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	Dumfries Shire	List for Scotland 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]
Dumfries Shire ScoCnty Total	-	12,365	14,096	71	341	4,338	3,788	5,970	34,829	38,941	73,770	16,783	1,241	939	3,927	1,602	4,471	838	2,479	1,159	127	24	4,221
Annan ScoP	-	831	1,152	12	36	84	580	488	2,375	2,658	5,033	1,417	62	53	141	277	475	57	243	101	8	0	199
Applegarth ScoP	-	151	161	1	1	69	37	55	521	478	999	228	37	7	91	6	42	14	20	6	5	1	101
Canonbie ScoP	-	576	595	0	9	256	138	201	1,404	1,593	2,997	644	49	52	226	46	115	23	80	51	2	0	96
Caerlaverock ScoP	-	245	272	1	6	90	76	106	589	682	1,271	260	22	12	70	14	77	12	17	33	3	1	95
Closeburn ScoP	-	292	337	0	5	89	48	200	785	895	1,680	379	41	18	76	10	71	17	112	29	5	0	105
Cummertrees ScoP	-	238	268	0	10	83	63	122	666	741	1,407	323	42	22	68	22	52	14	81	11	11	5	72
Dalton ScoP	-	123	127	0	1	56	26	45	349	381	730	163	24	30	32	2	32	9	21	9	4	3	45
Dornock ScoP	-	148	155	0	1	72	55	28	374	378	752	177	13	11	66	37	19	7	14	10	0	0	28
Dryfesdale ScoP	-	409	478	1	14	179	145	154	1,106	1,177	2,283	584	36	23	227	19	165	31	27	54	2	0	97
Dumfries ScoP	-	1,509	2,599	7	24	248	1,170	1,181	5,206	6,400	11,606	2,486	43	65	194	235	1,121	249	335	224	20	2	714
Dunscore ScoP	-	260	291	3	11	168	58	65	699	789	1,488	343	45	75	82	8	53	22	31	21	6	0	111
Durisdeer ScoP	-	248	291	5	12	126	57	108	700	788	1,488	351	28	6	130	9	51	10	92	23	2	0	129
Eskdalemuir ScoP	-	114	115	0	1	82	13	20	311	339	650	153	20	0	96	4	18	4	5	6	0	0	72
Ewes ScoP	-	53	57	0	2	32	4	21	171	164	335	93	9	1	39	1	7	4	29	3	0	0	24
Glencairn ScoP	-	376	441	2	19	173	113	155	975	1,093	2,068	450	39	32	148	24	110	21	31	39	6	1	147
Gretna ScoP	-	334	360	1	14	141	112	107	901	1,008	1,909	419	29	18	122	100	70	17	37	23	3	2	71
Half Morton ScoP	-	109	112	0	3	51	35	26	307	339	646	127	26	22	34	19	15	2	6	3	0	0	33
Hoddom ScoP	-	283	312	3	16	71	108	133	762	820	1,582	357	38	14	59	65	64	36	50	28	3	0	84
Holywood ScoP	-	187	207	2	6	85	42	80	502	564	1,066	247	42	16	75	13	42	16	30	10	3	1	87
Hutton and Corrie ScoP	-	133	141	0	0	104	24	13	426	434	860	206	25	4	114	4	25	5	15	14	0	0	72
Johnstone ScoP	-	196	202	3	2	109	44	49	623	611	1,234	323	34	11	69	9	90	8	88	12	2	0	72
Keir ScoP	-	183	212	1	2	99	82	31	522	562	1,084	243	19	25	60	9	65	11	28	23	3	0	92
Kirkconnel ScoP	-	190	230	0	17	76	55	99	515	596	1,111	245	21	16	71	15	34	5	67	15	1	0	108
Kirkmahoe ScoP	-	321	338	2	14	152	102	84	776	825	1,601	349	41	20	104	18	101	11	33	14	7	0	121
Kirkmichael ScoP	-	201	218	2	7	126	44	48	602	624	1,226	283	26	8	135	7	71	5	18	13	0	0	73
Kirkpatrick Fleming ScoP	-	302	304	0	4	149	78	77	803	863	1,666	380	27	42	111	67	48	6	38	35	6	2	63
Kirkpatrick Juxta ScoP	-	158	169	0	0	73	40	56	478	503	981	238	24	18	77	6	58	11	33	8	3	1	71
Langholm ScoP	-	407	576	2	8	36	260	280	1,269	1,407	2,676	594	10	7	48	160	216	41	49	58	5	0	68
Lochmaben ScoP	-	549	585	9	20	216	175	194	1,288	1,507	2,795	588	38	98	160	96	121	18	16	39	2	1	79
Middlebie ScoP	-	398	423	1	7	102	112	209	991	1,116	2,107	477	41	53	51	43	104	8	144	33	0	0	94
Moffat ScoP	-	361	448	4	6	62	151	235	1,062	1,159	2,221	490	18	17	65	51	178	18	109	34	0	0	142
Morton ScoP	-	350	483	2	2	41	170	272	1,059	1,081	2,140	516	17	16	69	16	218	26	112	39	3	3	99
Mouswald ScoP	-	152	153	0	5	65	26	62	372	414	786	156	22	16	48	10	22	7	21	10	0	0	54
St Mungo ScoP	-	132	147	0	5	77	30	40	374	417	791	154	25	11	61	3	24	8	7	11	4	0	46
Penpont ScoP	-	211	265	2	5	79	69	117	573	659	1,232	288	25	4	87	10	68	10	61	23	0	0	89
Ruthwell ScoP	-	207	230	0	6	169	40	21	575	641	1,216	262	37	24	113	12	51	7	10	7	1	0	61
Tinwald ScoP	-	212	233	0	1	128	53	52	570	650	1,220	273	35	14	113	20	55	14	16	5	1	1	123
Torthorwald ScoP	-	252	273	1	7	48	82	143	651	669	1,320	305	29	17	53	22	83	5	79	15	2	0	60
Tundergarth ScoP	-	90	97	1	4	47	23	27	266	264	530	131	22	9	45	4	25	4	15	7	0	0	47
Tynron ScoP	-	90	99	1	3	59	13	27	223	270	493	112	13	15	40	2	19	5	12	6	0	0	51
Wamphray ScoP	-	92	100	0	2	50	23	27	275	305	580	126	12	1	48	6	22	10	10	16	1	0	41
Westerkirk ScoP	-	117	125	1	4	68	23	34	297	345	642	143	15	3	76	5	24	6	7	7	0	0	50
Kirkpatrick Irongay ScoP	-	148	157	2	3	84	22	51	435	477	912	222	43	14	81	6	26	5	37	8	2	0	79
Terregles ScoP	-	97	105	2	3	52	24	29	302	304	606	153	18	9	59	10	34	8	5	8	2	2	67
Troqueer ScoP	-	580	1,055	4	15	226	438	391	2,172	2,493	4,665	1,075	31	23	226	93	457	73	56	99	17	4	195

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.