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Census: 1841
Rushford was a parish part of which was in Norfolk and the rest in Suffolk. The National Archives (was PRO) references start with HO/107/775 (for full details see later).
The Norfolk portion (in Guiltcross Hundred) contains the Hamlets of Great and Little Snarehill (which is an extra parochial estate) and Shadwell.
The Suffolk portion (situated in Blackbourn Hundred) is the Rushford Lodge Estate (c.1000 acres).
[Transcription copyright © Mike Bristow]
Places
This document covers the following places:-
| PRO Ref | Description | Pages | Folios |
|---|---|---|---|
| HO/107/775/12 | Rushford | 1 to 5 | 5,6,7 |
| HO/107/775/13 | Hamlet of Shadwell (Part of Rushford) | 8,9 | 2,3 |
| HO/107/775/14 | Snarehill (Great and Little) Extra parochial | 10,11 | 2,3 |
| HO/107/1014/5 | Rushford Lodge Estate (Suffolk) | 6,7 | 2,3 |
[Note that the Suffolk part of Rushford ie. "Rushford Lodge estate" has been included for completeness. The enumerator used Pages ie. 6 and 7 and Folios nos which fit between the Norfolk Pages.]
Surname Index
The following surnames are contained in the document. The numbers following each are the Page numbers as listed above. The census is contained entirely in three separate sections which contain one or more occurences of the name.
| Alderton (p8) Austin (p6) Bales (p6) Barnes (p10) Bart (p6,p7) Brewster (p8) Brown (p1,p10) Bush (p5) Button (p4) Catton (p6) Collings (p7) Corble (p5) Cooke (p4,p11) Cornell (p2) Culham (p4) Daisley (p7) Darsley (p8) | Denny (p8) Dickinson (p4) Drydon (p5) Ellis (p5) Esling (p10) Fox (p4) Gant (p8) Gold (p10) Green (p5) Hare (p10) Harrison (p3) Hastie (p5) Hilton (p5) Hitchcock (p7) Holmes (p1) Hubbard (p2,p3,p4) | Jannings (p8) King (p6,p9) Laughlin (p7) Lidymore (p4) Long (p6) Miller (p6,p8) Mills (p1) Morris (p6) Murton (p4) Partridge (p10) Pointer (p4) Precious (p11) Pridmore (p10) Read (p4) Rickwood (p6,p8) Rivitt (p5) | Russel (p8) Sage (p1) Scaff (p1,p5) Sewell (p10) Sexton (p2,p3,p8) Shingles (p3) Smart (p5) Smith (p6) Todd (p9) Tomlinson (p10) Turner (p4) Twitchit (p1) Ward (p10) White__? (p1) Wilson (p10) Worbey (p3) |
The Census
- Census place (parish, township, etc.)
- Hundred = Guiltcross
- Supt. Registrar's District = Thetford
- Registration District = Thetford
- Enumeration District = 15
- Description = Rushford (Part of)
- 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.
Rushford - HO/107/775/12
Note that part of Rushford is in Suffolk and is there returned.
F(olio) 5 - Page 1
| PLACE | Un | In | Names | Age/ M | Sex F | Profession Trade | Born County | S, I or F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rushford | 1 | Nathan Sage | 35 | Ag Labourer | Y | |||
| Rebecca Sage | 29 | Y | ||||||
| James Sage | 7 | Y | ||||||
| Jeremiah Sage | 4 | Y | ||||||
| Elizabeth Sage | 11 Mon | Y | ||||||
| / | ||||||||
| William Mills | 40 | Stone Mason | Y | |||||
| // | ||||||||
| 1 | Anthony Brown | 35 | Ag Labourer | Y | ||||
| Mary Ann Do | 33 | Y | ||||||
| James Do | 15 | Ag Labourer | Y | |||||
| Susanna Do | 12 | N | ||||||
| Sarah Do | 10 | N | ||||||
| Mary Ann Do | 4 | N | ||||||
| Anthony Do | 2 | N | ||||||
| / | ||||||||
| David Lord | 18 | Ag Labourer | N | |||||
| Robert White---? | 18 | Do | N | |||||
| Henry Twitchit | 15 | Do | N | |||||
| // | ||||||||
| 1 | George Holmes | 35 | Do | Y | ||||
| Susanna Do | 35 | Y | ||||||
| Henry Do | 9 | Y | ||||||
| Mary Do | 6 | Y | ||||||
| / | ||||||||
| Henry Scaff | 70 | Ag Labourer | Y | |||||
| William Do | 30 | Do | Y | |||||
| // | ||||||||
| TOTAL in } Page 1 } | 3 | 14 | 8 | |||||
| F(olio) 5 Page 2 | ||||||||
| Rushford | 1 | George Hubbard | 40 | Carpenter | Y | |||
| Sarah Do | 40 | Y | ||||||
| William Do | 20 | Labourer | Y | |||||
| James Do | 18 | Do | Y | |||||
| Harriott Do | 16 | Y | ||||||
| David Do | 13 | Do | Y | |||||
| Emily Do | 8 | Y | ||||||
| Henry Do | 11 | Do | Y | |||||
| Robert Do | 6 | Y | ||||||
| / | ||||||||
| 1 | Samuel Hubbard | 50 | Carpenter | N | ||||
| Elizabeth Do | 40 | N | ||||||
| Robert Do | 20 | Shoemaker | Y | |||||
| / | ||||||||
| 1 | Thomas Hubbard | 35 | Labourer | N | ||||
| Mary Do | 40 | Y | ||||||
| Eliza Do | 10 | Y | ||||||
| Rebecca Do | 8 | Y | ||||||
| Samuel Do | 5 | Y | ||||||
| Mary Ann Do | 3 | Y | ||||||
| / | ||||||||
| 1 | John Cornell | 35 | Labourer | Y | ||||
| Lydia Cornell | 35 | Y | ||||||
| Barnabas Do | 8 | Y | ||||||
| Emma Do | 6 | Y | ||||||
| / | ||||||||
| 1 | John Sexton | 36 | Labourer | Y | ||||
| Maria Sexton | 37 | Y | ||||||
| TOTAL in } Page 2 } | 5 | 13 | 11 | |||||
| F(olio) 6 Page 3 | ||||||||
| Rushford | Maria Sexton | 10 | Y | |||||
| George Sexton | 8 | Y | ||||||
| Martha Do | 7 | Y | ||||||
| John Do | 5 | Y | ||||||
| Emma Do | 4 | Y | ||||||
| Lucy Do | 1 | Y | ||||||
| / | ||||||||
| Stephen Harrison | 35 | Stone Mason | N | |||||
| Edward Worbey | 20 | Ag Labourer | Y | |||||
| Thomas Shingles | 20 | Do | Y | |||||
| // | ||||||||
| 1 | James Sexton | 65 | Do | Y | ||||
| Martha Do | 65 | N | ||||||
| William Do | 30 | Do | Y | |||||
| Elizabeth Do | 24 | Y | ||||||
| Arthur Do | 2 | Y | ||||||
| / | ||||||||
| 1 | William Lord | 48 | Ag Labourer | Y | ||||
| Sarah Lord | 44 | Y | ||||||
| Harriott Lord | 22 | Y | ||||||
| Sarah Do | 20 | Y | ||||||
| Mary Do | 15 | Y | ||||||
| Emma Do | 1 | Y | ||||||
| Robert Do | 5Wks | Y | ||||||
| / | ||||||||
| 1 | Robert Hubbard | 40 | Ag Labourer | N | ||||
| Charlotte Do | 40 | N | ||||||
| Elizabeth Do | 14 | N | ||||||
| / | ||||||||
| TOTAL in } Page 3 } | 3 | 11 | 13 | |||||
| F(olio) 6 Page 4 | ||||||||
| Rushford | Rebecca Hubbard | 7 | N | |||||
| Ishmeal Do | 5 | N | ||||||
| Priscilla Do | 3 | N | ||||||
| / | ||||||||
| 1 | William Lord | 82 | Ag Lab | Y | ||||
| Mary Lord | 82 | Do | Y | |||||
| / | ||||||||
| Hannah Pointer | 85 | Do | Y | |||||
| // | ||||||||
| 1 | William Dickinson | 40 | Labourer | Y | ||||
| Louisa Do | 30 | Y | ||||||
| Caroline Do | 16 | Y | ||||||
| Charles Do | 11 | Y | ||||||
| / | ||||||||
| Samuel Turner | 30 | Mason | Y | |||||
| // | ||||||||
| College Farm | 1 | John Cooke | 60 | Farmer | Y | |||
| Anna Cooke | 60 | N | ||||||
| Charles Cooke | 25 | Y | ||||||
| John Cooke | 25 | N | ||||||
| / | ||||||||
| Caroline Culham | 6 | Y | ||||||
| Herbert Culham | 4 | Y | ||||||
| Catherine Read | 35 | F. S. | N | |||||
| Ann Murton | 20 | F. S. | Y | |||||
| Emma Fox | 19 | F. S. | N | |||||
| James Lidymore | 18 | M. S. | N | |||||
| John Lidymore | 15 | M. S. | N | |||||
| // | ||||||||
| 1 | William Button | 68 | Labourer | Y | ||||
| / | ||||||||
| TOTAL in } Page 4 } | 4 | 12 | 11 | |||||
| F(olio) 7 Page 5 | ||||||||
| Rushford | 1 | Elijah Rivitt | 35 | Ag Labourer | Y | |||
| Martha Do | 35 | N | ||||||
| Charity Do | 6 | N | ||||||
| Elijah Do | 2 | Y | ||||||
| Harriott --- | 8 mo | Y | ||||||
| / | ||||||||
| George Adcock | 25 | N | ||||||
| Martha Do | 25 | N | ||||||
| William Scaff | 15 | Ag Labourer | Y | |||||
| Thomas Bush | 15 | Ag Labourer | Y | |||||
| Robert Corble | 20 | Brick Maker | Y | |||||
| // | ||||||||
| 1 | James Green | 60 | Ag Labourer | N | ||||
| Lettice Green | 60 | Y | ||||||
| / | ||||||||
| 1 | George Hilton | 50 | Warrener | Y | ||||
| Elizabeth Do | 50 | Y | ||||||
| / | ||||||||
| 1 | William Ellis | 30 | Game Keeper | Y | ||||
| Mary Do | 30 | Y | ||||||
| / | ||||||||
| James Hastie | 30 | Stone Mason | S | |||||
| // | ||||||||
| 1 | Robert Smart | 40 | Surveyor | S | ||||
| Robert Drydon | 25 | Carpenter | S | |||||
| Elizabeth Drydon | 30 | N | ||||||
| TOTAL in } Page 5 } | 5 | 12 | 8 | |||||
| Page No | Inhabited Houses | Uninhabited Houses | Building | Males | Females |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F(olio) 8 Page 21 | |||||
| Total on Page 1 | 3 | 14 | 8 | ||
| Total on Page 2 | 5 | 13 | 11 | ||
| Total on Page 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | ||
| Total on Page 4 | 4 | 12 | 11 | ||
| Total on Page 5 | 5 | 12 | 8 | ||
| Totals | 20 | 62 | 51 | ||
Total of Persons 113
Charles Cooke - Enumerator
Note - This table above also had other lines which were subsequently crossed out from the Hamlet pages and from the "Suffolk side".
Hamlet of Shadwell
HO/107/775/13 - Rushford (Part of)
F(olio) 2 - Page 8
| PLACE | Un | In | Names | Age/ M | Sex F | Profession Trade | Born County | S, I or F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shadwell | ||||||||
| Hall | B | Uninhabited [See Notes] | ||||||
| Outbuilding | 1 | George Darsley | 55 | Labourer | Y | |||
| / | ||||||||
| Thomas Miller | 65 | Gardner | Y | |||||
| Mary Do | 65 | N | ||||||
| Mary Do | 35 | Y | ||||||
| / | ||||||||
| Joseph Russel | 15 | Gardner | N | |||||
| // | ||||||||
| 1 | William Alderton | 40 | Labourer | Y | ||||
| Mary Do | 40 | N | ||||||
| Jno Do | 14 | Do | Y | |||||
| William Do | 12 | Y | ||||||
| Robert Do | 7 | Y | ||||||
| Sarah --- | 7 | Y | ||||||
| / | ||||||||
| Mary Gant | 65 | N | ||||||
| George Rickwood | 30 | Ag Lab | N | |||||
| // | ||||||||
| 1 | George Denny | 20 | Ag Labourer | Y | ||||
| Amelia Do | 25 | Y | ||||||
| Amelia Do | 1 mo | Y | ||||||
| / | ||||||||
| 1 | Robert Sexton | 55 | Shepherd | Y | ||||
| Sarah Do | 60 | Y | ||||||
| Hannah Brewster | 90 | N | ||||||
| William Jannings | 72 | Game Keeper | N | |||||
| John Brewster | 59 | Carpenter | Y | |||||
| Robert Do | 55 | Do | Y | |||||
| // | ||||||||
| TOTAL in } Page 8 } | 1 | 4 | 13 | 9 | ||||
| Hamlet of Shadwell Parish of Rushford | ||||||||
| F(olio) 3 Page 9 | ||||||||
| Shadwell | 1 | James Todd | 50 | Farming Bailiff | Y | |||
| Mary Todd | 51 | Y | ||||||
| / | ||||||||
| Sophia King | 30 | F. S. | N | |||||
| // | ||||||||
| TOTAL in } Page 9 } | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Page No | Inhabited Houses | Uninhabited Houses | Building | Males | Females |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total on Page 8 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | |
| Total on Page 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 5 | 1 | 14 | 11 |
Total of Persons 25
Snarehill Extra parochial
HO/107/775/14 - Rushford adjacent
F(olio) 2 Page 10
| PLACE | Un | In | Names | Age/ M | Sex F | Profession Trade | Born County | S, I or F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snarehill House | 1 | Henry Partridge | 30 | Independent | Y | |||
| Etheldred Do | 30 | N | ||||||
| Etheldred Do | 5 | N | ||||||
| Henry Do | 4 | N | ||||||
| Arthur Do | 2 | Y | ||||||
| / | ||||||||
| Extra | Sarah Brown | 25 | F. S. | N | ||||
| Parochial | Susan Sewell | 25 | F. S. | N | ||||
| Elizabeth Barnes | 30 | F. S. | Y | |||||
| Ann Pridmore | 20 | F. S. | N | |||||
| Francis Hare | 20 | M. S. | N | |||||
| Thomas Tomlinson | 20 | M. S. | Y | |||||
| Robert Gold | 20 | M. S. | Y | |||||
| / | ||||||||
| Do | 1 | Ambrose Esling | 55 | Farming Bailiff | Y | |||
| Sarah Esling | 55 | N | ||||||
| Betsey Do | 15 | N | ||||||
| / | ||||||||
| William Wilson | 25 | Shepherd | Y | |||||
| // | ||||||||
| Do | 1 | Joseph Ward | 42 | Gardner | Y | |||
| Maria Do | 17 | Y | ||||||
| Francis Do | 14 | Y | ||||||
| Joseph Do | 12 | Y | ||||||
| William Do | 10 | Y | ||||||
| Fordham Do | 6 | Y | ||||||
| Mary Ann Do | 4 | Y | ||||||
| / | ||||||||
| TOTAL in } Page 10 } | 3 | 13 | 10 | |||||
| Detached from Rushford Parish Guiltcross Hundred | ||||||||
| Great Snarehill Extraparochial Parish of Rushford | ||||||||
| F(olio) 3 Page 11 | ||||||||
| Snarehill | 1 | James Precious | 27 | Shepherd | Y | |||
| Sarah Do | 28 | Y | ||||||
| Extra | William Do | 3 | Y | |||||
| Parochial | Charles Do | 1 | Y | |||||
| / | ||||||||
| John Cooke | 21 | Labourer | Y | |||||
| // | ||||||||
| TOTAL in } Page 11 } | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||||
| Page No | Inhabited Houses | Uninhabited Houses | Building | Males | Females |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total on Page 10 | 3 | 13 | 10 | ||
| Total on Page 11 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 4 | 17 | 11 |
Total of Persons 28
Rushford Lodge Estate
HO/107/1014/5
- Census place (parish, township, etc.)
- Hundred = Blackbourne
- Supt. Registrar's District = Thetford
- Registration District = Thetford
- Enumeration District = 15
- Description = Rushford (Part of)
F(olio) 2 Page 6
| PLACE | Un | In | Names | Age/ M | Sex F | Profession Trade | Born County | S, I or F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rushford Hall | 1 | Susanna Catton | 25 | F. S. | Y | |||
| Thomas Smith | 25 | Labourer | Y | |||||
| William Lond | 30 | Do | Y | |||||
| Elizabeth Catton | 20 | F. S. | Y | |||||
| // | ||||||||
| 1 | John Bart | 50 | Farming Bailiff | Y | ||||
| Sarah Do | 50 | Y | ||||||
| Ann Morris | 50 | F. S. | Y | |||||
| Mary Bales | 15 | F. S. | Y | |||||
| // | ||||||||
| 1 | Thomas King | 45 | Labourer | Y | ||||
| Elizabeth Do | 40 | Y | ||||||
| James Do | 16 | Labourer | Y | |||||
| Jessey King | 15 | Y | ||||||
| // | ||||||||
| 1 | Ann Rickwood | 40 | Charwoman | Y | ||||
| George Rickwood | 9 | Y | ||||||
| Charlotte Rickwood | 8 | Y | ||||||
| Thomas Rickwood | 4 | Y | ||||||
| / | ||||||||
| David Austin | 25 | Labourer | Y | |||||
| Charles Lord | 20 | Do | N | |||||
| Jno Smith | 20 | Do | Y | |||||
| // | ||||||||
| 1 | Robert Miller | 25 | Gardner | N | ||||
| Sarah Do | 30 | N | ||||||
| Walter Do | 4 | N | ||||||
| Frederic Do | 1 | Y | ||||||
| // | ||||||||
| TOTAL in } Page 6 } | 5 | 13 | 10 | |||||
| Detached from Rushford Parish Guiltcross Hundred | ||||||||
| F(olio) 3 Page 11 | ||||||||
| Rushford | 1 | John Bart | 30 | Gamekeeper | Y | |||
| Phoebe Do | 35 | Y | ||||||
| Elizabeth Do | 3 | Y | ||||||
| Charles Daisley | 14 | Labourer | Y | |||||
| William Collings | 11 | Y | ||||||
| // | ||||||||
| 1 | John Laughlin | 41 | Labourer | Y | ||||
| Elizabeth Do | 40 | Y | ||||||
| Benjamin Do | 8 | Y | ||||||
| Thomas Do | 7 | Y | ||||||
| // | ||||||||
| 1 | Susanna Hitchcock | 20 | Schoolmistress | N | ||||
| Mary Ann Do | 19 | Do | N | |||||
| // | ||||||||
| TOTAL in } Page 7 } | 3 | 6 | 5 | |||||
| Page No | Inhabited Houses | Uninhabited Houses | Building | Males | Females |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total on Page 6 | 5 | 13 | 10 | ||
| Total on Page 7 | 3 | 6 | 5 | ||
| Totals | 8 | 19 | 15 |
Total of Persons 34
[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".
- In other documents and transcriptions the following alternative spellings have been seen which appear to refer to the same people/places:-
Bart/Burt, Darsley/Daisley, Dickinson/Dickerson/Dickerton, Rivitt/Rivet, Scaff/Scarf/Scarfe, White__?/Whiterod/Whiteman? - The following are noted from Quidenham Parish Registers:-
- Entry 79. 3/March/1836 - Maria dau. of George and Sophia Collings of Rushford (Blacksmith) was baptised.
- Shadwell Court [Lodge/Hall] was rebuilt between 1840-42 for Sir John Jacob Buxton, 2nd Bart. using architect Edward Blore.
- Little Snarehill covers 380 acres and is where Snarehill House is situated. Great Snarehill is 1,666 acres and mostly heath.
- In the Bishops Transcripts (Archdeaconry of Norfolk) for 1752-3 under Rushford is the following :-
2 Cott(ages?)
Houses nine
Men twenty seven
One Quaker
See also the Rushford and Snarehill parish pages and the main Census page.
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June 2016