1851 Census

This is the first detailed census of Finmere. It has been transcribed from microfiche in the Centre for Oxfordshire Studies. Note that the parish is initially incorrectly entered as in Northamptonshire. Finmere was in the Registrar District of Brackley in Northamptonshire but remained in Oxfordshire.The Enumerator was Robert Greaves of the Kings Head. This census is also important as it catalogues the village close to the end of Rector William Jocelyn Palmer's dominance of the village.
County of Northants Oxfordshire. Superintendents Registrar District, Brackley. Registrars District, Brackley. No. of Enumeration District 11. The whole of the Parish of Finmere. including Widmore, the Warren farm, Bacon House and Finmere Grounds.I Certify and declare that the Account of the Population of the District for which I am Enumerator, contained in this book, has truly and faithfully been taken by me, and that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the same is correct.Witness my hand this third day of April 1851Robert Greaves, Enumerator
At the end of the entries there is a note 'One House Building.'

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Key to abbreviations

Headings

Folio. Enumerator's folio number.
No. Number of place of residence added by the Enumerator.
Place. Name of Street, Place, or Road, and Name or No. of Houses.
Surname Forename. Name and surname of each Person who abode in the house on the Night of the 30th march, 1851.
Sex. Male/Female.
Rel. Relation to Head of Family.
Con. Condition [married, unmarried, etc.]
Age.
Occupation.
County Parish. Of birth.
Date born. Calculated, not in census returns.

Relationships

BR

Brother

LW

Lodger’s wife

CI

Sister

ML

Mother in Law

CL

Sister in Law

MO

Mother

DA

Daughter

NC

Niece

DL

Daughter in Law

NP

Nephew

FA

Father

SL

Son in Law

FL

Father in Law

SO

Son

GD

Granddaughter

SV

Servant

GS

Grandson

VR

Visitor

HD

Head of household

WI

Wife

LG

Lodger

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Other

Condition

M    Married
U     Unmarried
W     Widowed

County

BDF Bedfordshire LIN Lincolnshire
BRK Berkshire LND London
BKM Buckinghamshire MDX Middlesex
CAM Cambridgeshire NFK Norfolk
CHS Cheshire NRY North Riding Yorkshire
CON Cornwall NTH Northamptonshire
CUL Cumberland NBL Northumberland
DBY Derbyshire NTT Nottinghamshire
DEV Devon OXF Oxford
DOR Dorset RUT Rutland
DUR Durham SAL Shropshire
ERY East Riding Yorkshire SOM Somersetshire
ESS Essex STS Staffordshire
GLS Gloucestershire SFK Suffolk
HAM Hampshire SRY Surrey
HEF Herefordshire SSX Sussex
HRT Hertfordshire WAR Warwickshire
HUN Huntingdonshire WRY West Riding Yorkshire
IOM Isle of Man WES Westmorland
IOW Isle of Wight WIL Wiltshire
KEN Kent WOR Worcestershire
LAN Lancashire YKS Yorkshire
LEI Leicestershire