Hebden Census 1841

The 1841 Census was the first modern census to record details of individuals, and took place on 6th June 1841. At the time of this census Hebden was a Township in the parish of Linton, not receiving its Civil Parish status until 1866. It was in the Grassington registrar's district.

The 1841 census is not as informative as later ones. Place of birth is limited to 'within county', 'England', and 'Elsewhere', and in general the occupation was only recorded for the head of the household. Full addresses are often not recorded. Ages for those over 15 were rounded down to a multiple of five. The recorded population was 480 living in 91 households.

There are twenty pages of entries in the Hebden census returns, with 25 entries per page except for the last which contains five entries. The first two digits of the reference number in the table uniquely identifies a household; the second two digits give the page number on which the entry occurs; and the last two digits give the entry number on that page. The table can be sorted by any of the first seven columns, although children younger than 1 screw up the Age column. To sort by one column within another, e.g. order by age within occupation, first click on the heading of the secondary sort column (age), followed by the heading of the primary sort column (occupation).