1871 - Liversedge District
ED14

Enumeration District: 14
Ref: RG10/4594
Superintendent Registrar’s District: Dewsbury
Registrar’s Sub-District: Liversedge
Name of Enumerator: John Robinson

Description of Enumeration District:
All that part of the Township of Liversedge. Commencing at Castle House Hill, up to the Township of Gomersal on the east side of Listing Lane, to the Registrar’s Office near Healds Hall, thence on the south side of the Leeds and Whitehall Turnpike Road and to Little Town Bridge, thence in a direct line on the side of Little Town to Top of Knowler Hill, down to Liversedge Station, thence to Joseph Fisher’s to the old footpath behind the National School, Hightown, thence on the west side of Knowler Hill to the Bridge at Little Town.

84 of 218 households added so far. Stats for the area will appear when the district is complete. 

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. The same also applies to places of birth. Some households are split by pages, these page breaks have been eliminated for ease of browsing.

Some common abbreviations used:
Ag Lab - Agricultural labourer
Ap - Apprentice
J - Journeyman
M - Married
Manu. - Manufacturer
Serv - Servant
U - Unmarried
Wid - Widow/widower

SN1 - Castle House Hill
George P WATERHOUSE  Head  M  67  Farmer of 6 acres  Pudsey
Jane  Dau  U  30  Liversedge
Annie  Dau  U  28  School mistress

SN2 - Castle House Hill
John Waring BROADHEAD  Head  M  25  Coardwainer  Dewsbury
Susannah  Wife  M  27  Bridgenorth
John Thomas  Son  5  Liversedge
Olonza  Son  3
Evelina  Dau  7m
James Edward PRICE  Nephew  1

SN3 - Castle House Hill
Joseph BROADHEAD  Head  M  67  Cotton warp dresser  Finny Bridge, Huddersfield
Ann  Wife  M  50  Horbury
Levi  Son  U  23  Joiner  Thornhill
Herbert  Son  U  18  Cotton warp dresser  Little Gomersal

SN4 - Castle House Hill
John DALE  Head  M  40  Lab in machine shop  Ainsworth
Mary  Wife  M  41  Wike
Albert  Son  U  17  Iron fitter  Bradford

SN5 - Castle House Hill
Benjamin FOX  Head  M  33  Woollen beamer  Cleckheaton
Hannah  Wife  M  33
Edwin  Son  11  Scholar
William Arthur  Son  7  Scholar  Gomersal

SN6 - Castle House Hill
Thomas KENDREW  Head  M  30  Machine fitter  Cleckheaton
Sarah Ann  Wife  M  31
Charles  Son  3  Liversedge

1 house uninhabited

SN7 - 871 Gomersal Lane
Martha RAYNER  Head  Wid  74  Housekeeper  Heckmondwike
Samuel  Son  M  36  Carpet weaver  Dewsbury

SN8 - Blank
William SMITH  Head  M  44?  Blacksmith  Ripon
Ann  Wife  M  56  Lofthouse
John  Son  15  Firer  Liversedge
William  Son  6  Scholar
Robert  Son  11  Scholar  Hemsworth
Mary DIMA?  Boarder  Wid  26  Worsted reeler  Suffolk

SN9 - 873 Gomersal Lane
William KERSHAW  Head  M  26  Rooler? turner  Ashton Under Line
Mary  Wife  M  26

SN10 - 874 Gomersal Lane
John BELFIELD  Head  M  48  Mechanic  Bradford
Sarah  Wife  M  57

SN11 - 875 Gomersal Lane
Mary ODDY  Head  Wid  54  Attends to the house  Dublin
Elizabeth  Dau  U  24  Worsted reeler  Bradford
William  Son  U  18  Card cleaner  Clayton nr Bradford
Sarah  Dau  14  Spinner
Benjamin  Son  11  Scholar  Gomersal

SN12 - 876 Gomersal Lane
Abraham CLEGG  Head  M  37  Mechanic  Oldham
Mary Ann  Wife  M  34  Bosley, Chester
Benjn Reginald  Son  4  Liversedge
Clara SWITHENBANK  Boarder  1  Heckmondwike

SN13 - Blank
John DUNWELL  Head  M  49  Overlooker of power looms  Otley
Susan  Wife  M  44  Keithley

SN14 - Blank
Joanna KEIF  Head  Wid  48  Green grocer  Ireland

SN15 - Gomersal Lane
Abraham NEWSOME  Head  M  47  Carpet weaver  Batley Carr
Martha  Wife  M  46  Cowling

SN16 - Gomersal Lane
Francis CROOK  Head  M  41  Blacksmith  Warwickshire
Harriet  Wife  M  28

SN17 - Gomersal Lane
John BLAKEY  Head  M  35  Mechanic  Halifax
Sarah  Wife  M  37  Keighley

SN18 - Gomersal Lane
Betty WINTERBOTTOM  Head  Wid  51  Dressmaker  Saddleworth

SN18 - Gomersal Lane (SN duplicated)
Reuben BINNS  Head  M  25  Mechanic  Dewsbury
Mary  Wife  M  24  Weaver
Joseph  Son  3
Mary Hannah  Dau  13m

SN19 - Gomersal Lane
William ARMITAGE  Head  M  47  Railway porter  Liversedge
Eliza  Wife  M  41  Mirfield
Elizabeth Ann  Dau  16  Fancy weaver  Liversedge

SN20 - Gomersal Lane
Mary ROBERTSHAW  Head  Wid  30  Fancy weaver  America

SN21 - Gomersal Lane
Thomas GREAVES  Head  M  49  Woollen cloth dyer  Liversedge
Sarah  Wife  M  45  Churwell
Joseph  Son  U  18  Book binder  Liversedge
Lucy  Dau  15  Scholar
Frederick HUDSON  Son-in-law  M  22  Blanket raiser  Brampton
Jane  Wife/Dau  M  22  Woollen blanket weaver  Liversedge

SN22 - 880 Littletown
Robert TURPIN  Head  M  46  Blacksmith  Tadcaster nr York
Mary  Wife  M  48
John  Son  U  23  Joiner
Ann  Dau  U  21  Weaver
Edwin  Son  15  Currier ap  Liversedge
William  Son  13  Mill hand

SN23 - 881 Littletown
Joseph WILSON  Head  M  40  Blanket maker  Liversedge
Jane  Wife  M  43
Thomas  Son  13  Tearer at print works
John Albert  Son  12  Half time piecer
Percy  Son  9  Half time piecer
Obadiah Lang  Son  4  Scholar

SN24 - 882 Littletown
William LANG  Head  M  71  Blanket weaver  Liversedge
Jane  Wife  M  51
Alice  Dau  U  24  Cloth weaver
Elizabeth  Dau  U  21  Cloth weaver
Joe  Son  15  Mule piecer

SN25 - 883 Littletown
Obadiah LANG  Head  M  69  Blanket manu.  Liversedge
Judith  Wife  M  59
Betty  Sister  U  60  (imbecile)
John Lang WILSON  Son  U  30  Blanket manu.

SN26 - Littletown
Aaron TRIVETT  Head  M  59  Carpet weaver  Bridge North
Elizabeth  Wife  M  48  Easthorp, Shrops.
Elizabeth  Dau  U  21  Feeder in woollen mill  Liversedge
Thomas  Son  U  19  Carpet weaver
Ellen  Dau  16  Spool winder
Mary  Dau  11  Winder
Alice  Dau  11  Winder
William  Son  8  Scholar
Sarah  Dau  3

SN27 - Littletown
Joseph WILKINSON  Head  M  47  Foreman carpet yarn dyer  Manchester
Sarah  Wife  M  38  Heckmondwike
Abraham  Son  U  19  Dyer's assistant  Dewsbury
Sarah Jane  Dau  16  Power loom woollen weaver  Soothill
Elizabeth  Dau  14  Worsted spinner  Dewsbury
Emily  Dau  11  Servant at home  Heckmondwike
Joseph jnr  Son  6  Scholar

SN28 - Littletown (see the White Hart)
George BROADBENT  Head  M  40  Innkeeper - The White Heart  Liversedge
Alice  Wife  M  47
James  Son  16  Assistant to father
Sarah  Dau  14  Worsted spinner
Charles  Son  11  Worsted spinner
John  Son  11  Scholar
Alfred MORTON  Boarder  M  57  Tailor  Sheffield

SN29 - 885 Littletown
Hannah LISTER  Head  Wid  50  Farmer of 12 acres  Mirfield
Emma  Dau  U  28  Blanket weaver  Heckmondwike
Benjamin  Son  U  20  Blanket weaver
John  Son  U  17  Doffing plate maker
Joseph  Son  14  Assists at the farm
Edwin  Son  8  Scholar

SN30 - 886 Littletown
George MILNES  Head  M  48  Blanket finisher  Liversedge
Mary  Wife  M  47  Huddersfield
Abraham  Son  U  27  Engine tenter  Liversedge
Thomas  Son  U  26  Woollen spinner
Harriet  Dau  U  23  Woollen weaver
Sarah  Dau  U  19  Woollen feeder
Zillah  Dau  16  Woollen weaver
Mary Ann  Dau  9  Scholar
George Henry  Son  5  Scholar

SN31 - 887 Littletown
James CHARLESWORTH  Head  Wid  70  Farmer of 5 acres  Liversedge

SN32 - Blank
Edward COWELL  Head  Wid  38  Coal leader  Bradford

SN33 - Blank
Richard SAVILL  Head  M  36  Farm lab  Liversedge
Mary  Wife  M  48  Gomersal
Thomas Lee ROSS  Son  U  19  Slop dyer  Liversedge
Hannah Lee  Dau  U  17  Cloth weaver
Sarah Ann Lee  Dau  9  Scholar
Rachel SAVILL  Dau  3  Scholar

SN34 - 891 Littletown
William NORTH  Head  M  56  Green grocer  Liversedge

SN35 - 892 Littletown
Henry PARR  Head  M  32  Woollen spinner  Liversedge
Jane  Wife  M  26  Methley
Edith  Dau  4  Scholar  Mirfield

SN36 - Blank
Joseph PARR  Head  M  44  Farmer of 10 acres  Batley
Elizabeth  Wife  M  45  Liversedge
Bessey  Dau  U  21  Blanket weaver
Annie  Dau  14  Blanket weaver
Noah  Son  2

SN37 - Blank
John GIBSON  Head  M  39  Woollen spinner  Liversedge
Mary  Wife  M  35

SN38 - 895 Littletown
Henry WILKINSON  Head  M  49  Master joiner  Huddersfield
Ann  Wife  M  48  Wakefield

SN39 - Blank
Henry HANSON  Head  M  34  Iron turner  Gomersal
Hephzibah  Wife  M  30  Batley

SN40 - Blank
Sarah SAVILL  Head  U  69  Liversedge

SN41 - 898 Littletown
Sarah WHITTEL  Head  Wid  62  Carpet winder  Thornhill
Mary  Dau  U  25  Woollen weaver  Mirfield

SN42 - 899 Littletown
John William SMITH  Head  M  39  Cloth finisher  Honley
Jane  Wife  M  41  Lockwood
Sarah  Dau  4  Scholar  Liversedge

SN43 - Blank
Luke BRUCE  Head  M  44  Farm lab  Batley
Emma  Wife  M  35  Feeder in woollen mill  Liversedge

SN44 - Littletown
William CARTER  Head  M  30  Iron moulder  Burnley
Ann  Wife  M  31  Bowling
George D  Son  5  Scholar  Liversedge
John  Son  3
Walter  Son  2
Collins  Son  4m

SN45 - 901 Littletown
George DOVE  Head  M  46  Carpenter  Gomersal
Margaret  Wife  M  46
Elizabeth  Dau  U  17  Weaver of wool  Liversedge
Louisa  Dau  12  Spinner of worsted
Hirst  Son  8  Scholar
Harry  Son  2

SN46 - Littletown
Benjn PARR  Head  M  29  Mechanic  Liversedge
Mary  Wife  M  28
Thomas Armitage  Son  6  Scholar
Florence Elizth  Dau  4  Scholar
William Henry  Son  7m

SN47 - Littletown
Albert ARMITAGE  Head  M  30  Carpet weaver  Liversedge
Rebecca  Wife  M  30
Sarah  Dau  8  Scholar
Joseph  Son  7  Scholar
Ada  Dau  2
Tom  Son  5m

SN48 - Littletown
Isabella LANG  Head  Wid  65  Birstall
Thomas Lang CROWTHER  Son  U  45  Woollen cloth weaver  Mirfield

SN49 - Littletown
John LANG  Head  M  31  Woollen warehouseman  Liversedge
Hannah  Wife  M  32  Thornhill
John Henry  Son  12  Scholar  Liversedge
Ada  Dau  9  Scholar
Isabella  Dau  6  Scholar
Joseph  Son  4  Scholar

SN50 - Littletown
Sarah MIDGLEY  Head  U  59  Domestic servant  Liversedge
John  Son  U  24  Farm lab
Thomas  Son  U  20  Cloth finisher

SN51 - Littletown
Luke SPIVEY  Head  M  28  Woollen spinner & draper  Liversedge
Sarah Ann  Wife  M  24  Rochdale

SN52 - Littletown
Hannah WILSON  Head  Wid  52  Housekeeper  Heckmondwike
Robert  Son  U  18  Joiner
Sutcliffe  Son  15  Woollen piecer
Sarah  Dau  13  Worsted spinner
Josiah  Son  11  Worsted spinner
Emily Ann  Dau  4?  Scholar
John HALL  Boarder  M  54  Carpet weaver  Kidderminster

SN53 - Littletown
Benjn BROADBENT  Head  M  44  Woollen spinner  Batley
Eliza  Wife  M  31  Holmfirth
William Wilson  Son  U  21  Plasterer  Liversedge
Ann  Dau  U  19  Cloth weaver
Sarah  Dau  16  Spinner
Walter  Son  13  Piecer in woollen mill
Ada  Dau  5  Scholar
George Henry  Son  2
Bramwell  Son  1

SN54 - Littletown
George HOCKNELL  Head  M  41  Coachman, domestic servant  Broughton, Lincs
Martha  Wife  M  40  Roxby, Lincs
George  Son  U  20  Cabinet maker  Worlaby?, Lincs
Elizabeth  Dau  U  17  Warper  Hull
Alfred  Son  13  Slop dyer  Alverthorpe
John  Son  9  Scholar  Roundhay
Robert  Son  7
Benjn  Son  7m  Liversedge

SN55 - Littletown
John WHITELEY  Head  M  66  Hawker of woollen goods  Cleckheaton
Ann  Wife  M  62  Birstal
Martha Ann SPIVEY  Dau-in-law  U  25  Late woollen weaver

SN56 - Littletown
Joseph COPLEY  Head  M  23  Teamer  Bierley
Hannah  Wife  M  31  Doncaster
Albert  Son  5  Scholar  Liversedge
Ann  Dau  1

SN57 - Littletown
Thomas CHARLESWORTH  Head  M  46  Grocer's shop  Liversedge
Rachel  Wife  M  46
George  Son  U  25  Iron moulder
Sarah Jane  Dau  U  20  Sick
Richard  Son  U  18  Joiner
James  Son  15  Weaver

SN58 - Littletown
Richard SMITH  Head  M  35  Iron moulder  Liversedge
Emma  Wife  M  32  Huddersfield
Annie  Dau  5  Scholar  Liversedge
Alexander  Son  3

SN59 - Littletown
George Thomas JONES  Head  M  27  Grocer  Easingwold
Evelyn  Wife  M  25  Heckmondwike
Catherine  Dau  Under 1m  Liversedge
Letitia FIRTH  Nurse  Wid  57  Nurse  Hunsworth

SN60 - Littletown
Andrew BOOTH  Head  M  23  Blacksmith  Cleckheaton
Lydia  Wife  M  23  Cookridge
Harriet Ann  Dau  6m  Liversedge

SN61 - Littletown
Walter TUNNICLIFFE  Head  M  30  Cloth fuller  Dewsbury
Sarah  Wife  M  32  Liversedge
John Firth  Son  6  Scholar  Ravensthorp

SN62 - Littletown
Obadiah LANG  Head  Wid  65  Retired blanket manu.  Liversedge
Ann BARKER  Serv  Wid  60  Domestic servant

SN63 - Littletown
Joseph RAWNSLEY  Head  M  41  Dyer  Manningham
Mary  Wife  M  39  Horton

SN64 - Littletown
Sidney GOODALL  Head  M  20  Iron turner  Liversedge
Harriet  Wife  M  20  Heckmondwike
Caroline  Dau  8m  Liversedge

SN65 - Littletown
Joseph ROSS  Head  M  25  Iron moulder  Liversedge
Grace  Wife  M  26
Albert  Son  1

SN66 - Littletown
John MOORE  Head  M  33  Mechanic  Gomersal
M.J.  Wife  M  36  Mirfield
Annie  Dau  8  Scholar  Batley
Sheard  Son  6  Scholar  Mirfield
Hamlet  Son  1  Liversedge

SN67 - Littletown
Alfred LINDSAY  Head  M  32  Groom  Ackworth
Elizabeth  Wife  M  30  Minsthorp, Yks
Joe  Son  15  Dyer's ap
George  Son  11  Scholar  Ackworth
William  Son  9  Scholar  Doncaster

SN68 - Littletown
Alfred GOODALL  Head  Wid  64  Joiner master  Liversedge
Jane  Dau  U  26  Worsted drawer
Hannah B  Dau  U  21  Housekeeper

SN69 - Littletown
Alfred GOODALL Jnr  Head  M  29  Iron moulder  Liversedge
Etna  Wife  M  27
John William  Son  5  Scholar
Annie  Dau  1

SN70 - Littletown
William ALLOTT  Head  M  44  Clerk to Cooperative Society  Liversedge
Jemima  Wife  M  41
Ann Elizabeth  Dau  15  Power loom weaver
Mary Jane  Dau  13  Power loom weaver
Ada  Dau  11  Scholar
Willie Marcus  Son  9  Scholar
Smith  Son  7  Scholar
Eliza  Dau  5  Scholar
Sarah Alice  Dau  3  Scholar

SN71 - Littletown
John GOODALL  Head  M  36  Joiner master  Liversedge
Jane  Wife  M  36
Samuel  Son  10
Ernest  Son  9m
Sidney SYKES  Boarder  U  18  Carpet weaver  Newcastle

SN72 - Littletown
James RILEY  Head  M  39  Manu. chemist  Liversedge
Margaret  Wife  M  34  Bedal(e)
William  Son  11  Scholar  Liversedge
Bedford  Son  4  Scholar
Charlesworth  Son  2

SN73 - Millbridge
John ROBINSON  Head  M  52  Registrar of births & Deaths and Collector of Poor Rates  Liversedge
Eliza  Wife  M  48  Cleckheaton
Betsy Eliza  Niece  U  17  Professor of music  Liversedge

SN74 - Littletown
Joseph DAY  Head  Wid  34  Cordwainer  Lightcliffe
Alice HENDERSON  Hkpr  Wid  60  Housekeeper  Abbrigton, Yks

SN75 - Littletown
William ACKROYD  Head  M  25  Power loom tuner  Liversedge
Alice  Wife  M  22

SN76 - Littletown
Joseph SMEETON  Head  M  31  Carpet weaver  Market Harbour, Liecs
Eleanor  Wife  M  32  Liversedge

SN77 - Littletown
Abraham BROOK  Head  M  39  Carpet weaver  Liversedge
Eliza  Wife  M  38
Sarah Ann  Dau  11  Scholar
Elizabeth  Dau  7  Scholar
Eliza Ann  Dau  1

SN78 - Littletown
Herbert LISTER  Head (lodger)  M  23  Currier  Gomersal
Elizabeth  Wife  M  25  Mirfield

SN79 - Littletown
Paul GREENWOOD  Head  M  49  Woollen spinner  Birstal
Agnes  Wife  M  46
James Brook  Son  U  22  Plasterer  Heckmondwike
Joseph  Son  U  18  Woolsorter
Ann JOHNSON  Boarder  U  25  Cloth weaver  Grange Moor

SN80 - Littletown
Joseph KAY  Head  M  58  Mechanic  Shipley
Sarah  Wife  M  56  Kirkburton
George  Son  U  34  Lab at machine shop  Holmfirth
Eliza  Dau  U  26  Feeder at woollen mill
Sam  Son  U  18  Iron turner
Selina  GrDau  5  Liversedge

SN81 - Littletown
John SCHOLEFIELD  Head  M  43  Cordwainer  Mirfield
Grace  Wife  M  36  Liversedge
Mary  Dau  14  Woollen spinner
Sarah Ann  Dau  12  Scholar
Arthur  Son  7  Scholar
Emma  Dau  4  Scholar

SN82 - Littletown
William KNOWLES  Head  Wid  80  Groom  Liversedge
Thomas BANKS  Son-in-law  M  40  Iron moulder  Cleckheaton
Mary Ann  Dau  M  38  Liversedge
Emma KNOWLES  GrDau  U  19  Woollen spinner
Mary BANKS  GrDau  15  Woollen spinner
Henry  GrSon  12  Doffer in woollen mill
Fred  GrSon  9  Scholar
Ada  GrDau  8  Scholar
Jane  GrDau  4  Scholar
Arthur  GrSon  2m

SN83 - Littletown
Jonathan HAYS  Head  M  45  Blanket raiser  Liversedge
Mary  Wife  M  43
Elizabeth  Dau  U  21  Weaver of cloth
Oliver  Son  U  20  Slop dyer
Ada  Dau  U  18  Whipper
Pearson  Son  16  Hawker
Charlotte  Dau  12  Nurse
Esther  Dau  7  Scholar
Amy  Dau  4m

SN84 - Littletown
Edward McKENZIE  Head  M  46  Pensioner Chelsea & Toll collector  Pontefract
Eleanor  Wife  M  58

More to follow in due course...