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]
Somerset AncC Total	1,028,090	71,325	84,571	939	3,617	30,452	28,230	25,889	192,892	209,884	402,776	95,556	6,032	3,731	28,107	4,350	26,762	4,676	12,183	7,074	2,641	1,160	18,333
Taunton Borough	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Abdick and Bulstone Hundred	38,070	1,977	2,234	10	48	1,161	686	387	5,694	5,537	11,231	2,794	230	122	1,220	26	740	67	265	70	54	17	398
Andersfield Hundred	10,950	501	525	9	16	300	147	78	1,403	1,361	2,764	716	82	29	332	0	182	16	13	37	25	5	135
Bath Forum Hundred	15,550	3,683	4,643	85	301	1,084	1,752	1,807	9,392	11,717	21,109	4,696	122	42	771	660	1,003	462	1,015	356	265	49	1,559
Bempstone Hundred	24,530	1,299	1,457	12	62	926	293	238	3,595	3,733	7,328	1,894	283	139	784	0	345	26	143	127	47	15	346
Brent With Wrington Hundred	18,210	769	928	4	38	555	221	152	2,350	2,478	4,828	1,126	118	89	425	0	289	46	65	70	24	26	278
Bruton Hundred	14,250	890	944	6	48	458	281	205	2,081	2,409	4,490	1,006	65	36	439	5	251	46	45	106	13	16	147
Cannington Hundred	25,480	1,001	1,161	12	28	668	330	163	2,801	2,894	5,695	1,396	137	60	694	4	313	24	97	53	14	6	211
Carhampton Hundred	60,350	1,487	1,628	11	42	879	450	299	4,032	4,070	8,102	1,984	186	68	869	0	529	52	112	147	21	9	383
Catsash Hundred	25,340	1,343	1,536	16	53	816	387	333	3,727	3,789	7,516	1,847	144	96	811	17	379	53	185	127	35	13	237
Chew Hundred	15,120	1,122	1,236	6	38	421	251	564	3,193	3,169	6,362	1,452	99	72	433	2	282	53	411	68	32	9	206
Chewton Hundred	31,580	2,163	2,353	23	62	763	409	1,181	5,834	5,736	11,570	2,788	195	113	764	4	535	84	903	124	66	34	384
Crewkerne Hundred	13,260	1,286	1,359	16	60	619	485	255	3,264	3,583	6,847	1,579	81	92	587	87	445	77	96	81	33	26	214
North Curry Hundred	12,940	815	871	11	38	540	177	154	2,088	2,123	4,211	987	87	111	417	20	195	14	51	76	16	7	108
Frome Hundred	32,900	3,842	4,189	12	423	949	2,126	1,114	9,438	10,446	19,884	4,363	161	153	837	923	1,331	130	272	497	59	18	540
Glastonbury Twelve Hides Hundred	24,610	1,149	1,318	7	38	787	276	255	3,208	3,158	6,366	1,557	232	167	602	6	396	31	61	49	13	7	237
Hampton and Claverton Hundred	2,610	100	113	2	16	77	16	20	281	306	587	145	10	4	90	0	16	13	1	3	8	2	32
Hartcliffe With Bedminster Hundred	19,440	3,010	3,937	158	177	404	1,405	2,128	8,179	8,868	17,047	4,094	118	62	443	24	1,584	322	1,002	483	56	27	582
Horethorne Hundred	26,370	1,439	1,660	4	44	815	553	292	3,690	3,973	7,663	1,859	166	93	755	175	437	61	30	96	46	36	229
Houndsborough Barwick and Coker Hundred	18,890	1,447	1,683	16	45	780	693	210	3,973	4,190	8,163	1,867	125	103	678	197	316	35	308	84	21	8	196
Huntspill and Puriton Hundred	6,800	371	387	0	3	263	84	40	1,030	982	2,012	454	70	19	212	0	71	4	27	43	8	5	117
Keynsham Hundred	24,520	1,558	1,889	21	56	734	598	557	4,469	4,560	9,029	2,217	162	54	704	90	476	105	405	140	81	24	407
Kilmersdon Hundred	15,400	1,272	1,401	14	41	337	238	826	3,310	3,319	6,629	1,572	85	58	329	8	229	26	655	166	16	21	159
East Kingsbury Hundred	18,080	1,737	1,879	22	86	735	933	211	4,762	4,782	9,544	2,215	130	83	610	485	676	50	49	113	19	40	249
West Kingsbury Hundred	18,610	2,066	2,459	37	116	881	1,117	461	4,904	5,514	10,418	2,364	134	26	788	295	685	104	136	155	41	17	384
Martock Hundred	6,930	364	557	0	16	255	164	138	1,341	1,500	2,841	638	39	12	229	24	90	26	83	130	5	4	85
Mells and Leigh Hundred	4,720	389	439	5	7	146	145	148	933	966	1,899	465	22	8	138	57	106	21	65	40	8	7	45
Milverton Hundred	15,250	849	978	7	51	479	284	215	2,257	2,377	4,634	1,140	92	18	496	25	255	46	121	68	19	4	198
Norton Ferris Hundred	18,730	937	1,137	2	35	510	333	294	2,473	2,619	5,092	1,255	106	55	468	41	335	65	81	87	17	7	176
North Petherton Hundred	23,150	1,047	1,199	14	27	803	240	156	2,969	2,921	5,890	1,402	169	79	659	0	261	26	89	96	23	15	264
South Petherton Hundred	14,680	1,221	1,359	9	39	851	283	225	3,090	3,177	6,267	1,483	123	58	802	2	291	19	126	49	13	4	126
Pitney Hundred	3,690	321	359	3	15	114	115	130	980	943	1,923	425	19	49	74	0	165	23	50	28	17	9	85
Portbury Hundred	23,980	1,665	1,895	18	46	635	444	816	4,605	4,728	9,333	2,264	166	150	591	94	431	89	534	137	72	26	333
Somerton Hundred	25,450	1,017	1,185	18	33	632	273	280	2,681	2,771	5,452	1,340	116	94	502	8	307	49	72	156	36	31	189
Stone Hundred	10,720	1,297	1,442	15	79	341	747	354	3,564	3,869	7,433	1,690	65	34	303	312	499	78	245	121	33	25	273
Taunton and Taunton Dean Hundred	40,510	1,935	2,260	26	92	1,276	580	404	5,546	5,742	11,288	2,886	258	65	1,256	12	680	101	100	302	112	71	631
Tintinhull Hundred	7,450	795	954	14	40	354	332	268	2,189	2,303	4,492	1,074	43	17	336	52	328	21	109	155	13	13	84
Wellow Hundred	21,900	1,510	1,694	58	43	525	662	507	4,445	4,529	8,974	2,142	110	41	587	314	437	42	427	132	52	21	236
Wells Forum Hundred	30,090	2,041	2,234	9	91	891	779	564	5,421	5,999	11,420	2,709	177	151	835	3	922	144	211	181	85	24	455
Whitstone Hundred	33,150	2,582	2,776	29	168	902	879	995	5,914	6,498	12,412	3,147	184	150	807	140	783	125	483	415	60	24	388
Whitley Hundred	49,640	2,340	2,585	35	61	1,496	597	492	6,388	6,406	12,794	3,221	300	335	1,441	21	645	62	246	106	65	73	449
Williton and Freemanors Hundred	114,870	2,678	2,969	23	104	1,746	792	431	7,410	7,307	14,717	3,801	353	100	1,809	10	887	124	208	258	52	22	645
Winterstoke Hundred	62,030	3,523	3,947	51	216	2,082	944	921	9,765	9,746	19,511	4,639	397	395	1,790	70	1,094	175	372	172	174	166	907
Bath AD_City/Borough	980	5,063	9,044	40	382	221	3,907	4,916	15,587	22,476	38,063	8,556	15	16	110	26	4,368	1,196	1,480	675	670	126	3,986
Bridgwater Borough	3,580	1,400	1,507	20	85	82	629	796	3,683	4,124	7,807	1,797	35	0	84	6	838	121	443	241	29	20	384
Taunton Borough	2,730	2,024	2,261	29	108	159	1,193	909	4,953	6,186	11,139	2,510	21	13	196	105	1,335	222	291	254	73	31	656

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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.