Census labels (General)

by slowhands , proud of his ancient Dean Forest roots, Tuesday, September 26, 2023, 08:45 (428 days ago) @ beav2012

By 1871 Edmunds widow Letitia was working as a Charwomen and living at 22 Whitecroft and John Worgan was living at 23. I'm assuming these are not the homes and there was nothing left after debts were paid.

just an observation

Whitecroft is the area/village being "gathered" by the Census "agents"

The numbers 22 / 23/ 24 refer to a schedule entry/dwelling unit - this may be a house, or as often the case, a part property occupied by a family. At 26 Charles Raffles is a Beer House Keeper.

Sometimes with the census forms we can get a notion of where the dwelling might be by "landmarks" such as Inns or public houses...

best I can find is schedule 41 a few pages on lists 2 Police Constables - (although I think the station was at Parkend)
and at entry 85 is the "Miners Arms Inn" under Henry Phillips.

My instinct is that the dwellings are one of the rows of cottages to the north of the Railway station and Miners Arms https://maps.nls.uk/view/120756932

In 1874 the main part of the village of Whitecroft including Parkhill had 116 houses with a population of 610.

hope this helps

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