Amble 1841 Census

[Coquet]

(I'll record here the names of the heads on the '41 census, many families have people at the address with a differet surname - a few will be inlaws but many I assume are lodgers, any surname of these 'additionals' that rings a bell I'll list along the bottom. All the numbers in brackets should add up to 725)


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6th June, 1841 Census summary for Amble Township. 1st Head of family in Building. Name, age, number of people in dwelling in brackets, first number is same surname as 1st head, second number is different surname to 1st head.


132 Buildings:

[sorted by surname]

Alexander Allen 27 (2+1)
Edward Apellbee 30 (6+2)
Margaret Appleby 85 (2+2)
Peter Banning 35 (1+2)
Isabella Bell, 45 (5+1)
William Blakey 35 (3)
Walter Braidford 30 (6)
Jane Braidford 60 (5+2)
Edward Briggs 40 (2+2)
John Brown 25 (4)
George Brown 30 (7+1)
Thomas Browne 39 (9 + 6)
Matthew Burlinson 20 (3)
Thomas Carss, 45 (5)
William Castles 25 (2)
John Chambers 40 (2+4)
Christopher Charlton 40 (2)
John Clark, 39 (2+1)
George Clark, 40 (3+4)
William Codling 25 (3)
John Conner 20 (5+2)
George Cook 30 (5+4)
David Curry (4+4)
Andrew Dawson 35 (6)
Robert Dawson 35 (7+3)
George Dawson, 55 (5+2)
James Dennis 52 (4+2)
James Ditchburn 35 (5)
Thos Donaldson 25 (3)
William Douglas 34 (6+1)
Mark Douglas, 60 (6)
James Driden 45 (6)
John Driden, 60 (5)
Robert Dryden 20 (1+1)
Mathew Fairs 45 (5+2)
Thomas Forster 50 (6)
Robert Gair 35 (7)
William Gair 60 (2)
Matw. Gaur 25 (3+2)
Arthur Gaur 36 (3+1)
Arthur Gaur 65 (5)
Ralph Grahm 45 (4)
Eleanor Grey 65 (1+1)
John Hailey 30 (6+4)
James Hailey 40 (4+1)
David Hall 35 (6+1)
Thos Handyside 60 (4)
Martyn Henderson 25 (3)
John Holdsworth 53 (2+2)
Richard Horn 25 (2+2)
George Hornsby 20 (4)
John Hornsby 60 (3+1)
Edward Huntley 40 (2)
John James 22 (2)
Joseph Jeffrey, 50 (6+3)
John Jolley 30 (4+1)
George Keaney 35 (3+2)
Thos Keaney 40 (7)
Andrew Kirkwall 25 (4+1)
William Knox 40 (5+2)
John Laggon 35 (4+2)
S. Lee 35 (5+1)
Robert Mabon 25 (3)
James Macklam 40 (1+3)
John Menican, 30 (8)
James Miller 30 (2+3)
Jane Mole 25 (2+1)
William Morrison 37 (1+3)
George Morton 18 (2)
John Mould 30 (4)
William Mould 55 (4)
James Mulholland, 25 (4)
Wm Murray 25 (3+3)
Matthw Newland 25 (3+2)
William Newton 25 (1+1)
James Nichol 35 (4+6)
John Nichol, 65 (2+4)
George Pally 20 (3+1)
Thomas Patterson 28 (5)
Andrew Patterson 77 (4)
Henry Peacock 50 (2+3)
Isabella Pearson 50 (5+2)
William Peart, 35 (3+1)
William Perrie 60 (3+2)
Charles Pigg 30 (3+1)
William Potts 50 (4+2)
James Pringle 30 (2+2)
John Pringle 30 (8)
William Readford 60 (3+2)
Isabella Richardson 53 (6+1)
Robert Ridley 20 (3)
William Robinson 25 (2+2)
Alexander Robinson 35 (6)
Robert Rutherford 25 (4)
David Rutherford, 40 (9)
James Sanderson 25 (2 + 1)
John Sanderson 73 (2)
William Schorey 30 (2)
John Scott 50 (5+1)
Ann Scott 60 (1+1)
John Shanks 45 (6+1)
Robert Shanks 90 (1)
Robert Shotton 60 (2)
Lancelot Smith 40 (5)
James Stanners 50 (5)
Andrew Stephenson 40 (9)
John Taylor 20 (2+5)
Mat. Taylor 35 (6)
Mary Thirlwell 70 (3+6)
John Thompson 25 (6+1)
William Thompson 45 (4)
Ralf Tuff 60 (2)
Alexander Turner 25 (3+1)
John Turner 30 (2+3)
Cuthbert Turner 40 (4+3)
Thomas Turner 60 (6)
John Turner 75 (2+7)
William Waddell 30 (7)
Thomas Walker 55 (2+1)
John Wandlass, 20 (3)
Thomas Wear 40 (3)
Lewis Wear 50 (2+2)
William White 25 (2+1)
Robert Whitfield 30 (4+1)
Edward Whitfield 40 (3)
William Wilkie, 35 (6+1)
George Wilkinson 44 (6+3)
Barnard Windsley 27 (3+2)
Nicholas Wynn 35 (5+4)
Charles Young 20 (4+4)
Matthew Young 30 (2+3)
Ann Young 68 (1+1)



Hume, Handyside, Dryden, Dixon, Rowell, Daglish, Nicholson, Archbold, Hogg, Falcus, Crowthers, Wilson, Smith, Sample, Frazer

[janwhin]

Re 1841 census, you need to be careful about households. Take for example, Isabella Pearson, it goes down to John Lothian before there is another double line by the enumerator. That makes it one building but the last two people are in a separate household (single enumerator's line!)
All of the Gairs in Amble are mine, William and Jane are my 4 times great grandparents. Current descendants that I know of, living in Amble, John Gair and my cousin Davie Gray (Puffin cruises).

[janwhin]

Looking again at the census, I was trying to work out the order of the households. I know William and Jane Gair were at Link House Farm (now the Wellwood, I believe), so I guess the enumerator started with the gentry at Amble House (the Brownes) and then moved up the modern High Street.

Also what about Gloster Hill, this was a separate township in 1841, but I would say it should be considered as part of Amble!

I'm intrigued, Coquet, about how you can bring the people forward to the current day. My lot, mostly agricultural labourers, were in and out of Amble.
Tell us more

[hollydog]

I may be wrong, but is Link House Farm not the house at the beginning of Links road where Marine road and Ivy St join.

[Coquet]

I get the 1000 yard stare when I see the words "Link House" - confusing it is.

That farm at the end of Ivy Street is Shown as "Amble Link Farm" on the 1896 map, and the place we call the Granary is marked as "Link House".

The first OS Map 1860 doesn't help as the farmhouse that becomes the Wellwood has already been converted to a pub.

[Coquet]

what about this one:

1842 Tithe Award

Link House looks like the Granary, cannot see any detail in Amble due to the low res scan

You can see the outlying farms going anti-clockwise: New Hall, Hope House, Moor House, Link House.

[janwhin]

I think you've been looking at the same maps as me on Northumberland Communities. You would think that a farm called link house might be on the links, wouldn't you? Anyone got their copy of McAndrews with them? I recall that he mentions the farm and then Bluebell Lane which is Wellwood Street/Albert Street.

[Links Farm]

The farm at the end of Marine Road belonged to my family and was where my mother was in fact born. It may be of interest to know that where the police station is situated now was the meadow where their cows were kept; apparently, because the meadow was so lush and sweet, people would travel from far and wide for the milk from those cows.

[Coquet]

So if I change "Households" to "Buildings" it will make sense at this stage then I can go back and divide them up?


There's a lot of Irish Labourers here at this time. Someone did ask if I knew of a list of the Harbour Construction Navigators - perhaps I should have directed him to the 1841 census.

[janwhin]

That makes sense as a starting point. I was trying to check the dates of the building of the harbour....my Amble books are not here. Seems to be 1838 to 1849, so there would be a lot of labourers on the census.

[Coquet]

1837 permission was granted to build the Harbour I believe. Also in that 1841 Census men recorded as "Miners" will more than likely be Radcliffe Colliery Miners as I think it was the only near by pit operating at that time?