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".

List for top level	Wiltshire	List for England Dep

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]
Wiltshire AncC Total	869,620	46,281	51,659	321	1,897	25,045	15,627	10,987	117,622	122,534	240,156	58,039	3,356	1,237	24,532	3,490	13,066	1,790	4,823	4,340	1,157	396	7,623
Alderbury Hundred	31,760	862	984	9	24	645	168	171	2,293	2,176	4,469	1,119	85	24	617	2	162	24	83	109	13	5	122
Amesbury Hundred	42,620	1,285	1,430	15	28	906	334	190	3,398	3,213	6,611	1,741	119	23	884	0	419	39	80	115	62	17	235
Bradford Hundred	18,760	2,283	2,461	26	311	521	1,258	682	5,634	5,970	11,604	2,681	110	47	487	741	517	136	404	191	48	18	247
Branch and Dole Hundred	38,440	1,627	1,847	10	55	989	490	368	4,229	4,331	8,560	2,186	110	15	1,073	45	413	56	217	221	36	7	234
Calne Hundred	21,540	1,330	1,526	7	32	732	418	376	3,237	3,426	6,663	1,576	87	29	700	35	408	49	108	136	24	9	257
Cawden and Cadworth Hundred	25,100	838	989	1	15	628	197	164	2,172	2,360	4,532	1,151	65	10	674	20	171	30	90	67	24	3	155
Chalk Hundred	26,610	576	670	4	3	535	78	57	1,585	1,558	3,143	784	58	20	539	0	116	9	6	24	12	5	61
Chippenham Hundred	65,160	3,929	4,389	36	162	1,776	1,230	1,383	10,039	10,459	20,498	4,977	314	149	1,613	240	1,086	165	590	478	94	36	684
Damerham Hundred	27,600	1,147	1,336	11	32	750	312	274	3,066	3,026	6,092	1,556	113	32	861	57	264	32	101	76	20	13	171
Downton Hundred	23,590	1,358	1,470	12	25	849	339	282	3,264	3,551	6,815	1,639	86	11	845	0	389	29	152	96	31	15	148
Dunworth Hundred	26,650	1,292	1,369	3	55	850	244	275	3,357	3,390	6,747	1,646	133	35	923	0	295	28	44	142	46	17	200
Elstub and Everleigh Hundred	40,590	1,130	1,282	12	25	904	223	155	2,827	2,895	5,722	1,476	88	17	915	1	282	36	37	69	31	3	175
Frustfield Hundred	8,200	275	293	0	5	178	64	51	746	734	1,480	354	17	8	185	0	76	14	8	19	27	1	47
Heytesbury Hundred	32,370	1,063	1,238	12	37	665	289	284	2,904	2,962	5,866	1,369	70	14	724	76	247	20	124	83	11	5	126
Highworth Cricklade and Staple Hundred	51,520	2,519	2,668	13	103	1,810	600	258	5,993	6,242	12,235	3,006	236	78	1,583	0	716	92	76	163	62	30	370
Kingsbridge Hundred	40,430	1,887	2,024	9	54	1,190	461	373	4,946	4,917	9,863	2,402	175	81	1,145	1	545	67	199	153	36	14	329
Kinwardstone Hundred	55,590	2,003	2,383	6	23	1,546	449	388	5,807	5,892	11,699	2,832	159	51	1,565	0	533	35	147	307	35	13	329
Malmesbury Hundred	57,030	2,349	2,606	20	81	1,780	586	240	6,126	6,368	12,494	3,074	303	144	1,709	15	610	73	98	78	44	14	483
Melksham Hundred	18,870	3,669	3,855	12	274	746	2,282	827	8,963	9,908	18,871	4,190	173	81	691	1,359	847	177	352	458	52	36	402
Mere Hundred	17,290	851	874	1	14	453	290	131	2,034	2,178	4,212	1,002	61	9	483	38	200	18	129	45	19	8	103
Potterne and Cannings Hundred	26,700	1,787	2,017	17	39	1,094	455	468	4,409	4,630	9,039	2,228	197	108	1,007	67	423	55	205	136	30	6	263
Ramsbury Hundred	16,350	680	729	0	13	483	181	65	1,711	1,625	3,336	806	35	4	515	1	173	17	16	31	14	4	90
Selkley Hundred	47,100	1,307	1,410	7	19	938	368	104	3,382	3,173	6,555	1,514	102	4	955	2	280	27	44	65	35	4	196
Swanborough Hundred	47,310	1,867	2,189	16	40	1,563	384	242	4,807	4,925	9,732	2,377	150	55	1,451	2	445	44	89	101	40	5	302
Underditch Hundred	6,180	297	306	0	10	214	45	47	709	704	1,413	355	23	0	231	2	48	10	12	18	11	2	60
Warminster Hundred	25,170	2,164	2,332	19	90	947	717	668	5,126	5,602	10,728	2,486	90	53	922	24	762	103	206	273	53	12	413
Westbury Hundred	11,340	1,521	1,731	12	145	544	791	396	3,552	3,772	7,324	1,726	79	55	495	521	308	30	96	120	22	4	144
Whorwellsdown Hundred	18,440	1,160	1,260	6	44	662	385	213	2,943	3,046	5,989	1,494	100	69	574	222	226	31	126	130	16	10	152
Devizes Borough	660	810	1,024	10	33	84	574	366	2,186	2,376	4,562	1,169	15	8	73	4	498	94	201	243	33	28	290
Marlborough Borough	170	544	703	9	17	36	412	255	1,696	1,730	3,426	865	1	0	38	0	452	65	205	45	59	25	184
Salisbury AD_City/Borough	480	1,871	2,264	6	89	27	1,003	1,234	4,481	5,395	9,876	2,258	2	3	55	15	1,155	185	578	148	117	27	651

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.