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Recording Uttlesford History

1831 Census for Uttlesford 

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meaning of the codes in the tables below
AP   Ancient Parish
MB Municipal Borough
PLU/RegD Poor Law Union/Reg. District
RD Rural District 
RSD     Sanitary District
SubD Registration sub-district
USD Sanitary District


1831 Census for Uttlesford
parish  1.
acres






 2.
houses:
inhabited





 3.
houses:
families





 4.
houses:
building





 5.
houses:
uninhabited





 6. 
Occupations:
Families chiefly
employed in
Agriculture 


 7.
Occupations:
Families chiefly employed in
Trade, Manufactures,
and Handicraft

 8.
Occupations: All other Families not comprised in the two preceding Classes
Uttlesford Hundred Total 52,170  2,210  2,647  5  35  1,880 467 300
Birchanger AP/CP 1,150  65  69  0  0  49 5 15
Littlebury AP/CP 2,300  155  184  0  3  155 22 7
Strethall AP/CP 1,340  10  11  0  0  9 0 2
Widdington AP/CP 1,870  59  80  0  0  53 12 15
Wendens Ambo AP/CP 1,220  55  74  0  1  67 5 2
Wendon Lofts AP/CP 1,520  10  13  2  0  9 1 3
Wicken Bonhunt AP/CP 390  25  28  0  0  20 3 5
Great Chishill AP/CP 1,410  44  85  0  1  73 12 0
Little Chishill CP/AP 1,420  16  19  0  0  16 2 1
Great Chesterford AP/CP 3,030  186  189  0  2  113 46 30
Little Chesterford AP/CP 1,260  46  47  0  0  45 2 0
Stanstead Mountfitchet
AP/CP 		3,740  301  331  0  7  151 92 88
Wimbish AP/CP 4,690  168  200  1  1  161 20 19
Saffron Walden AP/CP 7,380  941  1,000  33  18  271 534 195
Henham AP/CP 2,990  171  181  0  2  133 31 17
Debden AP/CP 5,040  202  202  1  1  150 36 16
Elmdon AP/CP 2,480  131  140  0  3  106 22 12
Heydon AP/CP 2,470  48  60  0  1  44 14 2
Newport AP/CP 2,870  176  195  0  3  81 65 49
Quendon AP/CP 800  39  40  0  2  18 9 13
Takeley AP/CP 3,110  180  210  0  6  159 50 1
Arkesden AP/CP 2,320  67  119  0  2  109 8 2
Chrishall AP/CP 2,690  74  114  1  1  85 12 17
Elsenham AP/CP 1,810  61  95  0  1  76 17 2
Rickling AP/CP 2,180  59  104  0  1 66 20 18

9.
Persons:
Males



 10. Persons:
Females 



 11.
Persons:
Total of
Persons
12.
Persons:
Males 20 
yrs of Age

 13.
Agriculture:
Occupiers
employing
Labourers

 14.
Agriculture: Occupiers
not
employing Labourers		 15.
Agriculture:
Labourers
employed
in Agriculture
Uttlesford Hundred Total 6,417  6,078  12,495 3,088 211 31 1976
Birchanger AP/CP 167  193  360 88 4 2 61
Littlebury AP/CP 446  429  875 205 12 4 154
Strethall AP/CP 15  26  41 14 2 0 11
Widdington AP/CP 208  178  386 112 11 2 74
Wendens Ambo AP/CP 185  148  333 95 3 0 80
Wendon Lofts AP/CP 26  28  54 19 5 0 9
Wicken Bonhunt AP/CP 63  71  134 32 2 0 22
Great Chishill AP/CP 195  176  371 101 6 0 78
Little Chishill CP/AP 53  53  106 18 5 0 10
Great Chesterford AP/CP 434  439  873 221 10 7 117
Little Chesterford AP/CP 112  99  211 56 5 1 47
Stanstead Mountfitchet
AP/CP 		767  793  1,560 372 14 2 183
Wimbish AP/CP 496  425  921 240 23 4 165
Saffron Walden AP/CP 2,317  2,445  4,762 1,116 23 10 251
Henham AP/CP 454  409  863 206 13 1 141
Debden AP/CP 509  476  985 238 21 2 156
Elmdon AP/CP 358  339  697 168 13 3 113
Heydon AP/CP 133  126  259 72 3 0 52
Newport AP/CP 463  451  914 228 11 0 89
Quendon AP/CP 102  109  211 46 3 0 18
Takeley AP/CP 571  528  1,099 225 17 0 151
Arkesden AP/CP 245  245  490 122 13 1 86
Chrishall AP/CP 248  239  487 123 9 0 91
Elsenham AP/CP 244  239  483 113 10 1 62
Rickling AP/CP 239  208  447 128 5 1 79


16.
Employed in
Manufacture,
or in making
Manufacturing
Machinery

 17.
Employed
in Retail Trade,
or in 
Handicrafts
as Masters
or Workmen 		18.
Capitalists,
Bankers,
Professional
and other
Educated
Men
 19.
Labourers
employed in
Labour not Agricultural


20.
Other Males
20 yrs of Age
(except
Servants)


21.
Male Servants:
20 yrs of
Age

 22.
Male Servants: Under 20 Years

 23.
Female Servants
Uttlesford Hundred Total 1  516  74  79  130  70 44 341
Birchanger AP/CP 0  5  3  4  6  3 3 13
Littlebury AP/CP 0  20  6  6  0  3 1 23
Strethall AP/CP 0  0  0  0  1  0 0 4
Widdington AP/CP 0  13  1  2  5  4 2 12
Wendens Ambo AP/CP 0  8  2  0  0  2 4 13
Wendon Lofts AP/CP 0  2  0  0  2  1 0 5
Wicken Bonhunt AP/CP 0  4  2  0  1  1 0 5
Great Chishill AP/CP 0  17  0  0  0  0 0 5
Little Chishill CP/AP 0  2  1  0  0  0 2 4
Great Chesterford AP/CP 0  44  6  21  8  8 0 17
Little Chesterford AP/CP 0  3  0  0  0  0 0 3
Stanstead Mountfitchet AP/CP 0  104  22  10  24  13 6 63
Wimbish AP/CP 0  28  2  0  12  6 5 25
Saffron Walden AP/CP 1  406  68  283  53  21 4 192
Henham AP/CP 0  30  3  5  12  1 2 22
Debden AP/CP 0  39  3  1  10  6 2 28
Elmdon AP/CP 0  22  2  0  12  3 1 12
Heydon AP/CP 0  12  3  0  0  2 2 9
Newport AP/CP 0  81  11  18  5  13 4 39
Quendon AP/CP 0  12  3  2  2  6 1 14
Takeley AP/CP 0  56  1  0  0  0 0 15
Arkesden AP/CP 0  10  2  0  10  0 2 9
Chrishall AP/CP 1  12  0  0  10  0 2 8
Elsenham AP/CP 0  17  2  7  10  4 4 15
Rickling AP/CP 0  24  4  6  9 0 3 12



1831 uttlesford census