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]
Devon AncC Total	1,636,530	81,999	101,911	1,381	4,220	35,505	33,339	33,067	235,789	258,689	494,478	116,188	9,328	3,356	35,311	1,221	35,784	5,907	14,307	9,075	1,899	752	20,886
Axminster Hundred	51,930	2,648	2,928	24	92	1,300	905	723	6,878	7,061	13,939	3,336	326	131	1,230	3	915	126	315	218	72	43	683
Bampton Hundred	29,430	1,316	1,523	11	52	710	463	350	3,560	3,440	7,000	1,773	178	72	684	12	465	49	180	109	24	8	231
Black Torrington Hundred	141,600	3,337	3,590	47	131	2,595	628	367	9,911	9,581	19,492	4,675	849	284	2,296	27	704	69	158	282	6	8	688
Braunton Hundred	68,830	3,941	4,449	58	214	1,366	1,674	1,409	10,313	11,661	21,974	5,088	390	190	1,245	106	1,717	212	640	504	84	45	1,271
East Budleigh Hundred	50,290	3,896	4,244	40	269	1,444	1,256	1,544	9,257	11,009	20,266	4,550	368	217	1,414	3	1,382	312	407	287	160	47	863
West Budleigh Hundred	16,890	560	580	4	16	419	130	31	1,579	1,468	3,047	794	106	21	457	0	155	22	11	16	6	2	78
Cliston Hundred	19,260	627	694	10	20	472	139	83	1,788	1,694	3,482	939	107	7	526	0	122	14	96	54	13	3	154
Coleridge Hundred	50,090	3,119	4,223	29	160	1,316	1,585	1,322	9,618	10,721	20,339	4,530	338	99	1,255	32	1,637	194	640	281	54	18	767
Colyton Hundred	27,410	1,431	1,538	15	66	725	391	422	3,643	3,731	7,374	1,785	192	93	727	0	430	41	191	86	25	14	275
Crediton Hundred	34,160	2,417	2,554	31	108	1,141	1,020	393	5,823	6,414	12,237	2,864	202	54	1,194	7	944	64	240	121	38	11	315
Ermington Hundred	51,610	1,835	1,984	22	113	1,161	543	280	5,293	5,231	10,524	2,626	248	80	1,222	8	689	92	97	149	41	20	319
Exminster Hundred	43,740	3,187	3,472	33	207	1,223	1,273	976	8,560	9,672	18,232	4,055	260	125	1,214	18	1,424	267	450	190	107	33	1,062
Fremington Hundred	33,350	1,672	1,746	17	93	880	493	373	4,318	4,526	8,844	2,040	246	70	774	64	518	58	157	127	26	13	428
Halberton Hundred	10,090	525	626	3	14	356	156	114	1,405	1,461	2,866	723	81	42	324	3	152	18	28	70	5	1	103
Hartland Hundred	30,360	849	913	4	27	591	175	147	2,332	2,314	4,646	1,099	187	56	555	0	170	18	34	67	12	5	152
Hayridge Hundred	44,890	2,660	2,945	21	117	1,370	1,102	473	6,755	6,689	13,444	3,429	334	95	1,384	252	880	91	153	212	28	15	449
Haytor Hundred	61,420	4,370	4,830	81	263	1,580	1,559	1,691	11,166	12,977	24,143	5,134	390	119	1,617	2	1,850	260	422	360	114	24	934
Hemyock Hundred	26,440	1,105	1,217	14	42	673	306	238	2,917	2,890	5,807	1,449	214	58	683	49	264	27	69	70	15	7	242
Lifton Hundred	136,350	2,259	2,524	22	80	1,435	540	549	6,908	6,539	13,447	3,611	360	190	1,574	1	595	63	700	95	33	7	404
South Molton Hundred	67,930	2,626	2,752	36	114	1,305	694	753	6,779	7,046	13,825	3,352	373	201	1,311	100	738	101	232	256	40	20	665
Ottery St Mary Hundred	9,470	738	856	5	23	296	258	302	1,847	2,002	3,849	863	55	43	356	1	256	65	37	31	19	6	136
Plympton Hundred	32,230	1,575	1,927	16	61	620	438	869	4,949	4,868	9,817	2,433	148	57	787	0	492	117	630	118	84	31	303
Roborough Hundred	57,870	1,862	2,077	14	121	1,146	406	525	5,433	5,463	10,896	2,615	268	135	1,006	5	442	115	417	166	61	39	459
Shebbear Hundred	79,200	3,829	4,004	48	259	1,803	874	1,327	9,670	10,489	20,159	4,452	460	139	1,634	5	1,184	175	387	399	69	34	954
Shirwell Hundred	45,790	789	820	6	33	579	149	92	2,103	2,083	4,186	1,094	183	42	517	0	214	20	68	41	9	4	231
Stanborough Hundred	61,870	2,573	2,746	20	132	1,406	885	455	7,154	7,367	14,521	3,479	396	120	1,322	130	848	113	351	179	20	16	435
Tavistock Hundred	19,790	1,006	1,337	3	43	263	369	705	3,325	3,629	6,954	1,659	112	16	444	1	544	112	289	70	71	71	364
North Tawton and Winkleigh Hundred	65,300	2,370	2,585	27	134	1,441	714	430	6,499	6,923	13,422	3,152	463	80	1,495	20	656	50	211	170	7	0	397
Teignbridge Hundred	59,230	2,427	2,810	17	131	1,376	854	580	7,169	7,296	14,465	3,542	336	64	1,331	133	898	132	439	175	34	4	466
Tiverton Hundred	23,960	1,988	2,165	18	61	671	1,185	309	4,950	5,569	10,519	2,509	139	52	712	56	820	165	388	111	66	30	547
Witheridge Hundred	84,680	1,779	1,886	18	105	1,286	426	174	4,955	4,612	9,567	2,518	421	89	1,283	0	525	51	35	106	8	3	353
Wonford Hundred	96,970	4,785	5,493	113	227	2,214	1,611	1,668	13,206	14,213	27,419	6,676	553	219	2,377	69	1,384	406	994	569	105	31	1,140
Exeter AD_City/CntyOfIt	1,800	4,056	6,038	80	279	105	3,004	2,929	12,683	15,559	28,242	6,573	15	25	156	58	3,655	617	1,260	534	253	55	1,879
Plymouth Borough	2,300	7,842	17,835	474	413	237	7,134	10,464	33,043	42,491	75,534	16,771	30	71	205	56	8,115	1,671	3,581	2,852	190	84	3,139

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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.