Updated 1 Jun 2003

WIRKSWORTH Parish Records 1600-1900

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Explanation of Layout - 1881 Census

A standard layout is used in this website for the 1881 Census Listing.
An example and explanation are given here.

This area contained 17,469 people in 36 Enumeration Districts

The Standard LAYOUT

Code       Firstname     SURNAME   Relation.Con.Age.Sex   Occupation         Born             Handicap    Comments   

#18---Lamberts Hill---[Alderwasley]---(RG11-3420-7-p5)
Ad18a      Stephen       TAYLOR       Head    U 32  M  General labourer      Alderwasley
Ad18b      Elizabeth     TAYLOR       Sister  U 37  F  House keeper          Crich
Ad18c      Emma          TAYLOR       Sister  U 34  F                        Alderwasley       dumb from birth
#19---Hankins Farm---[Alderwasley]---(RG11-3420-7-p5)
Ad19a      Thomas        SANDERS      Head    M 54  M  Farmer 143 acres      Alderwasley           Employing 2 labs and 2 boys
Ad19b      Eliza         SANDERS      Wife    M 41  F                        Alderwasley
Ad19c      Barbara E.    SANDERS      Dau     U 23  F  Farmers dau           Alderwasley

KEY to this LAYOUT

  • CODE column serves as a unique reference to each entry, eg: Ad18a
    Prefixes are:
      Ad=Alderwasley   As=Ashlehay       Bg=Biggin        Bn=Bonsall
      Br=Brassington   Cw=Callow         Cn=Carsington    Cm=Cromford
      Hp=Hopton        Hw=Hulland Ward   Ib=Ible          Id=Idridghay
      Ir=Ironbrook     Iw=Ireton Wood    Kk=Kirk Ireton   Mk=Matlock
      Md=Middleton     Sh=Shottle        Ty=Tansley       W=Wirksworth
    
    Digits indicate the household in the order written down in the Census.
    Suffix a,b,c etc indicate order within the household, "a" is usually the head of the household, "b" the wife, "c,d,e etc" are usually children.
  • RELATION column gives the relation to the declared Head of the household.
  • CON column gives marital condition, such as: M=Married, U=Unmarried, W=Widow or Widower
  • AGE column shows the age declared, which is intended to be exact. Suffixes: m=month, w=week, d=day.
  • SEX column indicates gender, m=male, f=female
  • OCCUPATION Rank or profession. Column contains following contractions:
    "FWK"= Frame Work Knitter, "J'man"= Journeyman
  • WHERE BORN column gives the declared Place of Birth. Places within Derbyshire show no county, outside Derbyshire use 3-letter Chapman County Codes
  • HANDICAP Usually Deaf/Dumb, Blind, Imbecile/Idiot, or Lunatic are indicated. Sometimes Rheumatic, Cripple, Lame, Spinal, Paralysed, Epileptic.
  • COMMENT column includes words that are too long to fit into other columns. Transcriber's notes are given inside square brackets [....]
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#18---Lamberts Hill---[Alderwasley]---(RG11-3420-7-p5)
Ad18a      Stephen       TAYLOR       Head    U 32  M  General labourer      Alderwasley
Ad18b      Elizabeth     TAYLOR       Sister  U 37  F  House keeper          Crich
Ad18c      Emma          TAYLOR       Sister  U 34  F                        Alderwasley       dumb from birth
#19---Hankins Farm---[Alderwasley]---(RG11-3420-7-p5)
Ad19a      Thomas        SANDERS      Head    M 54  M  Farmer 143 acres      Alderwasley           Employing 2 labs and 2 boys
Ad19b      Eliza         SANDERS      Wife    M 41  F                        Alderwasley
Ad19c      Barbara E.    SANDERS      Dau     U 23  F  Farmers dau           Alderwasley

KEY to the RED HEADER

#18---Lamberts Hill---[Alderwasley]---(RG11-3420-7-p5)

Each household has a "Red HEADER" which contains the information needed to find the household on PRO microfilm, or order the microfilm from the Public Records Office, or view at a reference library.
  • SCHEDULE The schedule number of the household in the Census is indicated by a "#" symbol: eg #18
  • ADDRESS The Household address is indicated as given in the Census: eg Lamberts Hill
  • TOWN The name of the Enumeration District Parish, Town, village or hamlet is given within square brackets eg: [Alderwasley]
  • PRO REFERENCE The Public Record Office Reference for the Census Year and microfilm piece is given as: (RG11/3420......
  • DISTRICT The Enumeration District number is given here as ..-7-...
    (A District covers 50 to 1,000 entries, and is compiled by a single person, called an Enumerator).
  • PAGE The page number is given here as ..-p5)
    (each page holds about 25 entries).

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