Censuses

1775-1895: History of Manor as an Industrial Hamlet

As the above link describes in greater detail, the Manor Colliery was in full operation by the 1770s nearby the ruins of the Lodge, and housing the miners, their families and other workers were small farm cottages built around the pithead. These censuses thus record the "peak" period for residential numbers in the cottages, as a strong community lived and worked around the pillars of the colliery, school, chapel and a scattering of local shops and businesses. The censuses record the development of these buildings. By the 1890's as the last census published here shows, an increasing number of the cottages were being abandoned and the tenants moving out. The colliery closed in 1896, and by the turn of the century, the houses were being demolished.

Click on the dates above to access a particular year of the censuses. There are noticable discrepancies in the way these censuses were complied: each page details how new methods of organization alters the records of the Manor community. 1841 was the first census to include the names of individuals and thus we are able to track people living in the Manor district by decade. Prior to this censuses were simply headcounts and so of limited use to geneological histories.

Censuses were taken during this period on the following dates:

1841 6th June

1851 30th March

1861 7th April

1871 2nd April

1881 3rd April

1891 5th April