1841 Census Skegness
Written by Angela Gooch on March 8th, 2008 in Census.
Picture of Skegness in 1826
The 1841 census of Skegness contains thirteen pages. The enumerator’s walk was as follows:
(Ag Lab = Agricultural Labourer
M/S = Male Servant
F/S = Female Servant)
see the map for locations
page 1
|
Skegness near Church Wainfleet Road |
5 abodes | 12 M 13 F total 25 |
2 Ag Labs 1 Farmer 2 M/S 2 F/S 1 Butcher Sam Whiting 1 Parish Clerk George Rutter |
25 born in Lincs |
The Church would have been St Clement’s
Butcher Sam Whiting
Parish Clerk George Rutter
page 2
| Wainfleet Road | 5 abodes | 10 M 12 F total 22 |
3 Ag Lab 1 Farmer 2 F/S 1 Shoemaker 1 Retired |
22 born in Lincs |
page 3
| Wainfleet Road | 3 abodes | 12 M 13 F total 25 |
2 Farmers 1 Ag Lab 1 Shepherd 2 F/S 4 M/S 1 Retired |
25 born in Lincs |
page 4
| Grand Hall Cottage Lifeboat House On the sea beach Village |
8 abodes | 11 M 14 F total 25 |
2 retired 3 M/S 3 F/S 1 Pauper crippled 1 Lifeboat Keeper 1 Bricklayer 1 Houskeeper 1 Farmer 1 Ag Lab 1 Mariner 1 Customs |
20 born in Lincs 5 born outside Lincs |
Lifeboat Keeper - Samuel Moody
People born outside Lincolnshire:
- One female - crippled pauper’s wife.
- Custom’s man and his wife
- Bricklayer and his wife
page 5
| Hotel | 1 abode | 15 M 10 F total 25 |
1 Innkeeper 2 Ag Lab 4 M/S 4 F/S |
17 born in Lincs 8 born outside Lincs |
Hotel - Thomas Enderby age 55
People born outside Lincolnshire:
- 1 wife
- 1 M/s
- 1 F/S
- 1 Ag Lab
- 2 children
- 1 ?
- 1 Parchment Maker
page 6
| Hotel WathHouse CountyBank (Roman Bank) Poor House |
4abodes | 12M 12 F total24 |
1 Farmer 1 Shepherd 1 Schoolmaster 1 F/S 1 Ag Lab |
19 born in Lincs 5 born outside Lincs |
School master Joseph Jepson age 40 born outside Lincolnshire
People born outside Lincolnshire:
- 4 Schoolmaster’s Family
- 1 Female age 25
page 7
| New Hotel | 1 abode | 11 M 14 F total 25 |
1 Innkeeper 7 F/S 1 Chemist 1 Attourney 1 Farmer |
22 born in Lincs 3 born outside Lincs |
Innkeeper Joseph Hildred age 50
Chemist J Scupholme
Attourney
People born outside Lincolnshire:
- 1 wife of Attourney
- 1 Farmer
- 1 male age 15
page 8
| New Hotel Poor Houses Village Sand Hills |
4 abodes | 14 M 10 F total 24 |
1 ? 2 M/S 3 Ag Lab |
20 born in Lincs 4 born outside Lincs |
People born outside Lincolnshire:
- 1 ? plus wife and two children staying in New Hotel
page 9
| Skegness Marsh Village |
4 abodes | 10 M 14 F total 24 |
1 Farmer 1 M/S 3 Ag Lab 1 Grocer 1 Nurse |
21 born in Lincs 3 born outside Lincs |
People born outside Lincolnshire:
- 1 Ag Lab age 75
- 1 Grocer
- 1 Ag Lab age 15
page 10
| Village Marsh Village |
4 abodes | 10 M 15 F total 25 |
3 Ag Lab 1 Farmer [Produce] Merchant 1 Governess 3 F/S 1 M/S |
24 born in Lincs 1 born outside Lincs |
People born outside Lincolnshire:
- 1 Female age 60
page 11
| Village Poor House Marsh |
5 abodes | 13 M 12 F total 25 |
1 Shepherd 3 Ag Lab 1 Farmer 1 Fisherman |
25 born in Lincolnshire |
Fisherman Thomas Green
page 12
| Sand Hills | 4 abodes | 15 M 11 F total 26 |
2 Fishermen 1 Farmer |
26 born in Lincolnshire |
page 13
| County Bank Marine Villa |
5 abodes | 9 M 12 F total 21 |
2 F/S 2 M/S 1 Farmer 1 Farm ? 1 Fisherman |
20 born in Lincs 1 born outside Lincs |
People born outside Lincolnshire:
- 1 female age 40
Marine Villa Thomas Grunnill age 25 fisherman
Henry Moody age 15
Summery of totals
| abodes | Males | Females | Population | Strays |
| 53 | 155 | 165 | 316 | 30 |
Notes
The population figure include individuals who were staying in hotels.
The enumerator had to forcast any expected fluctuations in the local population. He wrote:
Expected Increase 26 males 18 females reason-Being favourably situated for sea **** a considerable influx is experienced during summer months chiefly of the weather ****. The season commences towards the latter end of June.
