1871 - Liversedge District
ED19

Enumeration District: 19
Ref: RG10/4595
Superintendent Registrar’s District: Dewsbury
Registrar’s Sub-District: Liversedge
Name of Enumerator: Joseph Ramsden Smith

Description of Enumeration District:
All that part of the Township of Liversedge commencing at Samuel Balmforth’s, Rawfolds on the north side of the Leeds and Whitehall Turnpike Road in a direct line to William Ramsden’s near the Old Oak Inn, littletown, including all the new houses at New Rawfolds, Bradford Dying Company, New house. All the new streets near Ramsden Smith’s, Littletown up Well Fold to Mrs. Riley’s.

34 of 171 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 - Rawfolds
Samuel BALMFORTH  Head  M  46  Currier master emp 4m & 2b  Birstal
Mary  Wife  M  46  Hartshead
Edwin B  Son  U  22  Cleckheaton
James  Son  U  17
Thomas  Son  13
Anne  Dau  11
Charles  Son  8
George  Son  7
Ann HOLDSWORTH  Aunt  Wid  59  Ruttonstall, Lancs

SN2 - Rawfolds
Jane ATTACK  Head  Wid  46  Domestic  Royston
Sarah  Dau  U  23  Heckmondwike

SN3 - Rawfolds
William SUGDEN  Head  M  36  Warehouseman  Bowling
Hannah  Wife  M  28  Bingley
Sarah Elizabeth  Dau  12
Mary Jane  Dau  6
Benjamin  Son  4m  Birstall

SN4 - Rawfolds
John CORLESS  Head  M  33  Worsted overlooker  Calverley
Eliza Jane  Wife  M  31  Bradford
Judith Hannah  Dau  5  Scholar
Samuel  Son  10m  Birstall
Robert ROBINSON  Lodger  U  25  Woolsorter  Kendal

SN5 - Rawfolds
Benjamin ROBINSON  Head  Wid  43  Woollen spinner  Kirkburton
Jane  Dau  16  Woollen piecener
Emma  Dau  13  Woollen piecener
Hannah  Dau  11  Scholar
Sykes  Son  8  Scholar
Mary Annis  Dau  1  Huddersfield
Samuel GRAHAM  Step Son  11  Scholar  Carlisle

SN6 - Littletown
John BINNS  Head  M  43  Wire drawer  Liversedge
Christianah  Wife  M  47
Ann  Dau  U  19
Mary  Dau  U  20
Sam  Son  15
Lucy  Dau  11
Sophia  Dau  9
William  Son  5

SN7 - Littletown
Thomas PINDER  Head  M  49  Mechanic  Liversedge
Martha  Wife  M  38  Norwich
Samuel  Son  12  Bobin setter  London

SN8 - Littletown
James MURPHY  Head  M  25  Colourist printworks  Manchester
Sarah  Wife  M  25
Cuthbert  Son  2
Mary  Dau  3m  Liversedge
Mary Ann NEWTON  Lodger  U  35  Blanket weaver  Manchester

SN9 - Littletown
Henry FISHER  Head  M  27  Butcher  Liversedge
Eliza  Wife  M  23  Heckmondwike
Walter  Son  2  Liversedge
Lawrence  Son  9m

SN10 - Littletown
William KERSHAW  Head  M  25  Bleacher  Manchester
Elizabeth  Wife  M  26  Hoyland Swaine
Sarah Bridget SWAINSON  Lodger  U  19  Weaver

SN11 - Littletown
Henry KILNER  Head  M  27  Dyer  Denby Dale
Sarah Ann  Wife  M  25
Allen  Son  1m  Liversedge
Allen MORLEY  Lodger  U  20  Dyer  Kirkburton

SN12 - Littletown
Benjamin WOMERSLEY  Head  M  29  Currier  Birstall
Sarah Jane  Wife  M  31
Thomas Henry  Son  5  Scholar
Ada  Dau  8m

SN13 - Littletown
Nancy KNOWLES  Head  Wid  49  Mirfield
Ann  Dau  U  24  Machine tenter  Liversedge
Alice  Dau  U  21  Wire drawer
William  Son  U  19  Dyer
Precilla  Dau  U  17  Machine tenter
Sam  Son  14  Cotton bleacher
Eliza  Dau  9  Scholar
Ann TINKER  Lodger  U  38  Warper  Mirfield
Joseph  Lodger  4  Scholar  Liversedge

SN14 - Littletown
Thomas BARKER  Head  M  42  Farm lab  Liversedge
Eliza  Wife  M  40  Factory hand  Mirfield

SN15 - Littletown
Harold BUTTERWORTH  Lodger  U  20  Dyer  Berrybrow
(believed this entry should be part of SN14)

SN16 - Littletown
John POTTER  Head  M  40  Wire welder  Leicestershire
Maria  Wife  M  40  Liverpool
Mary  Dau  U  18  Birmingham
John William  Son  14  Warrington
Elizabeth  Dau  8
Sarah  Dau  4
Edwin  Son  6w  Liversedge

SN17 - Littletown
John Britton ETTY  Head  M  54  Grocer  East Ardsley
Sally  Wife  M  59  Liversedge

SN18 - Littletown
Allen Erasmus FIRTH  Head  M  31  Mechanic  Mirfield
Eliza Jane  Wife  M  30  Liversedge
Clara Emma  Dau  4  Scholar
Fred  Son  1

SN19 - Littletown
John JACKSON  Head  M  28  Currier  Liversedge
Sarah  Wife  M  28

SN20 - Littletown
Mary Walker KERSHAW  Head  M  29  Spinner  Birkenshaw
Caroline  Wife  M  30
Martha Ann  Dau  7  Scholar  Gomersal
Richard  Son  4  Scholar
Henry  Son  2
Emiley LISTER  Lodger  U  22  Weaver

SN21 - Littletown
William ORMROD  Head  M  60  Mechanic  ?illington?, Lancs
Nanny  Wife  M  58  Clitheroe
Elizabeth  Dau  U  28  Chorley
Margaret  Dau-in-law  M  40  Belmont, Lancs
Maggie  GrDau  5  Manchester

SN22 - Littletown
John SPIVEY  Head  M  48  Overlooker  Birstall
Mary Ann  Wife  M  45  Beeston
Joseph  Son  U  18  Joiner  Birstall
Thomas  Son  16  Piecer

SN23 - Littletown
James BLACKBURN  Head  M  27  Card machine tenter  Liversedge
Martha Ann  Wife  M  22  Gomersal

SN24 - Littletown
Edward SMITH  Head  M  30  Bricklayer  Birstall
Hannah  Wife  M  26
Robinson  Son  8  Scholar  Halifax
George Edward  Son  2  Dewsbury

SN25 - Littletown
James ALLATT  Head  M  55  Warehouseman  Leeds
Fanny  Wife  37  Cleckheaton
Fred  Son  10  Scholar  Heckmondwike
Henry  Son  8  Scholar

SN26 - Littletown
Martha BLACKBURN  Head  Wid  53  Halifax
Emma Jane  Dau  U  30  Warper  Liversedge
Sam  Son  U  21  Card machine tenter
Joseph  Son  U  19  Wire drawer
Percy  Son  U  17  Wire drawer
Allen  Son  15  Piecer
Wilson  Son  13  Piecer
Lydia Ann  Dau  11  Scholar

SN27 - Littletown
Henry THORNBER  Head  M  38  Mechanic  Cleckheaton
Emma  Wife  M  31
William  Son  8  Scholar
Arthur  Son  6  Scholar  Liversedge
Elizabeth Ann  Dau  4  Scholar
George  Son  1

SN28 - Littletown
James HINCHLIFFE  Head  M  41  Wire drawer  Dewsbury
Eliza  Wife  M  40
Fred  Son  15
Mary  Dau  14

SN29 - Littletown
James HEPWORTH  Head  M  28  Joiner  Dewsbury
Maria  Wife  M  26  Earlsheaton
Arthur  Son  3  Liversedge

SN30 - Littletown
William BLACKBURN  Head  M  32  Card machine maker  Liversedge
Mary Ann  Wife  M  28
Abel  Son  9  Scholar
Albert  Son  6  Scholar

SN31 - Littletown
Uriah WALKER  Head  M  28  Mechanic  Gomersal
Elizabeth  Wife  M  24  Rastrick
Fred Hermon  Son  3  Liversedge
Clarissa  Dau  1

SN32 - Littletown
Thomas CHILD  Head  M  41  Cotton dyer  Denby Dale
Elizabeth  Wife  M  41
Robert  Nephew  11  Scholar  Cumberworth

SN33 - Littletown
William MUFF  Head  M  36  Blacksmith  Gomersal
Sarah Ann  Wife  M  47
(SN34) William MEDLEY  Head  M  55  Dyer  Moldgreen
Mary Jane  Dau  U  22
John HODGSON  Lodger  U  55  Lab  Kirkby Moor

More to follow in due course...