Henham in 1881

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For those readers interested in the demographics of our village we have reproduced the following for Henham from the 1881 National Census, (a copy of which can be found in The Cock on the little table opposite the fruit machine). 809 persons were registered, of whom four were visitors. Twenty-eight were paupers, another was dumb, and a further two were shown as ‘idiots.‘ Ten properties were uninhabited. The trades people were – A H BELMAN of the Vicarage, was the vicar at Henham David GRYSBY, Independent Minister of The Manse John NEWMAN ran The Cock Inn Levi DIXON ran The Bell Inn ( his son Allan was a thatcher ) Lila BALAAM ran the Star Inn Thomas C MARSCALL ran The Crown ( one of his boarders was Joseph S FITZJOHN the Stationmaster ) George EVERITT, brewer, ran Henham Village Beer Shop Henry GARDENER of Henham House was a grocer & draper Jabez CARTWRIGHT of the Grocer’s Shop was a grocer and draper Kitty ROBINSON was a draper & grocer William STUBBS of Rose Cottage was a retired grocer William COSTIN ran a general shop at Pledgdon Green Emma WEDLOCK, unmarried of the School House was the schoolmistress ( she was assisted by Annie SMITH ) George Franklin COLLIN farmed 540 acres at Parsonage Farm helped by 18 men and two boys William CANNING farmed 393 acres at Old Mead farm assisted by 17 men and 7 boys Thomas MARKWELL farmed 172 acres at The Brown Farm assisted by 4 men and 2 boys William JOHNSON was a farmer and dealer Timothy BUSH was a farmer and dealer Thomas MARKWELL was a general dealer George RALLINGS ( RAWLINGS ) was a farmer at The Sand Pits Joseph HOUGHTON was a farmer at Sand Pits Farm Charles MARSHALL was the farmer at Little Henham Hall Thomas NEWPORT farmed at Pledgdon Hall George TIPLER was the head of family at Pennington Hall and his son George was a steam plough proprietor John STANLEY was a farm bailiff George KNIGHT of Wood End Green Farm was a bailiff Robert WRIGHT, hay salesman of Bacons Farm George MOORE of Mill House was a corn miller William DIXON was a thatcher John DIXON was a thatcher John DIXON, brass founder of Bacons Farm Thomas BELL was the Essex Police Constable Henry CHIPPERFIELD was a wheelwright Walter HEARD was a master wheelwright T H WARD of Mount House was a vetinary surgeon James DEVILLE was a journeyman butcher William MARKWELL was a butcher George ORGER ran the Butcher’s Shop and farmed, assisted by 6 men & 2 boys Alfred WHITE was a journeyman baker Ruth BARKER was a retired baker Peter NEGUS was a carpenter George TURNER was a carpenter Charles TURNER carpenter, of the Carpenter’s Shop Daniel ROBINSON of Elsenham Road was a carpenter & joiner Dan HAYDEN was a blacksmith John HAYDEN was a master blacksmith employing two men George BUSH was a shoemaker John KNIGHT was a shoemaker Thomas WRIGHT, boot & shoemaker of the Shoemaker’s Shop Alfred BENTLEY of Wood End Green was a higgler ( an itinerant dealer ) Sarah BULLOCK of Elsenham Road was a dressmaker Walter DUKE of the Butcher’s Shop was a colt breaker Joseph COCKLE of North Hall Gate was a G.E.R. signalman James DENNISON of Elsenham Road was a railway signalman ( there were about 6 railway staff ) Of these fifty-four, twenty were born in Henham.