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Census: 1801

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

Census available

This 1801 Norfolk Record Office document [with the reference PD 488/19/1] is on one sheet of paper.

[Transcription copyright © Mike Bristow]

Surname 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.

Be aware that spelling varied - see notes.

Baker
Balum
Betts
Brunen
Clarke
Collings
Cooke
Crooke 		Foulger
Gates
Goodins
Haward
Hubbard
Jolly
Kerrich 		Key
Legget
Ludkin
Mutom
Palmer
Reynolds
Rockett 		Smith
Sparke
Taylor
Tilbrook
Vincent
Wells
Wright

 

The Census

It contains the following information as laid out:-

Names
of males 		Names
of females 		  No
Wm Key Sr Mary Key   Inhabited Houses           5
Wm Key Junr Mary do   Families         11
Jeremiah do Sarah do   Males     36 }  
      Females 35 } total 71
   
Geo Smith Elizb Smith    
  Elizb do    
   
John Ludkin Mary Ludkin   Persons Chiefly employed  
John do Rebecker do       in Agriculture 28
Timothy do Mary do     Trade   1 Carpenter
    Not imployed 42
John Brunen Margery Brunen  
Henry Jolly Matthew (sic) do   71
John Jolly Mary Cooke    
   
Wm Reynolds Sarah Reynolds    
Edward Reynolds Mary do    
Thos Reynolds Rebecker Jolly    
Philip Jolly Elizb Reynolds    
   
Stephen Crooke Charry Crooke    
  Charry do    
  Mary do    
   
Henry Clarke Mary Clarke    
Benjman do      
John Legget      
John Hubbard      
   
John Baker Frances Baker    
   
Jonus Crooke Mary Crooke    
Wm. Crooke Elizb do    
Geo Vincent Susan Vincent    
Thos Baker Sarah do    
  Mary do    
   
Frs. Gates Mary Palmer    
Edward Palmer Sarah Betts    
Frs Betts Elizb Foulger    
Saml Jolly Gemimer Goodins    
James Tilbrook Ester Collings    
John Haward      
Richard Palmer      
   
Geo Wells Mary Wells    
Robt Palmer Charlotte Wright    
Wm Rockett Frs Sparke    
Wm Mutom Elizb Balum    
Abriham Kerrich Lucy Taylor    
   

March the 10th 1801

 

[End of Census Document]

Notes

  • All shorthand contractions in the document have been reproduced as written.
  • In other rate documents the following alternative spellings have been seen which appear to refer to the same people/places:-
    Abriham Kerrich/Abraham Kerridge (see Brettenham 1841 Census), Balum/Baalam/Balam, Frs. Gates/Francis Gates, Gemimer/Jemima, Jonus/Jonas, Ludkin/Lutkin, Rebecker/Rebecca, Frs Sparke/Frances Sparke.
  • The abbreviations are "Abriham" = "Abraham", "Benjman" = "Benjamin", "Charry" = "Charity", "Do" = "Ditto", "Elizb" = "Elizabeth", Ester/Esther, "Junr"= "Junior", "Sr" = "Senior", "Wm" = "William".
  • From the Illington Baptism Register some of the entries between 1783 and 1801 are as follows :-
    • TAYLOR Lucy daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth his wife (late NOBLE spinster) born in September but publicly baptized 19th Oct 1783
    • CROOK John son of Stephen and Charity his wife (late Charity BOND spinster) born in October publicly baptized Nov 2nd 1783
    • KEY Sarah daughter of William and Mary his wife late Mary DAVY spinster July 10th 1785
    • CROOK John & Charity son & daughter of Stephen and Charity his wife late Charity BOND spinster June 6th 1786
    • KEY Sarah daughter of William late Mary DAVY July 9th 1786
    • COOKE Rebecca the daughter of John and Mary (late CRANE) was baptiz'd May 27th 1787
    • CROOK Eliz: daughter of Jonas and Mary his wife (late CARTER) was baptiz'd publically 31st Aug 1788
    • REYNOLDS George son of William and Sarah (late COLLINS) was baptiz'd publically 5th July 1789
    • Ph: (Philip) Leach - Curate 1789
    • CLARKE Benjamin son of Henry and Mary late WHITERED was baptiz'd publically 2nd Jan 1791
    • LUDKIN Rebecca daughter of John and Mary late DAVY was baptiz'd publically 6th Oct 1793
    • REYNOLDS Thomas son of William and Sarah late COLLINS was baptiz'd privately 21st Jan 1794
    • LUTKIN Timothy Son of John and Mary late DAVY was baptiz'd publically 16th April 1797
    • VINCENT George son of George and Susanna late CROOK was baptiz'd privately 15th Oct 1798
    • LUDKIN Mary daughter of John and Mary late WRETHAM was baptiz'd privately 24th May publically 27th Nov 1800. John LUDKIN - widower married 2/June/1799 Mary WRETHAM spinster. A Mary LUDKIN was buried 27/May/1798 aged 32 years.
    • JOLLY Philip son of Philip and Rebecca late REYNOLDS was baptiz'd privately 24th May 1800
    • PALMER Richard son of Edward and Mary late BETTS was baptiz'd privately 9th Dec 1800
    • BAKER James son of John and Frances late CLARKE was baptiz'd publically 2nd Aug 1801
    • HUBBARD Elizabeth daughter of John and Alice late CLARKE was baptiz'd publically 8th Nov 1801

See also the Illington parish page and the main Census page

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April 2002