Thurleigh Inhabitants in 1788
The first census of Great Britain was taken in 1801, though this and the following three censuses were all interested purely in numbers, names not being recorded until the census of 1841. A local census of Thurleigh was undertaken in 1788 and is held in the British Library. Bedfordshire and Luton Archive and Record Service has a transcription [ref: CRT130Thurleigh10]. The total number of inhabitants, 404, compares with 411 in 1801. M indicates males and F females.
Park End
Dickenson: 3M - 2F
Mrs Colegrave: 1M - 6F
S Davis: 2F
G. Gammond: 3M 4F
Clark: 3M 2F
Negus: 2M 2F
Hull: 1M 2F
Cockain: 3M 2F
Total: 16M 22F
Scald End
Ashpole: 3M 2F
Grey: 1F
Richard Ward: 3M 1F
Wells: 1M 2F
Elliot: 3M 2F
Walker: 1M 2F
Tinsley: 3M 3F
J Howkins: 2M 1F
J. Howkin: 3M 1F
Durdin: 2M 4F
Houghton: 1M 3F
Marshall: 4M 3F
Gillett: 2M 1F
M Smith: 4M 4F
Total: 32M 30F
Church End
Jo Mays: 1M 3F
Redman: 7M 4F
F Cave: 1M 2F
Busby: 3M 2F
Mr Cooper: 3M 4F
Oliver: 1M
H Wells: 1M 1F
Audley: 2M 1F
Long: 1M 1F
Shepherd: 3M 2F
Horrell: 4M 1F
J Gammon: 1M 1F
Bosingham: 2M 3F
Pain: 2M 2F
Smith: 2M 5F
Rowel: 2M 2F
Bull: 2M 2F
Elsom: 3M 1F
John Gammand: 2M 2F
Dorling: 3M 1F
Towns: 2M 3F
William Gale: 2M 1F
John Knight: 1M 1F
Goss: 2M 2F
John Tyler: 2M 3F
Mrs Ward: 8M 8F
Workhouse: 2M 7F
Total: 65M 65F
Cross End
Austin: 1M 1F
Richard Elson: 3M 4F
Edward Tyler: 3M 3F
Whiteman: 2M 1F
Hatton: 3M 2F
C Wood: 3M 1F
Darlow: 3M 3F
Peacock: 11M 3F
Wyant: 1F
Tysoe: 3M 2F
Goodwin: 3M 2F
Throssle: -
Total: 35M 23F
Whitwick End
Favel: 6M 3F
Fuller: 3M 2F
Swales: 5M 4F
Fosgate: 2F
Hills: 3M 1F
Falconer: 2M 3F
Briggs: 7M 6F
J Gale: 5M 3F
Total: 31M 24F
Flitwood End
Howkins senior: 3M 1F
Carter: 1M 2F
Simpson: 3F
Jeffries: 6M 3F
Haines: 2M 3F
Mrs Hawkes: 6M 5F
Total: 18M 17F
Backnoe End
no name: 1M 1F
J Shepherd: 2M 1F
Throsle: 3M 2F
Gillett: 4 M 1F
Tyler: 4M 2F
Freshwater: 2 M 3F
Total: 16 M 10F
Backnoe End: 16M 10F
Flitwood End: 18M 17F
Whitwick End: 31M 24F
Cross End: 35M 23F
Church End: 65M 65F
Scald End: 32M 30F
Park End: 16M 22F
Total: 213M 191F
Total: 404