1831 CENSUS FOR CHOBHAM SURREY (HELD AT SURREY HISTORY CENTRE REF. P/ 34/ 17/ 3)

For the first time in 1831, census information was entered on the pre-printed ‘ formula 1’ form

Street or place

Address where the family or families were living.

Families

The total number of families at each address.

Industries

Three columns distinguishing between families involved in ‘agriculture’ or ‘trade, manufacture or handicraft’ or neither.

Males aged over 20

The right-hand page is mostly dedicated to “males upwards of twenty years of age” and their occupations. Column 9 gives details of individual trades. The final two columns concern male and female household servants of any age.

Names

The name of the householder of each family living at the address.

Houses

This shows whether the property was inhabited, uninhabited or being built.

Males and females

The total numbers of all males and females in each household.