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Leighton Buzzard 1861 Census

Contents

The 1861 census for Leighton Buzzard is contained in six census enumerators books. This page contains a transcript of the second book.

Book 2 of 6

Superintendent Registrar's District: Leighton Buzzard
Registrar's Sub-District: Leighton Buzzard
No. of Enumeration District: 6

Description of Enumeration District: All that part of the Township of Leighton Buzzard commencing at Bassetts Close, comprising the Houses in Parrotts Piece, the Water Mill, Gig Lane, both sides of the Mill Road, as far as Odells Cottages, leading to North St., Froghall Farm and Lamsey Gardens, the West side of Lamsey or Woburn Road, from the Mill Road to the Steam Mill, both sides of the Brickhill Road including Gighill Cottages, Bassetts Plantations, Harriss Brickyard & Cottages Rushmere the Osier Beds, to Corbetts Hill Farm, & Geeves Market Garden.

Enumerator: William Brown
Registrar: Richard Doggett
Superintendent Registrar: Not Stated

Persons Temporarily Absent: 3 males out at work; 1 male and 4 females out on business.

Persons Not Inhabitants Temporarily Present: 2 females out visiting

Folio: 83  Page: 1 PRO Ref. RG9 1005
Leighton Buzzard
    Houses Name of each person     Age        
Sch. Address I U   Title Forename Surname Qual Relation to Head Condition M F Occupation Where born Disability Transcriber Comments
1 Parrotts Piece Road, Mary Bassett Closes 1   //   Thomas HEALEY   Head Married 44   General Servant Linslade BKM ENG    
1 Parrotts Piece Road, Mary Bassett Closes         Mary HEALEY   Wife Married   44   Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
1 Parrotts Piece Road, Mary Bassett Closes         Henry HEALEY   Son Unmarried 6   Scholar Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
1 Parrotts Piece Road, Mary Bassett Closes         Elizabeth HEALEY   Daughter Unmarried   12 Plaiter Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
1 Parrotts Piece Road, Mary Bassett Closes         Amma HEALEY   Daughter Unmarried   10 Plaiter Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
1 Parrotts Piece Road, Mary Bassett Closes         Mary HEALEY   Daughter Unmarried   5   Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
1 Parrotts Piece Road, Mary Bassett Closes         Eliza HEALEY   Daughter Unmarried   1   Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
2 Parrotts Piece Road 1   //   William ABRAHAM   Head Married 33   Practical Gardener Heath & Reach BDF ENG    
2 Parrotts Piece Road         Eliza ABRAHAM   Wife Married   35 Gardener's Wife Ivinghoe BKM ENG    
2 Parrotts Piece Road         William ABRAHAM   Son   11   Scholar Heath & Reach BDF ENG    
2 Parrotts Piece Road         Mary A. ABRAHAM   Daughter     6 Scholar Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
2 Parrotts Piece Road         John ABRAHAM   Son   4   Scholar Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
2 Parrotts Piece Road         Alfred ABRAHAM   Son   2     Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
3 Parrotts Piece, Carpenters Arms 1   //   David COOK   Head Married 48   Carpenter & Publican Bow Brickhill BKM ENG    
3 Parrotts Piece, Carpenters Arms         Jane COOK   Wife Married   49 Carpenter & Publican's Wife Ampthill BDF ENG    
3 Parrotts Piece, Carpenters Arms         Mary A. COOK   Daughter Unmarried   20 Dressmaker Bow Brickhill BKM ENG    
3 Parrotts Piece, Carpenters Arms         David COOK   Son Unmarried 18   Carpenter's Apprentice Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
3 Parrotts Piece, Carpenters Arms         Sarah E. COOK   Daughter Unmarried   15 Dressmaker Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
3 Parrotts Piece, Carpenters Arms         Alfred COOK   Son Unmarried 12   Scholar Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
3 Parrotts Piece, Carpenters Arms         George CHANDLER   Boarder Unmarried 24   Carpenter Journeyman Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
4 Parrotts Piece, Carpenters Arms     /   Robert INGRAM   Lodger Unmarried 18   Saddler & Harness Maker Winslow BKM ENG    
5 Parrotts Piece 1   //   Thomas HORN   Head Married 51   Railway Labourer Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
5 Parrotts Piece         Sarah HORN   Wife Married   49 Plaiter Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
5 Parrotts Piece         Henry HORN   Son Unmarried 16   Bricker.? Labourer Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG   Abbreviation used for occupation ambiguous as it could be 'Bricklayer' or 'Brickmaker'
5 Parrotts Piece         Joseph HORN   Son Unmarried 14   Agricultural Labourer Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    

KEY: Sch. = Schedule number     I = Inhabited house     U = Uninhabited house     M = Male     F = Female     Qual = Qualification

Folio: 83  Page: 2 PRO Ref. RG9 1005
Leighton Buzzard
    Houses Name of each person     Age        
Sch. Address I U   Title Forename Surname Qual Relation to Head Condition M F Occupation Where born Disability Transcriber Comments
5 Parrotts Piece         Sarah A. HORN   Daughter     9 Plaiter Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
6 Parrotts Piece 1   //   Richard DIMMOCK   Head Married 28   Railway Labourer Wing BKM ENG    
6 Parrotts Piece         Jane DIMMOCK   Wife Married   26 Plaiter Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
6 Parrotts Piece         Joseph DIMMOCK   Son   5     Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
6 Parrotts Piece         John DIMMOCK   Son   3     Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
6 Parrotts Piece         Thomas DIMMOCK   Son   1     Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
6 Parrotts Piece         Reuben GEEVES   Boarder Unmarried 24   Railway Labourer Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
6 Parrotts Piece         Percy GEEVES   Boarder Unmarried 22   Railway Labourer Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
7 Parrotts Piece 1   //   John LINNEY   Head Married 47   Agricultural Labourer Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
7 Parrotts Piece         Eliza LINNEY   Wife Married   45 Plaiter Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
7 Parrotts Piece         George LINNEY   Son Unmarried 22   Railway Labourer Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
7 Parrotts Piece         Martha LINNEY   Daughter Unmarried   16 Plaiter Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
7 Parrotts Piece         Susan LINNEY   Daughter Unmarried   16 Plaiter Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
7 Parrotts Piece         Samuel LINNEY   Son   10   Agricultural Labourer Linslade BKM ENG    
7 Parrotts Piece         Jane LINNEY   Daughter     5   Linslade BKM ENG    
7 Parrotts Piece         William LINNEY   Son   2     Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
8 Parrotts Piece 1   //   Thomas TURNEY   Head Married 48   Agricultural Labourer Linslade BKM ENG    
8 Parrotts Piece         Mary TURNEY   Wife Married   41 Plaiter Linslade BKM ENG    
8 Parrotts Piece         Thomas TURNEY   Son   12   Agricultural Labourer Linslade BKM ENG    
8 Parrotts Piece         Jane TURNEY   Daughter     8 Scholar Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
9 Parrotts Piece 1   //   Susan MONK   Head Unmarried   35 Charwoman Crafton? BKM ENG    
10 Parrotts Piece 1   //   Charles RICHARDSON   Head Married 39   Carpenter Journeyman Woburn BDF ENG    
10 Parrotts Piece         Charlotte RICHARDSON   Wife Married   37 Plaiter Woburn BDF ENG    
10 Parrotts Piece         George RICHARDSON   Son Unmarried 16   Scholar Woburn BDF ENG    
10 Parrotts Piece         Betsy RICHARDSON   Daughter Unmarried   13 Plaiter Woburn BDF ENG    

KEY: Sch. = Schedule number     I = Inhabited house     U = Uninhabited house     M = Male     F = Female     Qual = Qualification

Folio: 84  Page: 3 PRO Ref. RG9 1005
Leighton Buzzard
    Houses Name of each person     Age        
Sch. Address I U   Title Forename Surname Qual Relation to Head Condition M F Occupation Where born Disability Transcriber Comments
10 Parrotts Piece         Frederick RICHARDSON   Son   11   Scholar Woburn BDF ENG    
10 Parrotts Piece         Emma RICHARDSON   Daughter     8 Plaiter Woburn BDF ENG    
10 Parrotts Piece         Catherine RICHARDSON   Daughter     5   Woburn BDF ENG    
10 Parrotts Piece         James RICHARDSON   Son   1     Woburn BDF ENG    
11 Parrotts Piece 1   //   Henry WEBSTER   Head Married 52   Bricklayer Worcester WOR ENG    
11 Parrotts Piece         Sophia WEBSTER   Wife Married   38 Plaiter Stanbridge BDF ENG    
11 Parrotts Piece         Sarah WEBSTER   Daughter Unmarried   15 Plaiter Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
11 Parrotts Piece         Caroline WEBSTER   Daughter Unmarried   14 Plaiter Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
11 Parrotts Piece         Emma WEBSTER   Daughter Unmarried   12 Plaiter Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
11 Parrotts Piece         Thomas WEBSTER   Son Unmarried 10   Scholar Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
11 Parrotts Piece         Ellen WEBSTER   Daughter     8 Scholar Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
11 Parrotts Piece         Harriet WEBSTER   Daughter     5 Scholar Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
11 Parrotts Piece         Emily WEBSTER   Daughter     3 Scholar Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
11 Parrotts Piece         Edward WEBSTER   Son   7 mths     Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
12 Parrotts Piece 1   //   Matthew CLARK   Head Married 47   Miller's Carter Thornborough BKM ENG    
12 Parrotts Piece         Betsy CLARK   Wife Married   46   Wing BKM ENG    
12 Parrotts Piece         William CLARK   Son Unmarried 16   Errand Boy Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
12 Parrotts Piece         Elizabeth CLARK   Daughter Unmarried   14 Plaiter Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
12 Parrotts Piece         James CLARK   Son   5     Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
13 Parrotts Piece 1   //   Jane BUCKMASTER   Head Widow   82 Monthly Nurse Bozeat NTH ENG    
13 Parrotts Piece         Henry CARTER   Boarder Widower 89   Agricultural Labourer Linslade BKM ENG    
14 Parrotts Piece     /   George UPTON   Lodger Widower 33   Wheelwright Journeyman Shillington BDF ENG    
14 Parrotts Piece         Alfred UPTON   Son of Lodger Unmarried 12   Wheelwright Journeyman Shillington BDF ENG    
15 Parrotts Piece 1   //   Thomas HARROD   Head Married 43   Grocer's Labourer London MDX ENG    
15 Parrotts Piece         Jane HARROD   Wife Married   40 Dressmaker Wingrave BKM ENG    

KEY: Sch. = Schedule number     I = Inhabited house     U = Uninhabited house     M = Male     F = Female     Qual = Qualification

Folio: 84  Page: 4 PRO Ref. RG9 1005
Leighton Buzzard
    Houses Name of each person     Age        
Sch. Address I U   Title Forename Surname Qual Relation to Head Condition M F Occupation Where born Disability Transcriber Comments
15 Parrotts Piece         Hannah HARROD   Daughter Unmarried   16 Plaiter London MDX ENG    
15 Parrotts Piece         Thomas HARROD   Son Unmarried 13   Scholar Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
15 Parrotts Piece         Frances C. HARROD   Daughter     10 Plaiter Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
15 Parrotts Piece         Sarah A. HARROD   Daughter     9 Plaiter Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
15 Parrotts Piece         Alfred HARROD   Son   2     Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
15 Parrotts Piece         Harry HARROD   Son   1     Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
15 Parrotts Piece         Charlotte SAYEL   Mother Widow   65 Annuitant Wingrave BKM ENG    
16 Parrotts Piece 1   //   Thomas VICKARS   Head Married 35   Railway Porter Drayton Parslow BKM ENG    
16 Parrotts Piece         Martha VICKARS   Wife Married   37 Plaiter Drayton Parslow BKM ENG    
16 Parrotts Piece         Thomas VICKARS   Son Unmarried 14   Agricultural Labourer Drayton Parslow BKM ENG    
16 Parrotts Piece         Sarah VICKARS   Daughter     11 Plaiter Drayton Parslow BKM ENG    
16 Parrotts Piece         Frederick VICKARS   Son   8   Scholar Drayton Parslow BKM ENG    
16 Parrotts Piece         Ada VICKARS   Daughter     6 Plaiter Drayton Parslow BKM ENG    
16 Parrotts Piece         Hannah VICKARS   Daughter     4   Drayton Parslow BKM ENG    
16 Parrotts Piece         Elizabeth VICKARS   Daughter     1   Drayton Parslow BKM ENG    
17 Parrotts Piece 1   //   William PARSONS   Head Married 37   Flour & Mealmans Labourer Horton BKM ENG    
17 Parrotts Piece         Ann PARSONS   Wife Married   40   West Drayton MDX ENG    
17 Parrotts Piece         Anne PARSONS   Daughter     7   Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
18 Parrotts Piece 1   //   James SPOONER   Head Married 31   Bookeeper at Foundry Heath & Reach BDF ENG    
18 Parrotts Piece         Mary SPOONER   Wife Married   31 Plaiter Heath & Reach BDF ENG    
18 Parrotts Piece         Francis SPOONER   Son   3     Heath & Reach BDF ENG    
18 Parrotts Piece         Alfred SPOONER   Son   1     Heath & Reach BDF ENG    
19 Parrotts Piece 1   //   Henry EVETT   Head Married 25   Basketmaker Aylesbury BKM ENG    
19 Parrotts Piece         Hannah EVETT   Wife Married   25 Plaiter Thame OXF ENG    
19 Parrotts Piece         Emma EVETT   Daughter     3   High Wycombe BKM ENG    

KEY: Sch. = Schedule number     I = Inhabited house     U = Uninhabited house     M = Male     F = Female     Qual = Qualification

Folio: 85  Page: 5 PRO Ref. RG9 1005
Leighton Buzzard
    Houses Name of each person     Age        
Sch. Address I U   Title Forename Surname Qual Relation to Head Condition M F Occupation Where born Disability Transcriber Comments
20 Parrotts Piece 1   //   Thomas STANLEY   Head Married 25   Wheelwright Westoning BDF ENG    
20 Parrotts Piece         Sarah STANLEY   Wife Married   21 Plaiter Eggington BDF ENG    
20 Parrotts Piece         Alfred STANLEY   Son   2     Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
21 Parrotts Piece 1   //   James SEAR   Head Married 45   Tanner's Labourer Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
21 Parrotts Piece         Ann SEAR   Wife Married   40 Plaiter Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
21 Parrotts Piece         Sarah A. SEAR   Daughter Unmarried   20 Plaiter Dunstable BDF ENG    
21 Parrotts Piece         Elizabeth J. SEAR   Daughter Unmarried   17 Plaiter Dunstable BDF ENG    
21 Parrotts Piece         William J. SEAR   Son Unmarried 15   Grocer's Porter Dunstable BDF ENG    
21 Parrotts Piece         Samuel T. SEAR   Son   12   Grocer's Porter Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
21 Parrotts Piece         Louisa E. SEAR   Daughter     9 Plaiter Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
21 Parrotts Piece         Francis R. SEAR   Son   6   Plaiter Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
22 Parrotts Piece 1   //   Thomas ROGERS   Head Married 40   Brewer Journeyman Stewkley BKM ENG    
22 Parrotts Piece         Eliza ROGERS   Wife Married   39   Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
22 Parrotts Piece         Joseph ROGERS   Son Unmarried 17   Gas Fitter & Tinman Apprentice Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
22 Parrotts Piece         Eliab ROGERS   Son Unmarried 13   Scholar Newton Longville BKM ENG    
22 Parrotts Piece         Walter J. ROGERS   Son   8   Scholar Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
22 Parrotts Piece         Sarah Ann ROGERS   Daughter     6 Scholar Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
22 Parrotts Piece         Amelia E. ROGERS   Daughter     4 Scholar Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
22 Parrotts Piece         Henry W. ROGERS   Son   1     Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
23 Parrotts Piece 1   //   Thomas PEPPER   Head Married 58   Timber Sawyer Woburn BDF ENG    
23 Parrotts Piece         Ann PEPPER   Wife Married   43   Hemel Hempstead HRT ENG    
23 Parrotts Piece         Martha PEPPER   Daughter Unmarried   20 Plaiter Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
23 Parrotts Piece         Emma PEPPER   Daughter Unmarried   18 Plaiter Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
23 Parrotts Piece         Levi PEPPER   Son   9     Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
23 Parrotts Piece         Ellen PEPPER   Daughter     1   Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    

KEY: Sch. = Schedule number     I = Inhabited house     U = Uninhabited house     M = Male     F = Female     Qual = Qualification

Folio: 85  Page: 6 PRO Ref. RG9 1005
Leighton Buzzard
    Houses Name of each person     Age        
Sch. Address I U   Title Forename Surname Qual Relation to Head Condition M F Occupation Where born Disability Transcriber Comments
23 Parrotts Piece         George PEPPER   Son   1     Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
24 Parrotts Piece 1   //   Charlotte HIGBID   Head Widow   45 Plaiter Edlesborough BKM ENG    
24 Parrotts Piece         James HIGBID   Son Unmarried 16   Agricultural Labourer Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
24 Parrotts Piece         Mary HIGBID   Daughter     13 Plaiter Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
24 Parrotts Piece         John HIGBID   Son   10   Plaiter Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
24 Parrotts Piece         Elizabeth HIGBID   Daughter     6 Plaiter Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
24 Parrotts Piece         James HIGBID   Boarder Unmarried 21   Agricultural Labourer Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
25 Parrotts Piece 1   //   Thomas KITELEY   Head Married 41   Agricultural Labourer Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
25 Parrotts Piece         Sarah KITELEY   Wife Married   30 Plaiter Clapham SRY ENG    
25 Parrotts Piece         Elizabeth A. KITELEY   Daughter Unmarried   13 Plaiter Linslade BKM ENG    
25 Parrotts Piece         Thomas KITELEY   Son   9   Scholar Linslade BKM ENG    
25 Parrotts Piece         Edward KITELEY   Son   7   Scholar Linslade BKM ENG    
25 Parrotts Piece         David KITELEY   Son   5   Scholar Linslade BKM ENG    
25 Parrotts Piece         Sarah J. KITELEY   Daughter     3   Linslade BKM ENG    
25 Parrotts Piece         Louisa KITELEY   Daughter     9 mths   Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
26 Parrotts Piece 1   //   George H. WILLIAMS   Head Married 79   Currier Journeyman City of London LND ENG    
26 Parrotts Piece         Elizabeth WILLIAMS   Wife Married   79       USA    
26 Parrotts Piece         Isaac WILLIAMS   Son Unmarried 41   Currier Journeyman Pentonville MDX ENG    
27 Parrotts Piece 1   //   George PEPPER   Head Married 46   Carpenter & Joiner Eversholt BDF ENG    
27 Parrotts Piece         Mary PEPPER   Wife Married   46   Hemel Hempstead HRT ENG    
27 Parrotts Piece         Sarah PEPPER   Daughter Unmarried   18 Plaiter Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
27 Parrotts Piece         Alfred PEPPER   Son Unmarried 16   Carpenter Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
27 Parrotts Piece         Fred PEPPER   Son Unmarried 14   Scholar Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
27 Parrotts Piece         Charlotte PEPPER   Daughter     10 Scholar Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
27 Parrotts Piece         Emily PEPPER   Daughter     3   Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    

KEY: Sch. = Schedule number     I = Inhabited house     U = Uninhabited house     M = Male     F = Female     Qual = Qualification

Folio: 86  Page: 7 PRO Ref. RG9 1005
Leighton Buzzard
    Houses Name of each person     Age        
Sch. Address I U   Title Forename Surname Qual Relation to Head Condition M F Occupation Where born Disability Transcriber Comments
28 Parrotts Piece 1   //   Joseph AMBROUSE   Head Widower 73   Shoemaker Journeyman Eversholt BDF ENG    
28 Parrotts Piece         William PEPPER   Grandson Unmarried 14   Scholar Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
28 Parrotts Piece         Clark PEPPER   Grandson Unmarried 12   Scholar Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
29 Water Corn Mill 1   //   James BOWERS   Head Unmarried 19   Miller Haddenham BKM ENG   Address possibly Watercourse Mill
29 Water Corn Mill         Thirza BOWERS   Sister Unmarried   26 Housekeeper Haddenham BKM ENG   Address possibly Watercourse Mill
30 Gig Lane 1   //   John CHURCH   Head Married 50   Market Gardener Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
30 Gig Lane         Alice CHURCH   Wife Married   46 Plaiter Houghton Regis BDF ENG    
30 Gig Lane         Sarah CHURCH   Daughter Unmarried   17 Plaiter Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
30 Gig Lane         William CHURCH   Son Unmarried 11   Scholar Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
30 Gig Lane         Thomas CHURCH   Son   5     Leighton Buzzard BDF ENG    
30 Gig Lane         Alice ANSTEE   Step Daughter Unmarried   22 Plaiter Houghton Regis BDF ENG    
31 Mill Road 1