This is from a photocopy of a document in the Devon Records Office. The copy is stamped "Devon Records Office". The original used the old English from of s (looks like f). The transcription uses the modern s form. The central notes section has obviously been added to after the original document was created.
FORM of ANSWERS by the OVERSEERS, &c. in ENGLAND,
To the Questions contained in the Schedule to an act, intituled,
An Act for taking an Account of the Population of Great
Britain, and of the Increase or Diminution
thereof.
| County, &c. |
Hundred, &c. |
City, Town, &c. |
Parish, &c. |
QUESTION 1st. HOUSES |
QUESTION 2d. PERSONS, including Children of whatever age. |
Total of PERSONS in Answer to Question 1d. |
QUESTION 3d. OCCUPATIONS |
TOTAL of PERSONS . |
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| Inhabited | By how many Families occupied |
Uninhabited | Males. | Females. | Persons chiefly employed in Agriculture |
Persons chiefly employed in Trade, Manufactures, or Handicraft |
All other Persons not comprised in the Two preceding Classes |
N.B This Column must correspon d with the Total of Persons in Answer to Question 2d. |
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| Devon | Stanborough | Holne | 59 | 62 | 11 | 192 | 167 | 359 | 164 | 97 | 98 | 359 | |
N.B If any Family occupies Two or more Houses in
different Parishes, Townships, or Places, the Individuals belonging
to such a Family are to be numbered only in those Parishes,
Townships,
or Places where they severally happen to be at the Time of taking
the Account.
REMARKS, (if any) in Explanation of the Matters stated in Answer to the preceding Questions.
| Population | |||
| 1st Question. | 1801 359 | 1851 386 | 1891 279 (m143 f 136) |
| 1811 . | 1861 348 (m 171 f 177) | 1901 273 | |
| 2d Question. | 1821 . | 1871 328 (m 177 f 151) | |
| 1831 368 | houses inhabited 70; uninhabited 6 | ||
| 3d Question. | 1841 394 | 1881 298 (m 154 f 144) | |
| houses inhabited 60; uninhabited 11 |
ATTESTATION on Oath (or Affirmation) by the OVERSEERS or substantial Householders in ENGLAND.
I, One
of the Overseers (or a substantial Householder) of the Parish,
Township, etc.
of in
the County
of
do swear (or affirm), That the above Return contains, to the best
of my Knowledge and Belief, a full and true Answer to the Questions
contained in the Schedule to an Act, intitled, An Act for taking
an Account of the Population of
Great Britain, and of the Increase or Deminution
thereof.
The above
mentioned was
sworn (or affirmed) before us the Justices of the Peace in and for
the of
this
Day of
Copy of the Return to the Questions as above was returned by Mr
Elias Strange Jone of the Overseers then acting when the Return to
the Questions was taken May 28th 1801.
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Last updated: 24 Aug 2007 - Brian Randell
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