlotte Do   54   Y  
      Joseph Do 22   Gardner Y  
    /            
    1 John Howes 50   Farmer Y  
      Mary Clarke   35 F. S. Y  
    //            
    1 John Crooke 25   Agr Lab Y  
      Susan Do   25   Y  
      Walter Do   9     Y  
    /            
    1 Reuben Renolds 65   Ag Lab Y  
      Mary Do   60   Y  
      Sophia Smith   20   Y  
      Wm Do   1     Y  
      Mary Watson   55   N  
    //            
    1 Joseph Trew 48   Farmer N  
      Ann Do   53   N  
      Joseph Do 15     Y  
      Jane Do   13   Y  
    /            
      Wm Rudd 20   M. S. Y  
      James Beales 20   M. S. Y  
      Harriet Knock   15 F. S. Y  
   
TOTAL in }
  Page 7     }
    5   14 11      
   
F(olio) 4   Page 8  
    1 Elizbt Pigg   20 F. S. N  
      Harriot Do   11   Y  
      Robt Clark 25   M. S. Y  
    1 John Willimont 35   M. S. Y  
      Elizabeth Do   31   Y  
      Mahala Do   11   Y  
      Elizebeth Do     4   Y  
      James Do 12     Y  
      Noah Do 9     Y  
    /            
    1 James Abrey/Abere? 50   Shepperd Y  
      Mary Do   50   Y  
      Thomas Do 13     Y  
      Frances Do   11   Y  
    /            
    1 James Park 20   Shepperd Y  
      Elizebeth Do 20?     Y  
      Sarah Do     3   Y  
      John Do   1     Y  
    /            
Overy   1 John Willingham 27   Farmer Y  
      Sophia Do   26   Y  
      Sarah Do     5   Y  
      Mary Do     3   Y  
      Sophia Do     1   Y  
    /            
      Robt Rudd 25   M. S. Y  
      Rebecca Reeve   21 F. S. Y  
      Hannah Bunton   18 F. S. Y  
   
TOTAL in }
  Page 8     }
    5   10 15      
   
F(olio) 5   Page 9  
Overy     Mary Gant   16 F. S. Y  
    //            
    1 George Ling 45   Agr Lab Y  
      Frances Do   43   Y  
      Leonard Do 20     Y  
      Charles Do 13     Y  
      Mary Do     8   Y  
    /            
    1 Ambrose Williams 30   Shepperd Y  
      Mary Do   30   Y  
      Charlotte Do     8   Y  
      Sarah Do     4   Y  
      William Do   2     Y  
    /            
    1 George Pack 50   Agr Lab Y  
      Rachel Do   50   Y  
    /            
    1 Wm Bussey 30   Agr Lab Y  
      Mary Do   22   Y  
      Mary Do     3   Y  
    /            
    1 John Saunders 47   Agr Lab Y  
      Mary Do   47   Y  
      Stephen Do 25   Agr Lab Y  
      Mary Do   24   Y  
      Susan Do   18   Y  
      John Do 15     Y  
      Philip Do 12     Y  
      James Do   5     Y  
    /            
   
TOTAL in }
  Page 9     }
    5   12 12      
   

 

Page No Inhabited
Houses
Uninhabited
Houses
Building Males Females
Total on Page 5     5       12   13
Total on Page 6     5       13   12
Total on Page 7     5       14   11
Total on Page 8     5       10   15
Total on Page 9     5       12   12
 
   

Totals   25       61   63
 
   

 

Total of Persons 124

 

[End of Census Document]


Notes

  • All shorthand contractions in the document have been reproduced as written.
  • Where the age is given in "Months" this has been contracted to "Mon" in the transcription.
  • The abbreviations etc. are "Agr Lab" = "Agricultural Labourer", "Baskt Maker" = Basket Maker", "Benjm" = "Benjamin", "Blksmith" = "Blacksmith", "Charlott" = "Charlotte", "Do" = "Ditto", "Elizebeth" = "Elizabeth", "F. S." = "Female Servant", "Gardner" = "Gardener", "J. BlkSmith" = "Journeyman Blacksmith", "Jno" = "John", "Ind" = "Independent", "M. S." = "Male Servant", "Shepperd" = "Shepherd" and "Shoem Ap" = "Shoemakers Apprentice".
  • The text enclosed in "[]" was on the original but had been crossed out but has been included here for completeness.
  • In other documents and transcriptions the following alternative spellings have been seen which appear to refer to the same people/places:-
    Abrey/Abria/Abere/Abra (see further notes), Elizebeth/Elizabeth, Emmia/Emma May, Renolds/Reynolds, Trew/True, Willingham/Wellingham.
  • Regarding the name Abrey/Abere etc. see Thomas ABRIA in 1851 Census, baptisms in 1849 of Thomas and Sarah (nee KILLENBACK) ABREY in East Harling and marriages of Thomas ABRA (GRO - DEC quarter 1848) to Sarah KILLINGBACK.
  • The following are noted from Quidenham Parish Registers:-
    • Entry 79. 3/March/1836 - Maria dau. of George and Sophia Collings of Eccles (Blacksmith) was baptised.
  • The 1851 Census has a "Joseph TREW" aged 26yrs born in Snitherton (Snetterton) a nephew to a William TREW aged 49yrs born Haughley in Suffolk.
  • There is an "Overy Farm" in the parish.

See also the Eccles parish page and the main Census page.

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Copyright © Mike Bristow.
February 2016