Explanation of Layout - 1881 Census

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 [....] (Back to the Top)

#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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