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An Abstract made in 1800 of Uttlesford Parish Registers

Hundred of UTTLESFORD
BAPTISMS				BURIALS			MARRIAGES
years	males	females	total	males	females	total	years	marriages
							1754	33
1700	79	86	165	52	62	114	1755	53
1710	83	86	169	48	65	113	1756	54
1720	70	73	143	68	69	137	1757	46
1730	88	82	170	89	77	166	1758	51
1740	68	90	158	60	78	138	1759	41
1750	91	101	192	58	63	121	1760	54
1760	113	97	210	63	71	134	1761	59
1770	127	108	235	72	78	150	1762	49
1780	117	114	231	91	67	158	1763	46
1781	117	110	227	77	74	151	1764	45
1782	92	91	183	77	80	157	1765	45
1783	105	95	200	84	85	169	1766	43
1784	101	85	186	82	84	168	1767	57
1785	120	108	228	83	70	153	1768	45
1786	104	98	202	77	81	158	1769	57
1787	115	124	239	61	71	132	1770	71
1788	124	111	235	69	63	132	1771	46
1789	105	112	217	54	61	115	1772	59
1790	103	111	214	58	70	128	1773	47
1791	136	116	252	60	68	128	1774	53
1792	110	119	229	61	81	142	1775	59
1793	111	100	211	58	71	129	1776	48
1794	98	111	209	61	96	157	1777	54
1795	103	96	199	82	64	146	1778	60
1796	95	106	201	51	56	107	1779	72
1797	103	118	221	78	83	161	1780	55
1798	105	96	201	64	71	135	1781	52
1799	105	110	215	59	54	113	1782	44
1800	101	76	177	70	55	125	1783	46
							1784	56
							1785	54
							1786	69
							1787	59
							1788	51
							1789	52
							1790	69
							1791	67
							1792	54
							1793	57
							1794	41
							1795	46
							1796	53
							1797	74
							1798	61
							1799	49
							1800	42

1801	houses				occupations			persons
	inhabited	by how many families occupied	uninhabited	building	persons chiefly in agriculture	persons chiefly in trade, manufactures, or handicraft	others	male	female	total
Henham	113	164	1	0	171	50	482	350	353	703

1811	houses				occupations			persons
	inhabited	by how many families occupied	uninhabited	building	families chiefly in agriculture	families chiefly in trade, manufactures, or handicraft	others	male	female	total
Henham	113	120	1	1	86	30	4	274	289	563
Pledgon	23	23	0	0	16	7	0	44	52	96
Chickney	8	11	0	0	11	0	0	27	31	58

1821	houses				occupations			persons
	inhabited	by how many families occupied	uninhabited	building	persons chiefly in agriculture	persons chiefly in trade, manufactures, or handicraft	others	male	female	total
Henham (part of)	114	160	2	1	147	13	0	318	326	644

1821	houses				occupations			persons
	inhabited	by how many families occupied	uninhabited	building	persons chiefly in agriculture	persons chiefly in trade, manufactures, or handicraft	others	male	female	total
Plegdon	26	33	1	2	29	2	2	84	76	160

1831	area	houses				occupations			persons
	statute acres	inhabited	by how many families occupied	building	uninhabited	persons chiefly in agriculture	persons chiefly in trade, manufactures, or handicraft	others	male	female	total
Plegdon (part of Henham)	1,190	33	33	0	1	23	7	3	84	76	160
Henham	1,800	138	148	0	1	110	24	14	370	333	703

The Population Act, 11 GEO. IV c.30 1831
Males 20 yrs of age	agriculture			employed in manufacture, or in making manufacturing machinery	employed in retail trade, or in handicraft as masters or workmen	capitalists, bankers, professional and other educated men	labourers employed in labour not agricultural	other males 20 yrs old except servants	male servants		female servants
	occupiers employing labourers	occupiers not employing labourers	labourers employed in agriculture						20 yrs of age	Under 20 yrs of age
169	9	1	116	0	23	3	5	11	1	2	17

Henham parish and Pledgon hamlet populations 1801-1831	annual value of the real property, as assessed April 1815	population				aggregate population 1831
		1801	1811	1821	1831
Henham	£3,565	703	563	644	703	863
Pledgon	£3,565	703	96	160	160	863

1841	area in acres	houses			persons			ages				persons born
								under 20yrs		20yrs +		in this county	elsewhere
		inhabited	not inhabited	building	males	females	total persons	males	females	males	females
Pledgdon	1,190	13	2	0	86	76	162	37	41	49	35	161	1
Henham	1,800	148	4	0	352	341	693	168	172	184	169	674	19

1911 & 1921		total population					private families & dwellings 1921
	acres	1911	1921				private families	population in private families	structurally separate dwellings occupied	rooms occupied	rooms per person
		persons	persons	males	females	persons per acre	private families	population in private families	structurally separate dwellings occupied	rooms occupied	rooms per person
Henham	2,995	741	726	367	359	0.2	180	691	180	925	1.34

1931		total population					private families & dwellings 1931
	acres	1921	1931				private families	population in private families	structurally separate dwellings occupied	rooms occupied	rooms per person
		persons	persons	males	females	persons per acre	private families	population in private families	structurally separate dwellings occupied	rooms occupied	rooms per person
Henham	2,995	726	695	344	351	0.23	200	695	198	968	0.72