The 1911 Census

The 1911 Census of England and Wales was taken on the night of Sunday, 2 April 1911. Prior to that day, householders were left a form requesting the following information be provided for every person staying at the house on the night of 2 April:

• name
• relationship to head of family
• age at last birthday
• sex
• marriage details (including number of children)
• occupation (for people age 10 and over)
• birthplace
• nationality
• infirmity (deaf, blind, lunatic, etc.; infirmity information will not be available until 2012 for privacy reasons)
• postal address
• military rank and unit

After enumerators collected the householders’ forms, they copied the information into enumerator’s books, which were sent to London.  For censuses prior to 1911, the householders’ forms were destroyed, and the enumerator’s books are all that survive. However, in 1911, for the first time the actual householders’ forms—typically in their own handwriting—were preserved as well.  It is these householder’s forms that are available to search and view on-line.   The householder forms occassionally contain additional information that may not have been copied into the enumerator’s books. 

 

As well as the Householder forms being on line there is another part of the 1911 census available called the Summary Book, this lists the addresses covered by the enumerator, whether they were occuppied or empty,  with the name of the head of household and number of people in the household.  These are useful because they tend to be in the order that the enumerator visited the properties so the relative position of households can be deduced.   The 1911 summary book for Chalgrove lists 93 inhabitated properties, whilst the summary book for Warpsgrove adds a further 6.  The table below is an extract from the summary book with some additional information:

Note:  Regarding number of rooms, on the 1911 census the instructions where to count the kitchen as a room but do not count scullery, landing, lobby, closet, bathroom; nor warehouse, office, shop.

Civil Parish of Chalgrove
No of schedule	Address	Kind of building	Occupier	Dwelling	No of inhabitants	No of Rooms
1	The Bridge, 20 Magdalen College Cottages	Private House	Mr H Cole	Yes	2	6
2	Tangier, 21 Magdalen College Cottages	Private House	Mr T Spicer	Yes	8	4
3	Manor Farm House	Farm House	Mr W W Franklin	Yes	7	7
4	Rose Cottage	Private House	Mrs R Elbrow	Yes	2	3
5	Rose Cottage	Private House	Mr W G Adams	Yes	1	3
6	Rose Cottage	Private House	Mr T Belson	Yes	1	3
7	Cottage	Private House	Mr A Higgs	Yes	3	4
8	Cottage, 19 Magdalen College Cottages	Private House	Mr F Brown	Yes	5	4
	St Mary’s Chruch, Chalgrove			No	–
9	Church Cottage, 12 Magdalen College Cottages	Private House	Mr H Hicks	Yes	10	4
10	Church Lane, 13 Magdalen College Cottages	Private House	Mr J King	Yes	5	5
11	Woodbine Cottage, 18 Magdalen College Cottages	Private House	Mr F W Woodwards	Yes	4	4
12	Cottage	Priviate House	Mr W Brown	Yes	4	6
13	Cottage	Private House	Mr G H Gray	Yes	4	4
14	Cottage	Private House	Mr I Spicer	Yes	7	3
15	Cottage	Private House	Mr H Spicer	Yes	4	3
16	Cottage	Private House	Mr R Belson	Yes	3	3
17	Cottage	Private House	Mr R Hurst	Yes	9	5
	Blacksmith’s Workshop			No	–
18	Cottage	Private House	Mr J Hall	Yes	1	3
19	Cottage	Private House	Mr H J Bourton	Yes	2	3
	Bake House			No	–
20	16 Magdalen College Cottages	Private House	Mr E Broadway	Yes	3	4
21	15 Magdalen College Cottages	Private House	Mrs A G Anstyles	Yes	1	3
22	14 Magdalen College Cottages	Private House	Mr J Williams	Yes	3	4
23	17 Magdalen College Cottages	Private House	Mr W Williams	Yes	3	4
24	White Hart Inn	Public House	Mr W Town	Yes	3	6
25	Cottage	Private House	Mr A Phelp	Yes	2	7
26	Faulkner’s Farm	Farm House	Mr T Belson	Yes	8	6
	Carpenter’s Workshop			No	–
27	Ivy Cottage	Private House	Mr T Quelch	Yes	3	4
	Shoe Maker’s Workshop			No	–
28	Rose Cottage, 11 Magdalen College Cottages	Private House	Mr J Brown	Yes	3	5
	Council School			No	–
29	School House	Private House	Mr B Swift	Yes	2	6
	Wesleyan Chapel			No	–
30	1 Chapel Lane	Private House	Mr R Hurst	Yes	1	3
31	2 Chapel Lane	Private House	Mr J White	Yes	2	5
32	3 Chapel Lane	Private House	Mr J E Brown	Yes	2	4
33	4 Chapel Lane	Private House	Mr G King	Yes	1	2
34	5 Chapel Lane	Private House	Mr H Hicks	Yes	11	4
35	Orchard End, 5 Magdalen College Cottages	Private House	Mr G Williams	Yes	10	4
36	Woodbine Cottage, 9 Magdalen College Cottages	Private House	Mrs S King	Yes	1	2
37	Woodbine Cottage, 8 Magdalen College Cottages	Private House	Mrs H Grant	Yes	4	4
38	Laureldene	Private House	Mr W Young	Yes	3	6
	Blacksmith’s Shop			No	–
39	10 Magdalen College Cottages	Private House	Mr J Smith	Yes	6	5
40	7 Magdalen College Cottages	Private House	Mr W Weedon	Yes	7	5
41	6 Magdalen College Cottages	Private House	Mr J Woodward	Yes	7	4
42	THe Groen	Shop & House	Mr J E Bailey	Yes	5	6
	Bake House			No	–
43	The Crown Inn	Public House	Mrs K Atkins	Yes	2	7
44	The Red Lion Inn	Public House	Mr P Elbrow	Yes	3	7
45	Cottage	Private House	Mr G Smith	Yes	4	3
46	Meadow House	Shop & House	Mr S S Croxford	Yes	3	10
47	Post Office	Shop & House	Mr D Lindsay	Yes	3	6
48	Home Farm	Private House	Mr H Taylor	Yes	9	9
	John Hampden Hall			No	–
49	Chalgrove Vicarage	Private House	Rev. J H Swinstead	Yes	8	13
50	Fir Tree Farm	Farm House	Mrs S A Harding Young	Yes	3	7
51	Cottage	Private House	Mr R King	Yes	2	3
52	Cottage	Private House	Mr G Parslow	Yes	7	4
53	Home Farm	Farm House	Mr A Leach	Yes	3	7
54	Cottage, 4 Magdalen College Cottages	Private House	Mr J Parslow	Yes	2	3
55	White Rose Cottage	Private House	Mr F Mander	Yes	3	2
	Cottage			Uninhabited	–
56	Coles Lane	Private House	Mr F White	Yes	4	4
	Saddlers Shop			No	–
57	Cottage	Private House	Mr A Woodwards	Yes	3	6
58	The Six Bells Inn	Public House	Mr P Belson	Yes	2	7
59	Oakdene	Private House	Mr P Young	Yes	4	5
60	Cottage	Private House	Mr T Johnson	Yes	3	5
61	Cottage	Private House	Mr W Cudd	Yes	5	5
62	Cottage	Private House	Mrs E Atkins	Yes	2	3
63	Cottage	Private House	Mr W Atkins	Yes	3	4
64	3 Magdalen College Cottages	Private House	Mr S Gray	Yes	2	4
65	Cottage	Private House	Mr F J Mander	Yes	6	3
66	Cottage	Private House	Mrs M King	Yes	2	3
67	Cottage	Private House	Mr J Goode	Yes	5	3
68	Cottage	Private House	Mr C W Grant	Yes	3	4
69	Cottage	Private House	Mr W Clark	Yes	2	5
70	Cottage	Private House	Mr H Brown	Yes	5	5
71	Cottage	Private House	Mr F Brown	Yes	7	4
72	Cottage	Private House	Mrs M E Stockwell	Yes	3	3
73	Pleasant Cottage	Private House	Mr C Phelps	Yes	2	4
74	Bridge House	Private House	Mr E Morley	Yes	4	4
75	1 Magdalen College Cottages	Private House	Mr G Gunstone	Yes	7	4
76	The Lamb Inn	Public House	Mr J Saw	Yes	7	5
	Builder’s Workshop			No	–
	Wooten’s Farm	Farm House	–	Uninhabited	–
77	Rofford Hall	Farm House	Mr C M Hall	Yes	6	9
78	Rofford Hall Cottage	Private House	Mr W Richardson	Yes	5	5
79	Rofford farm	Private House	Mr C W Powys	Yes	4	14
80	Rofford Farm	Stables	Mr W Warwick	Yes	1	2
81	Rofford Farm Cottage	Private House	Mr A Williams	Yes	2	3
82	Blount Square	Private House	Mr M Brown	Yes	1	4
	Blacksmith’s Shop			No	–
83	Rose Cottage	Private House	Mr C Witney	Yes	5	5
84	Lilac Cottage	Private House	Mr J Phelps	Yes	3	4
85	2 Magdalen College Cottages	Private House	Mr S Spicer	Yes	6	4
	Chalgrove Mill			No	–
86	Chalgrove Mill	Private House	Mr F Nixey	Yes	3	6
87	Manor Farm	Farm House	Miss L Hatt	Yes	2	9
	Racing Stables			No	–
88	Langley Hall	Private House	Mr G H Nixey	Yes	3	9
89	Langley Field Farm	Farm House	Mr G W Nixey	Yes	2	7
90	Willow Banks	Private House	Mr C R Humphries	Yes	5	4
91	Langley End	Private House	Mr A Jones	Yes	2	4
92	Cutt Mill Cottages, Cuxham	Private House	Mr S Bonner	Yes	4	4
93	Cutt Mill Cottages, Cuxham	Private House	Mr G Jones	Yes	4	4
Civil Parish of Warpsgrove
94	Manor Farm	Private House	Mr F Belson	Yes	12	7
95	Manor Farm	Private House	Mrs E Morley	Yes	1	1
	Cottage			Uninhabited	–
96	Cottage	Private House	Mr G Goles	Yes	9	4
97	Cottage	Private House	Mr A Coles	Yes	3	4
98	Lane Farm	Private House	Mr J Hitchman	Yes	9	5
99	Warpsgrove Farm	Private House	Mr H Rogers	Yes	3	5