| Parish/Town: |
Braintree |
| County: |
Essex |
| Census Year: |
1821 |
| Location Type |
Parish |
| Location/Reference # of Original Document |
Braintree, Essex, 1821 Census [household return] Essex Record Office D/DU 65/83 |
| Location/Reference # of Additional Copies or Transcripts: |
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| Uninhabited Houses: |
17 |
| Inhabited Houses: |
621 |
| People: |
2983 |
| Families: |
0 |
| Men: |
1376 |
| Women: |
1607 |
| Houses in Agriculture: |
176 |
| Houses in Trade: |
320 |
| Houses in Neither: |
145 |
| Individuals in Agriculture: |
0 |
| Individuals in Trade: |
0 |
| Individuals in Neither: |
0 |
| Houses Now Building: |
12 |
| Condition Of Document: |
|
| Gaps In Content: |
This census contains all standard 1821 census questions, including ages in quinquennial groups.
Each head of household is named and each person's age is given in the household. |
| Additional Statistics: |
Ages of Males:
196 males under 5.
205 males 5 to 10.
134 males 10 to 15.
129 males 15 to 20.
233 males 20 to 30.
135 males 30 to 40.
138 males 40 to 50.
111 males 50 to 60.
57 males 60 to 70.
30 males 70 to 80.
8 males 80 to 90.
Ages of Females:
208 females under 5.
215 females 5 to 10.
189 females 10 to 15.
181 females 15 to 20.
278 females 20 to 30.
147 females 30 to 40.
142 females 40 to 50.
105 females 50 to 60.
89 females 60 to 70.
40 females 70 to 80.
12 females 80 to 90.
1 female 90 to 100.
Place names as extracted may actually refer to person's place of origin, not where they currently reside. |
| Front Page Information: |
"The Population of the Parish of Braintree. Taken 28th May 1821.
John Cunnington and Thomas Joslin, Chwardens;
Richard Springitt, Joseph Baines, and Joseph Portway, Overseers;
and Wm Johnson, Vestry Clerk."
The beginning of the book contains census information from 1801 through 1831.
Note: The Population in 1801 amounted to 2021. The Population in 1811 amounted to 1082 males, 1216 females (Excess of Females 134), total 2298, Being a decrease of 523. And in 1811 there were 508 Houses Inhabited by 519 Families Besides 10 uninhabited Houses. |
| Additional Information: |
"When the Population was taken in 1811 the Parish officers divided themselves into two parties and completed it in two days.
In 1821 the population was taken in one day; in order to which the following plan was arranged.
Mr Joslin and Mr Springitt took High Street, Bocking-end, Sandpitt Lane, and Coggeshall Lane.
Mr Cunnington and Mr Wing took The Square, The Hyde, Workhouse Lane, New Street, Pound end, Hoppitt, and Drury Lane.
And Mr Baines and Mr Johnson took All the more distant parts including Gibbon's end and Further Coggeshall Lane."
Other notes on the return include, "Dead" and "D" meaning dissenter of the Church of England. There are also people marked with an "A" (agriculture) and "T" (trade).
Page 1: "High Street, including the two Church Lanes, the house in the Church Yard, Mr Medcalf's the butcher's, Mr Dee's & Mr Sayers; when at the garden fronting Mr Harrison, beginning at the Swan, & ending with the Bank & the corner house opposite next Coggeshall Lane [Bocking End is crossed out]."
Page 49: "Bocking End & Sandpitt Lane"
Page 65: "Coggeshall Lane"
Page 79: "See the remr of Coggeshall Lane at the End of High Street Page 43."
Page 81: "The Square including Mr Wing"s Mr Pastle's & Mr Cunnington's"
Page 97: "The Hyde including the Workhouse and Wrights the Carters."
Page 113: "Workhouse Lane"
Page 129: "New Street including the George Lane"
Page 145: "Pound End including the Nicarage & Ward's at the opposite corner, the Silk Mills, the houses fronting the Great Hyde, & up as far as the Pound"
Page 161: "Pound End contd"
Page 177: "Hoppitt"
Page 193: "Drury Lane and all the Houses at the back of the High Street, not fronting the Square."
Page 209: "Rayne Road"
Page 213: "Quilberry Lane"
Page 217: "Braintree Greens"
Page 220: "Bedwells End"
Page 225: "Gibbons End"
Page 229: "Skitts Hill & including Two House near the Mill Notley
Page 241: "Upper Coggeshall Lane including as far as the Bay Tree" |
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