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The Wigan 1811 Census
1811 Census
Census book - covers approximately half of the borough: Market St.,
Hallgate, Birch's Croft, Frog Lane, Wallgate, Millgate, Scholes,
Warrington Lane, Hawarden's Square, Castle Yard, Club Row. N.B.
Photocopy available [on open shelves -SM] at Wigan History Shop.
Examples from Wigan Census c1811 [Open Shelves Wigan History Shop]
| c.1811 | ||||||||
| No. | Names | Males | Females | Total | Occupation | Observations | ||
| Market Street | ||||||||
| James Battersby | 1 | 2 | 3 | Shoemaker | - | 2nd page | ||
| Wiend | ||||||||
| James Battersby | 1 | . | 1 | Tin man | 3rd page |
See also - http://www.chadwickg.freeserve.co.uk/1811c.htm for Chadwick examples
*N.B. This "other Book", which covered Standishgate and Wigan Lane (amongst other places) has not survived.
An Index - not yet completed [you can always use the find facility to see if the name you want is listed]
I have included occupations on only a few items randomly but most entries have occupations see layout above
| Page 1 | Market Street | john | walls | ||
| robert | bolton | ||||
| john | greenhalgh | ||||
| thomas | vose | sadler | |||
| thomas | jolly | ||||
| nicholas | moore | ||||
| james | bullock | ||||
| mark | aspull | ||||
| jane | lee | ||||
| widow | wood | ||||
| james | blundell | ||||
| william | leyland | ||||
| william | bradley | ||||
| robert | clitheroe | ||||
| edward | pemberton | ||||
| peter | richardson | ||||
| edward | marsden | ||||
| john | holcroft | ||||
| william | bradley | ||||
| john | alker | ||||
| ann | brindle | ||||
| edmund | alston | ||||
| nicholas | cowell | ||||
| dorothy | lyon | ||||
| thomas | clare | ||||
| william | melling | ||||
| john | rushton | ||||
| jonathan | bolton | ||||
| alice | banks | ||||
| james | knight | ||||
| hugh | shannon | ||||
| prescott | corless | ||||
| thomas | bateman | ||||
| william | baron | ||||
| Page 2 | richard | entwistle | |||
| samuel | brockbank | ||||
| henry | lomax | ||||
| william | ranicar | ||||
| jane | scott | ||||
| john | marsden | ||||
| mary | taylor | ||||
| mary | marsden | ||||
| william | helme | ||||
| robert | leyland | ||||
| miles | mitton | ||||
| thomas | ransom | ||||
| james | battersby | ||||
| william | potter | staymaker | |||
| esther | flower | ||||
| peter | campbell | ||||
| thomas | moore | ||||
| john | ellam | ||||
| joseph | cumberbach | ||||
| james | yates | ||||
| james | brindle | ||||
| john | gerard | ||||
| james | rowe | ||||
| richard | barrow | ||||
| james | tennant | ||||
| thomas | bailey | ||||
| samuel | harris | ||||
| robert | wilding | ||||
| ralph | hammersley | ||||
| james | newsham | ||||
| samuel | walker | ||||
| grace | worsley | ||||
| elizabeth | cheetham | winder | |||
| Page 3 | elizabeth | berry | |||
| henry | platt | ||||
| john | Jtihell? | ||||
| ann | howard | ||||
| henry | wilson | ||||
| george | clarke | ||||
| william | taylor | ||||
| john | shearman | ||||
| robert | cole | ||||
| jane | barker | ||||
| john | wilkinson | ||||
| james | southwarth | ||||
| esther | tasker | ||||
| henry | hargeaves | ||||
| john | mc. collom | ||||
| miles | thompson | ||||
| samuel | ashton | ||||
| henry | steward | ||||
| william | lawson | ||||
| wiend | william | harrison | |||
| ann | gobbin | ||||
| edward | jones | ||||
| william | pale | ||||
| james | pyott | ||||
| james | battersby | ||||
| mary | stephenson | ||||
| james | bullock | ||||
| john | dewhurst | ||||
| george | burdekin | shoemaker | |||
| Page 4 | thomas | rylance | |||
| thomas | yates | ||||
| william | rylance | ||||
| george | addison | ||||
| ann | hale | ||||
| william | horton | ||||
| michael | bentham | ||||
| charles | swan | ||||
| john | scholefield | ||||
| alice | whalley | ||||
| jonathan | hallam | ||||
| john | boardman | ||||
| thomas | ashurst | ||||
| james | anderson | ||||
| alexander | wilding | ||||
| john | rowe | ||||
| ralph | knight | ||||
| gerard | ince | ||||
| Hall Gate | george | kearsley | |||
| robert | leyland | ||||
| james | worthington | ||||
| john | towers | ||||
| william | bancks | ||||
| william | wootton | ||||
| robert | marsden | ||||
| george | bolton | ||||
| jonathan | marsden | ||||
| william | shaw | ||||
| samuel | shaw | ||||
| john | shaw | ||||
| peter | dalton | ||||
| lawrence | marsden | ||||
| peter | sownlow? | ||||
| Page 5 | john | liptrott | |||
| ann | fairhurst | ||||
| caleb | hilton | ||||
| william | haliwell | ||||
| samuel | baldwin | ||||
| [blank] | manley | ||||
| george | leyland | ||||
| richard | boardman | ||||
| ellen | halton | ||||
| ellis | dean | ||||
| john | ranson | ||||
| thomas | haselden | ||||
| timothy | taylor | ||||
| margaret | leather | ||||
| ralph | ford | ||||
| ralph | forster | ||||
| john | hickman | ||||
| jeffry | hickman | ||||
| [blank] | mitton | ||||
| thomas | fairhurst | ||||
| joseph | causeway | ||||
| jane | wilson | ||||
| jane | cellars | ||||
| william | johnson | ||||
| anthony | barrister | ||||
| alice | parkinson | ||||
| thomas | hickman | ||||
| edward | perry | ||||
| john | forster | ||||
| james | smith | ||||
| william | lea | ||||
| james | prescott | ||||
| john | Birchall | ||||
| john | birchall | ||||
| william | johnson | ||||
| page 6 | mary | haliwell | |||
| lawrence | haliwell | ||||
| edward | moss | ||||
| william | wood | ||||
| william | pollitt | ||||
| john | daniel | ||||
| john | lea | ||||
| john | brownbill | ||||
| ann | bibby | ||||
| william | johnson | ||||
| joseph | greenley | ||||
| thomas | bramwell | ||||
| dorothy | waring | ||||
| daniel | collinwood | ||||
| samuel | vizard | ||||
| william | parr | ||||
| thomas | bibby | ||||
| john | boardman | ||||
| honble y revd j; | bridgeman | ||||
| thomas | shaw | ||||
| ellen | johnson | ||||
| oskell? | somner | ||||
| william | glencross | ||||
| william | sephton | ||||
| thomas | markland | ||||
| betty | leigh | ||||
| william | kenyon | ||||
| thomas | swift | ||||
| john | haliwell | ||||
| thomas | payer | ||||
| ralph | wood | ||||
| mary | taylor | ||||
| betty | horrocks | ||||
| john | marsh | ||||
| jane | boardman | ||||
| page 7 | sawney | bibby | |||
| alice | pemberton | ||||
| william | leyland | ||||
| george | leyland | ||||
| thomas | lowe | ||||
| john | crane | ||||
| richard | wood | ||||
| william | hermitage | ||||
| joseph | ashurst | ||||
| william | hesketh | ||||
| james | heyes | ||||
| william | downing | ||||
| john | sayer | ||||
| thomas | holme | ||||
| mary | barrow | ||||
| edward | hall | ||||
| peter | greenough | ||||
| betty | leyland | ||||
| margaret | taylor | ||||
| ralph | rylance | ||||
| james | cox | ||||
| william | powell | ||||
| john | forster | ||||
| james | bolton | ||||
| john | shaw | ||||
| margaret | knabbs | ||||
| joseph | taylor | ||||
| thomas | unsworth | ||||
| mary | forster | ||||
| matthew | downing | ||||
| betty | jolly | ||||
| edward | ashton | ||||
| ellen | sincough | ||||
| joseph | birchall | victualler | |||
| sarah | sayer | shopkeeper | |||
| page 8 | ann | langshaw | |||
| george | dawson | ||||
| ellen | wallwort | ||||
| thomas | greenough | ||||
| george | worthington | ||||
| shephard | jeffres | ||||
| john | kershaw | ||||
| james | thompson | ||||
| robert | thompson | ||||
| james | hewitt | ||||
| thomas | brundle | ||||
| mary | jackson | ||||
| thomas | couthtrie | ||||
| thonas | whitehouse | ||||
| S:R: | cheyshyce | ||||
| Bishop | gate | ||||
| william | ainscow | ||||
| thomas | ford | ||||
| ann | ascroft | ||||
| john | prescott | ||||
| betty | marwood | ||||
| ellen | johnson | ||||
| amelia | harding | ||||
| james | chadwick | ||||
| robert | barrow | ||||
| joseph | jameson | ||||
| george | lomax | ||||
| peter | ascroft | ||||
| george | ainscough | ||||
| william | liptrott | ||||
| ann | bibby | ||||
| betty | daniels | ||||
| edward | whitehouse | ||||
| page 9 | Hall Gate Church Yard | roger | bolton | butcher | |
| richard | dean | ||||
| james | green | ||||
| ann | reeve | ||||
| james | forster | ||||
| mary | wood | ||||
| ellis | dean | ||||
| Johnson's Croft | mary | dawber | |||
| betty | barker | ||||
| william | brown | ||||
| william | darbyshire | ||||
| william | holland | ||||
| thomas | wood | ||||
| richard | walsh | ||||
| john | glover | ||||
| lewis | rowe | ||||
| edward | holland | ||||
| henry | winstanley | ||||
| nancy | worthington | ||||
| john | farnworth | ||||
| margt. | spencer | ||||
| john | forster | ||||
| joseph | cartwright | ||||
| thomas | hartley | ||||
| ann | fairhurst | ||||
| thomas | leyland | ||||
| denis | Mc Cuin | ||||
| james | kirkpatrick | ||||
| thomas | banister | ||||
| peter | bibby | ||||
| thomas | scott | ||||
| page 10 | thomas | forster | weaver | ||
| john | glover | Do | |||
| john | bamber | Do | |||
| john | worthington | Do | |||
| james | bibby | Do | |||
| thomas | chadwick | laborer | |||
| thomas | stephenson | shoemaker | |||
| abraham | egerton | labourer | |||
| john | darbyshire | ||||
| thomas | boardman | ||||
| peggy | certain | ||||
| james | fairhurst | ||||
| george | jackson | ||||
| Birch's Croft | edward | kenyon | |||
| william | jolley | ||||
| betty | banister | ||||
| ellen | losre? | ||||
| ellen | sale | ||||
| william | coolman | ||||
| george | ashworth | ||||
| thomas | bevington | ||||
| john | bentham | ||||
| william | coup | ||||
| john | greenhalgh | ||||
| michael | yates | ||||
| john | marsden | ||||
| lydia | renshaw | ||||
| thomas | critchley | ||||
| robert | bibby | ||||
| patrick | farrol | ||||
| william | mc. Clenon | ||||
| edward | leigh | ||||
| thomas | daniel | ||||
| Page 11 | Hall Gate Birchs Croft | william | marsh | ||
| edward | lewis | ||||
| alexander | bibby | ||||
| james | daniel | ||||
| michael | mc. Lin | ||||
| edward | glassbrook | ||||
| thomas | bragg | ||||
| william | farnworth | ||||
| john | leigh | ||||
| thomas | simpkin | ||||
| catherine | apperton | ||||
| peter | boardman | ||||
| george | haselden | ||||
| joseph | singleton | ||||
| luke | ashurst | ||||
| james | glover | ||||
| george | worthington | ||||
| thomas | liptrott | ||||
| Frog Lane | jonathan | simpkin | |||
| hugh | topping | ||||
| peggy | powis | ||||
| matthew | fairhurst | ||||
| james | hickman | ||||
| thomas | powis | Weaver | |||
| william | mercer | Do | |||
| william | hodgkinson | Do | |||
| thomas | poulton | Do | |||
| james | wilde | Do | |||
| john | kilshaw | Plasterer | |||
| john | webster | Weaver | |||
| thomas | horrocks | Do | |||
| page 12 | Frog Lane | ann | wood | ||
| andrew | wood | ||||
| john | riding | ||||
| james | leyland | ||||
| thomas | johnson | ||||
| michael | dawber | ||||
| james | turner | ||||
| william | banister | ||||
| james | berry | ||||
| ralph | tinsley | ||||
| john | marsden | ||||
| john | webster | ||||
| james | wood | ||||
| james | ellison | ||||
| james | topping | ||||
| catherine | carrol | ||||
| peter | fairhurst | ||||
| margaret | swift | ||||
| robert | forster | ||||
| william | atherton | ||||
| james | rylance | ||||
| ellen | worthington | ||||
| richard | greenhalgh | ||||
| james | smith | ||||
| john | ashurst | ||||
| william | williamson | ||||
| michael | dortin | ||||
| mary | smith | ||||
| james | parson | ||||
| charles | parkinson | ||||
| thomas | linnard | ||||
| thomas | node | ||||
| hugh | milligan | ||||
| page 13 | Wall Gate | william | correll | ||
| matthew | flite | ||||
| richard | trodd | ||||
| william | turton | ||||
| joseph | logan | ||||
| jaes | rimmer | ||||
| thomas | bradshaw | ||||
| hugh | cowell | ||||
| thomas | howarth | ||||
| james | allen | ||||
| david | mc clure | ||||
| jane | barker | ||||
| ellen | bretherton | ||||
| ellen | lyon | ||||
| charles | kenyon | ||||
| richard | langshaw | ||||
| robert | acton | ||||
| moses | harrison | ||||
| george | worthington | ||||
| catharine | lyon | ||||
| margaret | atherton | ||||
| alice | taylor | ||||
| john | addison | ||||
| james | atherton | ||||
| alice | waring | ||||
| john | higham | ||||
| ann | nixon | ||||
| john | langshaw | ||||
| john | waddington | ||||
| john | forster | ||||
| henry | peet | ||||
| ellen | gibson | ||||
| john | bretherton | ||||
| esther | roper | spinster | |||
| page 14 | Wall Gate | mary | roper | dress Maker | |
| john | birch | ||||
| john | knowles | ||||
| joseph | bentley | ||||
| john | sumner | ||||
| thomas | mawdsley | ||||
| john | walls | ||||
| john | coats | ||||
| john | denton | ||||
| ann | winstanley | ||||
| thomas | birchall | ||||
| richard | bains | ||||
| richard | whittle | ||||
| abraham | glassbrook | ||||
| william | mealey | ||||
| william | mather | ||||
| william | prescott | ||||
| joseph | heald | ||||
| william | chaddock | ||||
| john | atherton | ||||
| william | jackson | ||||
| james | dobson | ||||
| john | acton | ||||
| james andrew | bolton | ||||
| john | pagan | ||||
| edward | moorfield | ||||
| jonathan | whitehead | ||||
| robert | bolton | ||||
| william | acton | ||||
| john | cartwright | ||||
| grace | tyrer | ||||
| james | tyrer | ||||
| william | forster | ||||
| robert | fraser | ||||
| john | dautber | weaver | |||
| page 15 | Wall Gate | john | baron | ||
| mary | lyon | ||||
| robert | barlow | ||||
| john | atherton | ||||
| michael | brown | ||||
| john | sumner | ||||
| charles | haselden | ||||
| james | wigan | ||||
| james | rigby | ||||
| ann | wood | ||||
| christopher | irving | ||||
| william | webster | ||||
| thomas | pendleton | ||||
| mary | armstrong | ||||
| margaret | taylor | ||||
| james | gee | ||||
| thomas | foster | ||||
| catherine | holding | ||||
| richard | barton | junr Smith | |||
| richard | barton | senr. Wheelwright | |||
| james | nevill | ||||
| roger | ranicar | ||||
| richard | liptrot | ||||
| john | greenough | ||||
| andrew | poigham | ||||
| thomas | wigan | ||||
| joseph | todd | ||||
| john | heyes | ||||
| ralph | green | ||||
| william | wood | ||||
| benjamin | jolly | Weaver | |||
| john | horrocks | ) Do | |||
| william | horrocks | } Do | |||
| richard | wilkinson | Do | |||
| thomas | dawber | dyer | |||
| mary | peers | weaver | |||
| page 16 | Wall Gate | john | walklet | ||
UPDATE 1 - More entries added and page 2 corrected for some missed entries 23 Feb 2002 - work continues
UPDATE 2 - 7 March 2002 More pages indexed
UPDATE 3 - 9 March 2002 See also - http://www.chadwickg.freeserve.co.uk/1811c.htm for Chadwick examples
UPDATE 4 - 15 March 2002 More names added.
Update 5 - 19 March 2002 More names added and some occupations to previous entries, page numbering corrected
Last updated 21 March 2002 - Web Master - Simon Martin [email protected]
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