1871 - Liversedge District
ED20

Enumeration District: 20
Ref: RG10/4595
Superintendent Registrar’s District: Dewsbury
Registrar’s Sub-District: Liversedge
Name of Enumerator: Thomas Beaumont

Description of Enumeration District:
Commencing at the Broomfield Hotel, Moor Bottom near Cleckheaton, School House, Kellett’s House, Shaw Houses, Nutter Houses, Drake Houses, Taylor Houses, Wadsworth Houses and Building Society's Houses, thence to Woodside, Quaker Lane, Lower Blacup, New York and Upper Wood Side, Quaker Lane to George Clough’s cottage, Hemingway’s houses to Mr Addy’s, Quaker Lane Yard.

18 of 87 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 - Bloomfield (sic) Hotel (see the Broomfield Hotel)
John ROBERTS  Head  M  36  Publican  Liversedge
Ann  Wife  M  29  Cleckheaton

SN2 - School House
Henry BATES  Head  M  45  National School master  Kendal
Sarah  Wife  M  46  National School mistress  Clifton
Bernard  Son  15  Scholar  Scholes
Jane  Dau  13  Scholar
Mary J  Dau  11  Scholar
Agnes  Dau  9  Scholar

SN3 - Moor Bottom
Walter BLACKBURN  Head  M  25  Turner in iron works  Cleckheaton
Mary Jane  Wife  M  23
Ernest  Son  2
Alice  Dau  8m  Liversedge

SN4 - Moor Bottom
Stephen THORNTON  Head  M  30  Stone mason  Cleckheaton
Elizabeth  Wife  M  24  Rochdale
John H  Son  1  Cleckheaton

SN5 - Moor Bottom
John KELLETT  Head  M  59  Flannel merchant  Cleckheaton
Hannah  Wife  M  66
Elizabeth COATES  Dau  M  31
Hannah J  GrDau  9  Worsted spinner  Scholes
William  GrSon  7  Scholar
Agnes  GrDau  4  Scholar
Lamplugh  GrSon  1

SN6 - Moor Bottom
Seth KERSHAW  Head  M  28  Mechanic in worsted mill  Scholes
Mary  Wife  M  23  Flannel weaver  Moor Bottom

SN7 - Moor Bottom
Samuel BIRKBY  Head  M  31  Setting machine tenter  Scholes
Elizabeth Ann  Wife  M  31  Cleckheaton
Robert William  Son  4
Ernest  Son  2

SN8 - Moor Bottom
William CLARKSON  Head  M  55  Blacksmith  Liversedge
Mary  Wife  M  53
Martha Ann  (Dau)  U  20  Cleckheaton

SN9 - Building Society Square
William LISTER  Head  M  27  Setting machine tenter  Hartshead Moor
Elizabeth  Wife  M  29  Sheffield
John  Son  6w  Hartshead Moor

SN10 - Building Society Square
Simon KELLETT  Head  M  33  Card maker  Liversedge
Hannah  Wife  M  34  Scholes
Julia Ann  Dau  4  Cleckheaton
Sophia S  Dau  2  Liversedge

SN11 - Building Society Square
William BROOKE  Head  M  24  Wire drawer  Cleckheaton
Julia Ann  Wife  M  21  Brotherton

SN12 - Building Society Square
Lucy MIDDLEBROOK  Head  U  62  Grocer  Gildersome

SN13 - Moor Bottom
William BEAUMONT  Head  M  64  Flannel weaver  Slaithwaite
Mary Ann  Wife  M  59  Manchester
Crispin JACKSON  Son-in-law  M  28  Wool willyer  Hartshead
Mary Ann  Dau  M  27  Manchester
Ada  GrDau  4  Scholar  Moor Bottom
George A  Son  2

SN14 - Moor Bottom
John MOYE  Head  M  51  Grease extractor  Elston, Suffolk
Hannah  Wife  M  49  Hanley, Staffs
George GRIFFITHS  Son-in-law  M  21  Worsted willyer  Cleckheaton
Ann  Dau  M  23  Worsted layer on
William Hy  GrSon  12  Scholar

SN15 - Moor Bottom
George VARLEY  Head  M  30  Blacksmith  Hebden Bridge
Hannah  Wife  M  31  Hartshead

SN16 - Moor Bottom
Aquilla BOOTH  Head  M  30  Master blacksmith  Clifton
Mary  Wife  M  31
Alice  Dau  2

SN17 - Moor Bottom
Robert WOMERSLEY  Head  M  34  Firing engineer  Clifton
Ann  Wife  M  33  Scholes
John  Son  16  Lab
Emily  Dau  9  Scholar
Sarah Ann  Dau  7  Scholar
George  Son  4  Scholar  Cleckheaton
Dick  Son  2  Liversedge
Samuel  Son  3m

SN18 - Building Society Square
George WOOD  Head  M  34  Card mechanic  Cleckheaton
Susannah  Wife  M  30  Gomersal
Kershaw  Son  10  Factory operative  Cleckheaton
Arthur R  Son  8  Factory operative
Louisia  Dau  6
Fred  Son  4
Geo Henry  Son  11m
Joseph KERSHAW  Father-in-law  Wid  70  Groom  Gomersal

More to follow in due course...