1841 - Liversedge District ED11 (Hightown & Heights)

Enumeration District No: 11
Ref: HO107/1291/6
Superintendent Registrar’s District: Dewsbury
Registrar’s District: Liversedge & Heckmondwike
Name of Enumerator: George Knowles

Description of Enumeration District:
All that part of the township of Liversedge which lies on the south of the turnpike road from Hartshead Moor near the Toll bar to Harepark Lane, and on the west of Harepark Lane from the said Turnpike road to the township of Hartshead.

This district contains
Households: 105
Individuals: 550
Houses uninhabited: 27
Houses building: 0
Identified issues: None

Addresses appearing in this Enumeration District have been added to the Census Address Index page.
Details of identified public houses have been added to the relevant pages.

The below is a transcription of this enumeration district. Every attempt has been made to accurately record the details. If possible you should check these details with the original record.

Surnames are in upper case and only recorded for the main householder. Where no surname is shown, refer to the one immediately above. Some households are split by pages, these page breaks have been eliminated for ease of browsing. All places of birth are in Yorkshire unless otherwise stated. Don't forget that anyone over the age of 15 has their age rounded down to the nearest 5.

Common abbreviations used:
Ag Lab - Agricultural labourer
Ap - Apprentice
FS - Female servant
Ind - Independent (means)
J - Journeyman
Lab - Labourer
m. - Maker (or manufacturer)
MS - Male servant
N - Not born in county

Hightown
Samuel MITCHELL  25  Card m.
Elizabeth  25
Walter  3
Robert  2

Hightown
Joseph BALMFORTH  35  Taylor
Hannah  35
William  15
Mary  15
Cristianah  13
James  11
John HOWERTH  70  Card m. J

Hightown
Thomas BEAUMONT  30  Butcher
Hannah  25
Samuel  4
Sarah  2
George  3m

Hightown
Henry RILEY  35  Cloth dresser J
Elizabeth  35
Racheal  15
Elizabeth  14
Sarah  12
Joshua  8
Mary  5
Louisa  2
Jemmima  2m

Hightown
Joseph DEARNLEY  55  Cloth dresser
Sarah  45
William  85
William PINDER  10

Hightown
John SOWDEN  60  Cloth dresser
Jabez  25  Joiner

Hightown
John FEARNSIDE  35  Card m. J
Sarah  30
Emma  10

Hightown
Oliver LAWFORD  25  Wire drawer
Sarah  25
Alfred  9m

Hightown
Joseph HIRST  60  Shopkeeper
Mary  30

Hightown
Joseph FARRAR  40  Cotton twister
Betty  40
Ellen  15
Hannah  8
Thomas  15
William  3
Joseph  1
James  60  Cotton twister

Hightown
Joseph GOODAIRE  45  Taylor
Rachel  50
William  20
George PRATT  15  Ap taylor
John HOLDSWORTH  35  Card m. J

Hightown
James HALMSHAW  65  Card m. J
Sarah  55

Hightown
James HALMSHAW  30  Cordwainer
Ann  35
Susanah  7
Thomas 4
Robert  2
Samuel KNOWLES  25  Cordwainer J

Hightown
John HALL  50  Butcher
Susey  50
Mary  15
Thomas  20
Joshua  15
John  10
George  5

Hightown
Daniel MORTON  30  mechanic
Ann  30
Frances  7
Louisa  3
Mary  2
Infant (f)  3d

Hightown
John FARRAR  20  Cotton twister
Elinor  20
William  5m

1 house uninhabited

Heights Hill
George NAYLOR  40  Shopkeeper
Mary  40
Mark WEBSTER  20  Shoe m.

Heights Hill
Elizabeth LILEY  55  Card setter
Joseph  25
Mary  20
Rachel  20
Ann  3
Emma  9m

Heights Hill
Peter HANSON  40  Coal miner
William  15
Mary  15
Henry  12
Elizabeth  10
Rachel  6
Mary GOMERSALL  60  Card setter
William WOOD  20  Coal miner

Heights Hill
Richard CORDINLEY  30  Shoe m.
Lydia  30
George  12
Joseph  9
John  5
Ann  3
Mary ROBERTSHAW  20
James  17m
Elizabeth SCOTT  15

Heights Hill
John BLAGBURN  30  Stone mason
Elizabeth  30
Edwin  12
Thomas  9
John  3
Catheran  1
Sarah BOTTOMLEY  20

1 house uninhabited

Heights Hill
Samuel WOODCOCK  30  Card m. J
Isabella  40
Caroline  8
Thomas  6
Samuel  4

1 house uninhabited

Heights Hill
John KILBURN  45  Mechanic
Sarah  45
Robert  20
Joseph  15
Sarahann  15
Sam  13
Wilson  7
Allin  5
Ann  2
Emma  2m

3 houses uninhabited

Heights Hill
Abram TOWNEND  55  Blacksmith
Ann  50
Esther  15
Nanny  11

Heights Hill
John WOOD  40  Shoe m.
Martha  40
Joseph  20  Shoe m.
Mary  15
Elijah  11
Sarah  8
Selina  5
Louisa  3

Heights Hill
Samuel GREEN  35  Coal miner
Isabella  35
Emma  9
John  5
Ann  6m

Heights Hill
John LILEY  45  Coal miner
Sarah  15
Elizabeth  12
Emma 8
Eliza  6
Sophia  5

Heights Hill
Charles WOOD  60  Coal miner
Sarah  60
Horatio  15
James CLEGG  20  Coal miner
Mary FAWCETT  19  Card setter
Nanny  15
Sarah  13
Maria  10
Harriott  7
Thomas  5
George MORTON  15
Matthew  12
George WOOD  3
Joseph STALKER  4

Heights Hill
Samuel LEE  66  Common carrier
Betty  46
Samuel  18
John  13
Thomas  10
Ann  6

Heights Hill
John HEY  25  Coal miner
Hannah  20
William  5
Elizabeth  3

1 house uninhabited

Heights Hill
Meredith WOOD  30  Coal miner
Hannah  30
Charles  12
Henry  11
James  7
Cain  5
Elizabeth  2
Sarah  1

Heights Hill
Joseph KENYON  25  Shoe m.
Ellen  25
Thomas WOOD  70  Card setter

Heights Hill
John HALMSHAW  50  Blanket weaver
Sarah  50
William  25  Blanket weaver
Esther  15
George  15
Betty  13
John  11
Charles  5

Heights Hill
Martha BINNS  40  Beerhouse keeper
James  11
Robert  7
Rhoda SCOTT  20  Housemaid

Heights Hill
George HALMSHAW  80  Blanket weaver
Mary  75
Mary  30
Joseph  8

Heights Hill
James BINNS  55  Blanket m.

Heights Hill
Thomas SQUIRE  60  Cordwainer  Scotland

Heights Hill
Helen FITTON  65  Card setter
Samuel  20  Wire drawer

Heights Hill
Joseph MARSDEN  30  Currier
Rachel  30
George  4
Ann  1

Heights Hill
Daniel HALMSHAW  75  Blanket m.
Mary  70

Heights Hill
Edwin PARKIN  20  Wool carder
James  15
Charles  4
Thomas  2
Jane ROE  15  N
Richard STEPONEY?  30  Wesleyan Minsiter  N
Ann  20
Harriet TOWNEND  20  FS

Heights Hill
William CLEGG  35  Confectioner
Mary  35
Benjamin  4
Walter  11m

Heights Hill
Grace MIDDLETON  65  Card setter
Charles  30  School Master
Rachel FIRTH  60  Card setter

Heights Hill
William HALMSHAW  55  Blanket m.

Heights Hill
Johnathan LILEY  25  Currier
Sarah  25
Elizabeth  2
Edwin  1m

Heights Hill
Nanny SCOTT  25  Card setter
Mary  4
George  1

Heights Hill
Edward BRAITHWAITE  65  Ind
Elizabeth  75  Ind
Mary  50

Heights Hill
John WOODCOCK  35  Day lab.
Mary  35
Thomas  15  Ap mechanic
Ann  15
William  13  Cotton spinner J
Eliza  11
Sampson  9
Emma  6

Heights Hill
William WOODCOCK  75  Ind

Heights Hill
Benjamin WOODCOCK  40  Blanket weaver
Hannah  35
Charles  6
Rawden  2

Heights Hill
William WOODCOCK  35  Blanket weaver
Mary Ann  25
Sarah Ann  3
Jeremiah  1

Heights Hill
Hannah WOODCOCK  45?  Ind
Mary  25
Christopher  20  Blanket m.
Selina  15
Jane  11

Heights Hill
Abraham FAWCETT  40  Currier
Rachel  40
Joseph  20
Mary  15
Ellean  15
Eliza  10
James  10
Matilda  5
Betty  5
George SHAW  15  Ap currier

Heights Hill
John PARKIN  20  Taylor
Mary  25
Albert  5m

Heights Hill
William CHARLESWORTH  45  Farmer
Hannah  45
John  20  Cordwainer ap
Isabella  20
George  15
Benjamin  15
Samuel  15
Joseph  10
Ann  5
Jane  80  Ind

3 houses uninhabited

Heights Hill
Hannah WEBSTER  55  Nurse
John HEVESON  30  Brick m.

Heights Hill
Thomas BEDFORD  65  Card m. J
Martha  60
Rebecca  20
Joseph  20  Mechanic

Heights Hill
William NAYLOR  35  Card m. J
Ann  50
Sarah  30

Heights Hill
Mary CLEGG  45  Card setter
Tim  15
Michael  15

3 houses uninhabited

Heights Hill
Benjamin BINNS  85  Farmer

2 houses uninhabited

Heights Hill
John CLAYTON  40  Lab
Hannah  45
James  15
Charles  13
Selina  10
Ann  8
Richard SMITH  20
Joseph  20

Heights Hill
Crispin RAMSDEN  30  Card m.
Hannah  25
Mary Ann  8
Sarah Jane  2
Sam  1m

Heights Hill
Mary MITCHELL  55  Ind
Sarah  30
Elizabeth  20
John  15
Jane  15

Heights Hill
John WHITAM  15  Stone mason

Heights Hill
William WOOD  35  Card m. J
Rachel  35
Elizabeth  12
Sam  8
Edwin  3
Matthew  11m

Heights Hill
Matthew WOMERSLEY  40  Wire drawer
Ann  40
Selina  13
Ellen  11
Hannah  8
David  7
Elizabeth  5
Joseph  11m
James YATES  20  Ap wire drawer

Heights Hill
William KILBURN  30  Card m. J
Edwin  12
Sam  9
Susanah  7
Ann  5
Richard  65  Card setter
Betty  35
Robert  11

1 house uninhabited

Heights Hill
John SMITH  50  Wire drawer
Harriott  45
John  20  Wire drawer
Hannah  20
Samuel  15  Wire drawer
Zaccheus  13
Crispin  11
Edwin  10
Joseph  8

Heights Hill
John NORTH  35  Stone mason
Sarah  35
Joseph  12
Godfrey  10
Emma  8
Elizabeth  5
Sam  2
William  10m
Benjamin  25  Lab
Samuel  20  Carpenter

Heights Hill
Joseph HALMSHAW  40  Card m.
Lydia  40
Mary  15
Samuel  9
Emma  5

Heights Hill
John HALMSHAW  65  Card m.
Mary  60

Windy Bank Lane
James MELLOR  50  Farmer
Hannah  40
John  15
James  10
William  8
Thomas  5
Mary MAWSON  65

1 house uninhabited

Windy Bank Lane
George  PATTISON  30  Tinner pedler  Scotland
Betty  40  Scotland
Isaac  25  Tinner pedler  Scotland
Ann  25 
Same household on next page now gives address as just Windy Bank
Bella PATTISON  15
Rachel  15
Esther  7
William  5
Marget  3
Elizabeth  4
David  1
Marget  1m

Windy Bank
George NELSON  40  Tinner pedler  N
Mary  40  N
Walter  15  N
David  12  N
Betsey  10  N
Peter JEMISON?  40  Tinner pedler  N
Esther  40  N
Peter  15  Besom maker  N
Michael  14  N
Mary  12  N
Esther  10  N
Richard  8
George  6

Windy Bank
William GOMMERSALL  45  Farmer
Betty  15
George  15
John  15
Hannah  13
William  1
Johnathan  8
Benjamin  5
Martha  2

Windy Bank
William CLEGG  20  Blanket weaver
Sarah  50

Windy Bank
Mark FAWCETT  30  Currier
Sarah  30
George  9
Thomas HALMSHAW  15  Ap currier

Walton Cross
Joseph SCHORAH  30  Common carrier
Sarah  30
Emma  10
Benjamin  7

Walton Cross
Daniel FEARNLEY  25  Cloth m.
Mary  20
John  10

Walton Cross
Benjamin MORTON  25  Pot hawker
Elizabeth  20

1 house uninhabited

Walton Cross
William EMMOTT  30  Joiner
Isabella  30
George  7
Thomas  6
Lydia  3
Caroline  1
John  1m

Walton Cross
Joseph FEARNLEY  25  Clothier
Elizabeth  20
Ann  2
Sarah  9m
Mary WOODCOCK  65
Christiana  30
Thomas  7

Walton Cross
John WOODHEAD  30  Worsted weaver
Eliza  30
Mary  6
Hannah  3

Buttershaw
James GOMMERSAL  25  Ag lab
Mary  25
William  1

Buttershaw
William CLAYTON  40
Clementina  40
Martha AUTY  25
Sophia  3
Mary  10m

2 houses uninhabited

Tripoli
Joseph SQUIRE  35  Card m.
Betty  35
Johnna (f)  9
Ellen  7
Sarah  5
John  1

3 houses uninhabited

Tripoli
Sidney SHAW  25  Cotton spinner
Fanny  25
Hannah  5
William  3
Ellen  1

Tripoli
Thomas KILBURN  40  Fancy weaver
Ellen  40
Elizabeth  15
Sarah  10
Thomas  9
Benjamin  6
Mark  2
Ann  4

Tripoli
John SHEPERD  35  Coal miner
Sarah  40
Mary  15
Elizabeth  14
John  11
Joseph  9
Thomas  6
Charles  7m

Tripoli
William MIDDLETON  20  Ag lab
Harriott  25
James  3
Robert  2
Ellen  1m

Tripoli
Joseph SHEPERD  60  Farmer
Betty  65

Tripoli
William WOODCOK  35  Farmer
Ann  35
Martha  9
Mary  7
Robert  10m

Tripoli
John WOODCOCK  40  Fancy weaver
Frances  35
William  15
Matthew  15
James  15
John  10
Sam  10
Joseph  5
Mary  2
Selina  1

Tripoli
John HOWARTH  45  Card m. J
Sarah  45
Edmund  25
David  20  Carder
Henry  20  Cotton spinner
Joseph  15  Mechanic
William  10

Tripoli
Matthew WOMERSLEY  45  Wire drawer
Lydia  50
Alfred  12
William  9
Samuel  20

2 houses uninhabited

Tripoli
Timothy BRADLEY  25
Ann  25
James  3
Mary  8
Frances  1

Tripoli
James KELLET  30  Engine tenter
Sarah  25
Ruth  2

Thorn Bush
John NOWELL  25  Card m.
Hannah  30
Martha CARVER  15

Thorn Bush
John NOWELL  50  Card m.

Thorn Bush
William LAWFORD  35  Farmer
Martha  30
Joshua  13
James  11
Mary  8
Eliza  7
Emma  5
Elizabeth  1

Hare Park
Abraham BLAGBURN  30  Card m. J
Hannah  35
Dorothy  7
Jonas  5
Ann  2
William  2m

Hare Park
Thomas SQUIRE  35  Card m. J
Rachel  35
Grace  15
David  13
Sam  11
Henry  9
Ann 7
John  5
Susanah  1

Hare Park
Charles MEDLEY  55  Plasterer
Nancy  55

2 houses building

Sepulchre
John KITSON  30  Card m.
Judith  25
William  4
Mary  2

Sepulchre
Frank FAWCETT  30  Cloth m.
Mary  30
John  1m
Sarah SCOTT  50  Ind
Lavina NORTH  20  FS
William SHEARD  12  MS