Vision of Britain | 1831 Census: Abstract of answers

1831 Census of Great Britain, Abstract of answers (Sample Report Title: Abstracts of the Answers and Returns Made pursuant to an Act, passed in the Eleventh Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George IV, Intituled, "An Act for taking an Account of the Population of Great Britain, and the Increase or Diminution thereof." Enumeration Abstract.), Table [1] : " Population Abstract".

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click on unit name for its home page If appears click for more detailed statistics	Area	Houses				Occupations			Persons				Agriculture			Employed in Manufacture, or in making Manufacturing Machinery. [16]	Employed in Retail Trade, or in Handicrafts as Masters or Workmen. [17]	Capitalists, Bankers, Professional and other Educated Men. [18]	Labourers employed in Labour not Agricultural [19]	Other Males 20 Years of Age (except Servants) [20]	Male Servants		Female Servants [23]
	English Statute Acres [1]	Inhabited [2]	Families [3]	Building [4]	Uninhabited [5]	Families chiefly employed in Agriculture [6]	Families chiefly employed in Trade, Manufactures, and Handicraft [7]	All other Families not comprised in the two preceding Classes [8]	Males [9]	Females [10]	Total of Persons [11]	Males Twenty Years of Age [12]	Occupiers employing Labourers. [13]	Occupiers not employing Labourers. [14]	Labourers employed in Agriculture. [15]				Labourers employed in Labour not Agricultural [19]	Other Males 20 Years of Age (except Servants) [20]	20 Years of Age [21]	Under 20 Years [22]	Female Servants [23]
Dorset AncC Total	627,220	29,303	33,614	310	1,200	14,601	10,106	8,907	78,345	84,982	163,327	37,861	2,243	967	14,056	722	10,568	1,624	4,451	2,476	754	489	5,574
Coombs Ditch Hundred	11,520	237	276	1	4	180	48	48	644	662	1,306	317	21	5	174	0	56	13	14	15	19	6	65
Pimperne Hundred	25,810	712	846	7	17	611	156	79	1,941	2,008	3,949	1,018	66	20	626	2	189	23	22	39	31	18	120
Rushmore Hundred	840	36	48	0	0	36	11	1	111	122	233	53	3	0	33	0	13	1	3	0	0	0	4
Dewlish Liberty	6,800	110	148	1	4	64	43	41	297	304	601	153	8	1	72	0	44	2	14	8	4	1	16
Corfe Castle Hundred	9,860	292	338	0	4	118	70	150	852	860	1,712	417	15	4	145	0	86	7	129	24	7	3	39
Bere Regis Hundred	9,920	393	436	2	2	290	91	55	981	1,066	2,047	493	33	2	295	2	118	10	5	17	11	6	35
Hundredsbarrow Hundred	5,710	100	109	0	1	95	5	9	249	275	524	124	9	1	96	0	9	2	6	1	0	1	5
Hasilor Hundred	14,820	219	245	3	8	140	37	68	631	641	1,272	344	21	11	166	0	28	5	88	15	10	2	33
Rowberrow Hundred	12,640	651	680	8	34	155	124	401	1,553	1,648	3,201	724	20	3	142	0	123	36	369	22	9	5	59
Winfrith Hundred	20,490	445	525	4	4	368	95	62	1,247	1,335	2,582	580	36	30	337	0	115	12	19	11	20	9	57
Bindon Liberty	9,640	242	284	0	12	129	51	104	542	555	1,097	252	14	4	120	0	56	5	24	28	1	2	22
Owermoigne Liberty	4,570	73	80	2	0	76	3	1	196	183	379	98	4	2	71	0	5	1	6	8	1	0	8
Stoborough Liberty/Borough	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Beaminster Hundred	27,390	1,539	1,584	11	46	783	533	268	3,880	4,083	7,963	1,851	161	88	714	108	514	52	109	74	31	28	251
Beaminster Forum and Redhone Hundred	7,170	406	430	5	16	195	135	100	1,006	1,086	2,092	479	30	11	215	12	130	17	38	20	6	1	56
Eggerton Hundred	9,090	178	207	3	5	151	29	27	491	542	1,033	249	20	9	157	2	36	2	19	4	0	6	32
Godderthorne Hundred	3,260	336	381	8	14	111	205	65	836	944	1,780	402	20	5	97	59	166	9	18	27	1	2	35
Whitchurch Canonicorum Hundred	22,610	1,244	1,378	10	48	817	330	231	3,354	3,439	6,793	1,651	143	85	791	6	347	56	78	124	21	37	260
Broadwindsor Liberty	7,110	283	304	1	7	165	73	66	769	801	1,570	366	41	10	145	15	64	9	30	49	3	4	52
Frampton Liberty	10,050	358	392	1	17	169	81	142	844	1,008	1,852	386	25	4	147	24	57	16	40	66	7	5	56
Loders and Bothenhampton Liberty	2,850	227	260	5	18	148	76	36	593	643	1,236	298	30	12	141	0	82	6	11	13	3	0	38
Powerstock Liberty	3,680	182	242	0	5	124	66	52	507	517	1,024	266	27	26	101	2	78	2	2	28	0	0	24
Buckland Newton Hundred	12,570	279	364	5	8	271	74	19	829	898	1,727	418	53	18	237	0	78	6	5	15	6	2	60
Cerne Totbury and Modbury Hundred	14,600	448	510	2	21	207	173	130	1,209	1,197	2,406	624	36	12	226	20	244	24	27	29	6	10	98
Whiteway Hundred	13,190	426	554	4	14	427	73	54	1,214	1,332	2,546	622	46	17	407	0	88	7	20	25	12	9	65
Alton Pancras Liberty	1,370	44	46	2	1	36	6	4	107	103	210	54	6	0	36	0	9	0	0	3	0	0	8
Piddletrenthide Liberty	7,200	172	226	1	5	129	38	59	520	491	1,011	273	21	12	163	0	39	0	24	14	0	2	32
Sydling St Nicholas Liberty	4,930	140	144	0	7	109	22	13	307	310	617	152	13	2	90	0	28	8	6	4	1	8	22
Culliford Tree Hundred	11,920	429	461	3	27	261	85	115	1,219	1,235	2,454	628	45	26	289	0	109	27	86	25	21	7	114
George Hundred	15,470	435	507	2	14	288	130	89	1,166	1,183	2,349	601	38	7	309	0	166	13	11	43	14	9	83
Puddletown Hundred	11,430	322	369	4	4	251	69	49	878	999	1,877	436	31	3	229	0	101	17	21	24	10	16	84
Tollerford Hundred	14,880	482	558	5	10	309	163	86	1,355	1,296	2,651	676	55	17	326	4	186	23	39	18	8	6	91
Uggscombe Hundred	24,090	761	818	6	14	457	186	175	1,963	1,993	3,956	973	70	45	456	15	186	12	103	81	5	9	113
Fordington Liberty	6,310	448	649	14	10	221	178	250	1,270	1,318	2,588	632	27	10	221	19	202	13	81	50	9	2	49
the Isle of Portland Liberty	2,970	546	592	15	64	30	62	500	1,312	1,358	2,670	565	5	3	21	0	121	5	366	43	1	12	31
Piddlehinton Liberty	2,780	82	82	0	1	44	16	22	193	210	403	106	8	0	46	0	20	4	28	0	0	2	11
Sutton Poyntz Liberty	2,800	120	131	1	5	65	49	17	284	304	588	141	6	6	64	0	54	1	3	7	0	2	13
Wabyhouse Liberty	1,120	122	132	0	7	70	44	18	301	317	618	159	5	0	90	0	49	10	0	0	5	3	24
Wyke Regis and Elwell Liberty	1,070	217	246	7	42	45	43	158	519	678	1,197	227	7	15	29	0	74	27	58	7	10	7	67
Badbury Hundred	30,550	1,143	1,275	8	35	663	343	269	2,927	3,040	5,967	1,480	77	47	672	0	439	73	36	99	37	17	199
Cogdean Hundred	32,960	1,245	1,373	25	51	679	321	373	3,038	3,285	6,323	1,551	82	41	611	1	362	75	198	138	43	17	199
Cranborne Hundred	41,000	1,180	1,309	15	37	827	259	223	3,110	3,145	6,255	1,530	109	40	844	0	310	28	77	104	18	18	149
Knowlton Hundred	5,180	165	187	3	1	158	21	8	463	471	934	218	18	5	152	0	23	2	10	7	1	2	24
Loosebarrow Hundred	11,980	307	324	1	5	217	71	36	796	860	1,656	399	18	25	236	0	83	5	22	9	1	2	33
Monkton Up Wimborne Hundred	4,720	64	85	0	4	63	13	9	159	190	349	96	10	0	65	0	12	2	0	5	2	0	7
Sixpenny Hadley Hundred	16,960	691	823	7	11	568	165	90	1,865	1,975	3,840	931	91	13	505	0	199	18	40	54	11	7	76
Wimborne St Giles Hundred	3,090	81	87	0	2	47	11	29	188	214	402	104	6	1	61	0	19	3	5	4	5	0	11
Shaftesbury Borough	2,400	516	560	11	30	72	361	127	1,484	1,577	3,061	711	22	1	90	1	314	41	171	62	9	4	108
Gillingham Liberty	12,000	943	989	10	24	516	296	177	2,268	2,467	4,735	1,098	100	29	406	36	219	21	178	102	7	12	97
Sherborne Hundred	20,990	751	916	17	28	653	170	93	3,833	4,457	8,290	1,007	118	39	535	9	174	18	59	44	11	3	88
Yetminster Hundred	9,960	318	441	2	14	216	114	111	989	949	1,938	492	37	27	219	7	126	8	13	49	6	5	63
Halstock Hundred/Liberty	1,970	107	112	0	1	64	29	19	269	285	554	148	15	3	73	1	27	3	12	13	1	2	20
Ryme Intrinseca Liberty	1,300	30	47	0	1	36	9	2	83	88	171	43	3	4	26	0	8	1	0	0	1	0	5
Brownshall Hundred	9,080	404	416	6	16	185	115	116	1,118	1,070	2,188	497	33	28	147	1	139	9	81	51	8	9	57
Redland Hundred	17,950	719	827	6	24	515	188	124	1,970	2,042	4,012	1,002	125	26	469	29	198	23	59	53	20	11	133
Sturminster Newton Hundred	12,430	846	883	1	27	419	271	193	2,057	2,092	4,149	976	91	46	365	3	281	34	74	58	24	13	136
Stour Provost Liberty	2,480	170	174	0	4	129	32	13	462	408	870	215	18	17	132	0	38	1	0	9	0	1	9
Blandford Forum AD_Town/Borough	920	522	613	0	6	92	343	178	1,406	1,703	3,109	749	4	1	109	0	452	43	66	49	25	6	154
Bridport Borough	250	625	794	10	43	0	478	316	1,966	2,276	4,242	931	0	0	0	260	307	55	250	46	13	36	195
Dorchester Borough	1,870	426	558	2	11	27	333	198	1,481	1,552	3,033	877	9	0	26	0	418	70	133	170	51	17	275
Lyme Regis Borough	1,190	423	542	7	56	33	257	252	1,161	1,460	2,621	596	7	9	26	37	293	68	84	43	29	20	208
Sherborne AD_Town/Borough	4,900	762	985	7	15	180	559	246	1,809	2,266	4,075	945	19	10	177	35	446	59	103	84	12	7	172
Wareham Borough	4,880	494	517	8	23	72	182	263	1,066	1,259	2,325	499	11	6	83	0	238	36	92	28	5	9	84
Weymouth and Melcombe Regis Borough	1,510	1,320	1,769	10	135	19	847	903	3,323	4,332	7,655	1,694	0	18	1	2	698	299	503	89	84	21	548
Poole AD_Town/CntyOfIt	170	1,315	1,426	11	76	6	645	775	2,884	3,575	6,459	1,264	1	5	2	10	675	146	263	125	37	8	292

Comments:

1	This transcription also includes sub-parish units, but as they have not been systematically added to the auo they are not included in the material copied into the g_data table.

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Acknowledgments:

We are grateful to the following contributors. If you make use of the data in your own work, please follow any instructions given here on acknowledgment and re-use.

David Allan Gatley (School of Social Sciences, University of Staffordshire). Role: transcriber. Restrictions on use: the contributor must be acknowledged but the data may be freely used for non-commercial purposes.