Burton Latimer 1861 Census Introduction

Edward Quincey in 1857

Country-wide censuses have been taken every ten years since 1801 (except for 1941). The 1841 census was the first to name all the inhabitants of each village or town. From 1851 onwards extra details were included, such as the designated Head of Household, and the relationship of the occupants to him/her.  Also, the place of birth was added to the county of birth. As in 1841 and 1851, the Burton Latimer census enumerator in 1861 was  Edward Quincey, and he now describes himself as ‘victualler and butcher’ – he resided at the Red Cow Inn; he was required to deliver a form to each household, which they would complete ready for collection the following day. If they were unable to read or write, he would complete it for them.                                                    

In theory, the census names everyone who spent the night of Sunday 7^th April in the parish. The result shows a population of 1157 plus one person listed as “not in a house”; there were 258 inhabited houses, 13 uninhabited and one house being built.

Description of Enumeration District   

“The whole of the Parish of Burton Latimer including the Round House and four Cottages adjoining, Cottage in Poor’s Allotment late Shatford’s Lodge, Brown’s Lodge, Cottage at Windmill, House at Water Mill (Mr. Walker’s), House at Chicory Mills and Cottages adjoining, Eady’s Lodge, Wignell’s Lodge, New Lodge and Railway Station also Gray Hester’s Lodge.”

References and Abbreviations

As in the transcription of the 1841 Census, we have also added a first column reference number. This is our indexing, not part of the official census. However, by using it for the demarcation of each house or household, it allows the names to be re-sorted into alphabetical order for easy location and to remain cross-referenced to the household in the original census list.

The occupations etc. are listed as in the original return. The enumerator’s most common abbreviation: Ag Lab = Agricultural labourer.

Other abbreviations used for Head of Household, Relationship to same, and Marital Status are as follows:

Relationship to Head of Household
App	Apprentice
Aunt
B in L	Brother in law
Bdr	Boarder
Bro	Brother
Cook
D = Daughter	Daughter
D in L	Daughter in law
D in L Vis	Daughter in law and visitor
F in L	Father in law
G D	Grand-daughter
G S	Grandson
G S + Vis	Grandson and visitor
GD in L	Grand-daughter in law
GS in L	Grandson in law
H	Head
ILL D	Illegitimate daughter
ILL GS	Illegitimate grandson
ILL Son	Illegitimate son
Jnyman	Journeyman
Lodg	Lodger
Mo	Mother
Neph	Nephew
Niece
Nurse
S	Son
S + Vis	Son and visitor
S in L	Son in law
Serv	Servant
Sis	Sister
Vis	Visitor
W	Wife
Wife Mo	Wife’s mother
Marital Condition
M	Married
U	Unmarried
W	Widow or Widower

The Chapman County Code has been used instead of the full name for counties.

1861 Census Surname Index	1861 Census Household Index
A-C D-H J-N O-S T-W	1-63 64-120 121-175 176-230 231-275