The 1851 Census Horton cum Studley
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The census was taken on or about 5 April 1851 by a Mr Henry Coates. The census is on 28 pages of paper about A3 size or double foolscap. The census was checked on 14th April by Rich. Wood Registrar.
It reads:
"County of Oxford and Bucks Hamlet of Horton and Studley Oxon and the hamlet of Studley Bucks." (The hamlet of Studley Bucks is the area of Brill Road beyond Warren Farm over the border into Bucks)
Superintendant Registrar's District - Headington ???, Registrar's District Saint Clement. Number of Enumeration District 283
Description of Enumeration District -
"All that Hamlet called Horton and Studley also including the Hamlet of Studley Bucks consisting of White Cross Green in the said Hamlet of Studley consisting of about 19 houses - Horton and Studley takes all Houses situate in Oxfordshire of that Hamlet - Bounded by Mercot North, Boarstall East, south by Stanton Saint John and west by Beckley including the Alms Houses".
Hamlet of Studley Bucks 15 occupied houses, 1 unoccupied. 38 Males, 37 females total 75
Horton cum Studley 78 Inhabited Houses including Almshouses 190 Males, 161 females total 357
2 Males and 1 female were visiting and 1 Male and 1 female that normally live in the village were absent.
The handwriting is difficult to read and there may be errors especially with surnames. The census taker did not make much effort to record all the names in the houses of some of the Ag Labs (Agricultural Labourers) and only recorded the siblings initials.
The Census
Studley Bucks in the Parish of
Beckley, Parish of Horton cum Studley
Horton -
This is the area of the village below the King’s Arms (Otmoor Lodge Hotel)
including Church Road, Mill Lane (Millss Lane), Ragnalls Lane, the lane that
once went from Mill Lane to Ragnall’s Lane probably known as Middle Green Lane
and the West Hill Farm area.
1 (There were more farms than today. This farm may have been in what was then
called Ventfield Farm in Church Lane opposite the church )
Thomas
Steel Head M
62
Farmer of 44 Acres employing 2 labourers Noke Oxon
Clemence Wife M 60 Horton
Henry Son U 22 Beckley
Elizabeth Dau U 21 Horton
John Simmons Visitor M 35 Cordwainer Ludgershall, Bucks
2
Charlotte Sims Head W 46 Labourer’s
Widow Whitfield
Northants
William Son U 16 Ag Lab Horton
Mary Dau 12 Horton
3
George Priestly Head M 57 Wheelwright Horton
Elizabeth Wife M 59 Nk Marborough
4
William Priestly Head M 32 Wheelwright Horton
Ann Wife M 25 Oxford
St Ebbs
5
Ann Saunders Head W 68 Game Keepers Widow Horton
William Robbins Nephew U 30 Ag Lab Horton
6 Possibly West Hill Farm
Thomas Budd Head M 58 Farmer 100 Acres employing 2 men 1
boy Horton
Sarah Wife M 52 Souldern
Sarah Gom Visitor 9 Bucks
Padbery
Elizth Ferrin Servant 16 House Servant Ardley
Joseph Basson Servant
U 32 Farm Labourer Oxon Southleigh
7 Possibly what is now called Ventfield Farm next to
West Hill Farm
Benjamin Coles Head M 59 Farmer 111 Acres employing 3 men 1
boy Horton
Elizth Wife M 38 Bucks
Brill
Benjamin Son U 20 Farmer’s Son Horton
Thomas Son U 18 Farmer’s Son Horton
George Son 7 Scholar Horton
John Son 5 Scholar Horton
Joseph Shisyurly? Visitor M 39 Blacksmith Bucks Brill
Ellen Visitor M 35 NK
8
Joseph Brown Head M 51 Ag Lab Henley on Thames
Charlotte Wife M 47 Stanton
St John
Elizabeth Dau 13 Horton
Charlotte Dau 5 Scholar Horton
Dinah Brown Dau 5 Scholar Horton
John Son 3months Horton
Richard Maston Son
in Law 22 Ag Lab Oxford
St Ebbs
9
William Hicks Head M 48* Ag Lab Oxon
Gosford
Mary Wife M 60 Oxon
Chiselhampton
*
could be 68
10
Edmund Creek Head M 51 Greenwich out Pensioner Oxon Souldern
Ann Wife M 54 Hampshire
Portsea
11
Sarah Robbins Head W 42 Labourer’s Widow Oxon Foresthill
George Son M 25 Ag Lab Horton
Elizia Sons
Wife 22 Bucks
Steeple Claydon
George Gd
Son 1 Horton
Son 1 week Horton
12 Lower Farm, Millss Lane
John Coates Head W 78 Farmer of 120 acres 4 men & 1 boy
Studley, Bucks
Sarah Dau U 37 Horton
Betsey Bannock Gd
Dau U 17 Warcs
Cubbington
William Blake Servant U 19 Farm Labourer Bucks Boarstall
13
Thomas Priestley Head M 45 Ag Lab Horton
Jans? Wife M 43 Glos
Gating
W Son U 19 Ag Lab Horton
R Son U 14 Ag Lab Horton
U Dau U 13 Horton
H Dau 10 Scholar Horton
E Dau 8 Horton
E Dau 6 Horton
J Son 2 Horton
G Son 9 Months Horton
14
Edwin Hinde Head M 23 Ag Lab Horton
Eliza Wife M 20 Horton
15
Joseph Parker Head M 30 Ag Lab Bucks Boarstall
Sarah Wife M 24 Horton
J Son 7 Bucks
Studley
William Son 6 Bucks
Studley
G Son 2 Bucks
Studley
E Son 2 months Horton
16 (We know that there was a shop next to the
Almshouses in the 19th Century and later in Millss Lane (Mill Lane)
. This may have been the Millss Lane Shop.
Anne Eals Head W 51 Shop Keeper Bucks Long Crendon
E Dau U 16 Assistant Horton
17 Possibly Moors Farm
Edward Franklin Head W 77 Farmer of 120 acres 2 men 1 boy Bucks Brill
Elizabeth Spindler Dau M 28 Farmer’s Wife Horton
In? Gd
Dau 1 Horton
John Franklin Gd
Son U 19 Farmer’s Son Horton
Thomas Kirby Servant U 25 Farm Labourer N K
18
Thomas Hicks Head M 44 Ag Lab Wheatley
Mary Wife M 50 Murcott
19
William Rose? Head M 64 Ag Lab Wheatley
Mary Wife M 50 Murcott
20
Charles Busby Head M 26 Ag Lab Oxon Murcott
Martha Wife M 23 Murcott
E Dau 4 Murcott
A Dau 1 Murcot
21
Ann Blake Head M 36 Blacksmiths Wife Herts Tring
C Dau U 14 Servant (crossed out) Herts Tring
A Dau U 10 Herts
Tring
22 King’s Arms, Studley
James Burrows Head M 37 Publican & Timber Dealer Oxon Wheatley
Phillis Wife M 38 Gt
Milton
Thomas Son U 12 Scholar Gt Milton
Mary Dau 10 Scholar Studley
Louisa Dau 7 Scholar Studley
James Son 6 Studley
Harry Son 3 Studley
Ellen Dau 9 months Studley
Edward Shepherd Servant U 18 Carter Wheatley
Thomas Collett Sevant 17 House Servant Panshill
Bucks
Studley – This is the area above the King’s Arms
(Otmoor Lodge Hotel) including Oakley and Brill Road, Gardener’s Barn to the
Bucks Border.
23
Edward Pinson? Head M 31 Carpenter Bucks
Brill
Martha Wife M 30 Horton
Elizabeth Sister U 28 Bucks
Brill
24
Edward Crick Head M 71 Ag Lab Bicester
John Son
M 41 Ag Lab Horton
Sarah Gd
Dau U 18 Horton
25
Anthony Bright Head M 78 Ag Lab Bucks Marsh Gibbon
Elizabeth Bright Wife M 74 Horton
Martha Dau U 30 Horton
26
George Robbins Head M 36 Ag Lab Bucks Chetwade
Emma Dau 12 Horton
H Dau 11 Horton
M Dau 9 Horton
M Dau 6 Horton
C Dau 4 Horton
E Dau 2 Horton
27
William Saunders Head M 34 Ag Lab Horton
Eliza Wife M 35 Oxon
Cowley
Elizabeth Dau 9 Iffley
Phoebe Sister U 23 Horton
28
James Green Head M 48 Ag Lab Horton
Elizabeth Wife M 46 Horton
Richard Son U 14 Horton
James Son 10 Berks
Cookham
Ann Dau 6 Horton
E??? Dau 2 Horton
John Thurston? Son
in Law U 22 Ag Lab Horton
29
William Crick Head M 47 Ag Lab Horton
Mary Wife M 46 Holeo???
Thos Son U 20 Ag Lab Horton
William Son 15 Horton
James Son 9 Horton
Edward Son 6 Horton
30
George Merry Head M 36 Ag Lab Horton
Ann Wife M 33 Horton
Sophia Dau 16 Horton
Martha Dau 7 Horton
Henery? Son 4 Horton
31
Martha Crick Head M 38 Lab Wife Beckley
Robert Son U 15 Ag Lab Beckley
Thos Son 14 Beckley
Charles Son 12 Horton
Mary Dau 9 Horton
George Son 6 Horton
Edward Son 3 Horton
John Son 1 Horton
32 Studley Priory
Dame Alice Croke Head W 70 Landed Proprietor Horton
Adelaide Dau U 50 Surrey
Walworth
Ann V Dau U 43 Nova
Scotia, Halifax Canada British Subject
Philip Bliss DCL Visitor M 63
Principal of St Mary’s Hall, Oxford, ? Clergyman
Chipping Sodbury Gloucestershire
Sophia Bliss Visitor M 53 Oxon
Holton
Mary Ann Green Servant U 23 Oxon Bicester
Sarah Kimber Servant U 26 Bicester
Sarah Butler Servant U 26 Suffolk
Halesworth
Ann Hall Servant W 73 Northumberland
Westgate
Amelia Temple Servant U 21 Bucks
Marsh Gibbon
Thomas Horn Servant U 38 Oxon
Wolvercott
William Whiting Servant U 25 Studley
Alfred R Horn Visitor 10 Wolvercott
33 Alms Houses
Joseph Blake Head W 74 Pauper Horton
34
William Turrell Head U 77 Pauper Horton
35
John Saunders Head W 86 Pauper Bucks Chilton
36
William Taylor Head W 56 Pauper Bucks Chilton
37
Martha Watson Head W 74 Pauper Bucks Boarstall
38
Ann Perkins Head W 66 Pauper Bucks Chilton
39
Ann Merry Head W 62 Pauper Oxon Beckley
Phillis Gd
Dau 5 Scholar Horton
40
Ann Biddle Head W 83 Pauper NK
NK
Studley
41
William Whiting Head M 64 Ag Lab Bucks Clayden
Elizabeth Wife M 63 Oxon
Arncott
John Son U 29 Ag Lab Horton
Samuel Son U 19 Ag Lab Horton
42 (Possibly Manor Farm)
Michael Connor Head W 31 Farmer of 140 acres employing 6 men
Bucks Westcott
William Son U 24 Farmer’s Son Bucks Westcott
Elizabeth Housekeeper
U 36 Bucks
Westcott
Elizabeth Cripper? Servant U 18 House Servant Bucks Westcott
43
Francis Auger Head M 41 Ag Lab Horton
Betsey Wife M 44 Little
Milton
Emma Dau U 18 Horton
Hannah Dau 11 Horton
Ellen Dau 8 Horton
44 (Possibly the second half timbered house next to
the Almshouses)
Joseph Hilleaton? Head W 62 Blacksmith Horton
Mary Dau U 38 Horton
Elizabeth Dau U 35 Horton
William Son U 22 Blacksmith Horton
Elizabeth Gd
Dau U 13 Headington
45
Samuel Stanton Head M 57 Ag Lab Horton
Ann Wife M 58 Horton
Thomas Son U 29 Ag Lab Horton
E Son U 26 Ag Lab Horton
M A Dau U 21 Horton
E Dau U 19 Horton
W Son U 17 Ag Lab Horton
E Pyman Gd
Dau 3 Visitor Horton
G Stanton Gd
Son 1 Bucks
Studley
46
William Morris Head M 39 Ag Lab Horton
Ann Wife M 35 Bucks
Studley
Sarah Dau 12 Horton
Thomas Son 7 Horton
47
Elizabeth Merry Head W 43 Pauper Horton
John Son
U 16 Ag Lab Horton
Elizabeth Dau U 13 Horton
George Son 4 Horton
48
Thomas Blake Head M 37 Ag Lab Horton
Mary Wife M 35 Stanton
St John
Joseph Son 12 Horton
Charles Son 8 Scholar Horton
Albert Son 4 Horton
Elizabeth Dau 1 Horton
49
Richard Hicks Head M 23 Ag Lab Horton
Jane Wife M 23 Oxon
Murcott
James Son 6 months Horton
50
John Augas Head W 54 Stone Mason Horton
Martha Dau U 27 Horton
Richard? Son 15 Ag Lab Horton
Ellis Son 10 Horton
51
Emma M Tibby? Servant U 21 House Servant Bucks Boarstall
Edmund Green Servant U 23 Farm Labourer Oxon Weston on the Green
Hannah Robbins Servant M 29 Laundress Horton
52
Thomas Hicks Head W 40 Ag Lab Horton
Wm Son 13 Horton
J Son 11 Horspath
T Dau 10 Horspath
J Son 5 Horton
A Son 4 Horton
J Son 2 Horton
J Son 2 months Horton
Susannah Mother M 64 Lab Wife Piddington
Emma Parkes Dau
in Law 8 Bicester
53
William Hicks Head M 64 Ag Lab Horton
C Son U 39 Ag Lab Horton
J Son U 28 Ag Lab Horton
Joseph Son U 23 Ag Lab Horton
H Son U 18 Ag Lab Horton
54
George Piesley Head M 36 Wheelwright Horton
Rebecca Wife M 34 Tingewick
Ellis Son U 13 Horton
Richard Son 11 Horton
Elizabeth Dau 5 Horton
John Son 3 Horton
Caroline Dau 1 Horton
55
James Massey Head M 33 Cattle Dealer Arncott
Sarah Wife M 27 Piddington
Sarah Dau 6 Piddington
A J Son 4 Arncott
S S Dau 2 Arncott
G E Son 2months Horton
56
Francis Morris Head W 61 Ag Lab Horton
Mary Robbins Dau W 33 Pauper Horton
Phoebe Robbins Gd
Dau 10 Horton
Harry Robbins Gd
Dau 8 Horton
Ann Robbins Gd
Dau 4 Horton
57
William Augas Head M 56 Mason Horton
Mary Wife M 52 Horton
Willm Son U 13 Horton
Julia Dau 7 Horton
58
Richard Haynes Head M 44 Ag Lab Bucks Studley
Elizth Wife M 39 Horton
Reuben Son U 13 Horton
Jacob Son 10 Horton
Amos Son 8 Horton
Amelia Dau 6 Horton
Rosa Dau 1 Horton
59
James Jones Head M 50 Ag Lab Horton
Ann Wife M 50 Bucks
??
Thos Son U 16 Horton
George Son 4 Horton
The houses below from 60 – 79 are probably
Whitecross Green
60
George Saunders Head M 31 Ag Lab Horton
Priscilla Wife M 37 Charlton
61
John Cox Head U 23 Ag Lab Bucks Studley
Henry Cox Brother U 21 Ag Lab Bucks Studley
62
William Cox Head M 27 Miller & Baker Bucks
Studley
Ann Wife M 24 Horton
John Son 9 months Horton
63
David Reads Head M 24 Schoolmaster Bucks Drayton Parslow
Ann Wife M 21 Schoolmistress Horton
64
Jasper Robbins Head U 73 Pauper Ag Lab Bucks Studley
John Haynes Son
in Law M 31 Ag Lab Bucks
Studley
Sarah Haynes Dau M 34 Horton
James Haynes Gd
Son 2 Horton
Henry Haynes Gd
Son 1 Horton
Elizabeth Robbins d
Dau 9 Scholar Headington
65
John K?nobly Head M 29 Ag Lab Horton
Harriet Wife M 31 Bucks
Crendon
H T Dau 8 Scholar Horton
J Son 5 Scholar Horton
John Son 1 Horton
James White Lodger 12 Ag Lab Horton
66 Possibly Studley Farm
John Spindler Head U 34 Farmer of 365 acres employing 16 labs
Gosford Hill
Edwin Brother U 31 Gosford
Hill
Ann Sister U 27 Gosford
Hill
Mary Sister U 24 Gosford
Hill
Robert Brother U 40 No occupation Gosford Hill
67
Robert Murray Head M 51 Ag Lab Horton
Martha Wife M 47 Bucks
Studley
Hardene? Son U 16 Ag Lab Horton
Michael Son 5 Horton
68
James Jones Head U 31 Gosford
Hill
Ann Sister U 27 Gosford
Hill
Mary Sister U 24 Gosford
Hill
Robert Brother U 40 No occupation Gosford Hill
67
Robert Murray Head M 51 Ag Lab Horton
Martha Wife M 47 Bucks
Studley
Hardene? Son U 16 Ag Lab Horton
Michael Son 5 Horton
68
James Jones Senr Head M 25 Ag Lab Horton
Sarah Wife M 25 Bucks
Studley
Richd Son 1 Horton
Eli Son 5 months Horton
Charles Avery? Son
in Law 9 Scholar Horton
69
William Henton Head M 52 Ag Lab Horton
Mary Wife M 48 Beckley
John Son U 19 Ag Lab Beckley Horton
David Son U 15 Horton
Emma Dau 9 Horton
George Son 6 Horton
Ellen Dau 3 Horton
70
John Hicks Head M 56 Ag Lab Gosford
Elizth Wife M 46 Horton
Joseph Murry NephewU 20 Ag
Lab Horton
71
Edwa Green Head M 56 Ag Lab Horton
Hannah Wife M 46 Horton
William Son U 27 Ag Lab Horton
Caroline Dau U 21 Horton
James Son U 19 Ag Lab Horton
Thos Son U 15 Ag Lab Horton
Rebecca Dau 12 Scholar Horton
72
Mary Crook Head W 61 Pauper Lab Widow Dublin Ireland
John Son U 33 Ag Lab Horton
73
Richard Howton Head M 54 Ag Lab Horton
Ann Wife M 51 Bucks
Ludgershall
Ann in
service Dau U 17 Horton
William Son U 14 Ag Lab Horton
Elizth Dau 12 Scholar Horton
Hannah Dau 8 Horton
74
Isaac Hicks Head M 73 Pauper Ag Lab Wolvercote
Lidia Wife M 70 Gosford
75
John Marland Head M 36 Carpenter Noke
Anabella Wife M 39 Long
Crendon
John Son 9 Scholar Horton
Thomas Son 7 Scholar Horton
J A Dau 4 Horton
Edmund Son 1 Horton
James Stanton Son
in Law U 16 Carpenter Horton
Eliza Dau
in Law U 15 at home Horton
76
Thomas Avery Head M 61 Hay Binder Ag Lab Nk
E Wife M 62 Horton
James Son M 24 Hay Binder Horton
P Dau
in Law M 22 Bucks
Oakley
James Merry Head M 51 Ag Lab Horton
M Wife M 39 Horton
D Son M 15 Ag Lab Horton
R Son 12 Horton
T Son 10 Horton
J? Son 7 Scholar Horton
E Dau 4 Horton
A Dau 1 Horton
78
Henry Buckland Head M 48 Game Keeper Bucks Kingshale
Mary Wife M 49 Bucks
Monks Risborough
Joseph Son 12 Horton
Henry Son 9 Horton
79
Henry Coals Head M 31 Farmer of 45 acres employing 1 man 1
boy Horton
Mary Wife M 27 Beckley
Henry Son 1 Horton
John Robert Son 5 months Horton
Sally Adams Servant U 16 House Servant Hasely
Studley Bucks – This is the Brill Road area beyond
the Bucks border.
1
Mary Brinklow Head W 56 Schoolmistress Horton
Elizabeth Dau U 19 Assistant Horton
Lucy Gd
Dau 1 Bucks
Studley
Hannah King Lodger U 65 Pauper Headington
William Watson Lodger U 19 Ag Lab Bucks Studley
James Justice Lodger U 19 Ag Lab Beckley
2.
Abraham Hilledon Head M 55 Ag Lab Horton
Elizabeth Wife M 50 Horton
Wm Son U 31 Horton
Ann Dau 13 Horton
Martha Dau 11 Horton
3
Prudence Budd Head W 63 Lab Widow Foresthill
William Son U 37 Ag Lab Bucks Studley
John Son U 33 Ag Lab Bucks Studley
Joseph Son U 30 Ag Lab Bucks Studley
4
Thomas Haynes Head M 59 Ag Lab Bucks Studley
Ruth Haynes Wife M 53 Bucks
Studley
George Son U 23 Bucks
Studley
Elizabeth Dau U 18 Bucks
Studley
Mary Dau 13 Bucks
Studley
Eliza Dau 11 Scholar Bucks Studley
Jane Gd
Dau 9 Scholar Woodstock
5
William Haynes Head M 52 Ag Lab Bucks Studley
Hannah Wife M 56 Great
Tew
William Son U 20 Ag Lab Horton
James Son U 18 Ag Lab Bucks Studley
John Son U 16 Ag Lab Bucks Studley
Jane Dau 13 Scholar Bucks Studley
6 Possibly Brill
Road
Elizabeth Me???p Head W 76
Farmer of 4 acres employing 1 boy Bucks
Bearstall
John Son U 41 Farmer’s Son Studley
7 Possibly Gardener’s Barn
Edward Hall Head M 50
Farmer of 210 acres employing 8 labs Arncott
Mary Hall Wife M 38 Farmer’s Wife ??? Towery
Esther ? Allbutt Niece U 21 Oxon
Henton
Edward Jones Nephew 4 Bucks
Bingsey
Mary Hall Servant U 16 House Servant Arncott
8
Henry Chapman Head U 27 Farmer’s Son Beckley
Caroline Sister U 22 Farmer’s Assistant Stow on the Wold
9
James Pyman? Head M 42 Ag Lab Bucks Studley
Mary Wife M 38 Boarstall
Caroline Dau 14 Scholar Bucks Studley
Sarah Dau 9 Scholar Bucks
Studley
Elizabeth Dau 6 Scholar Bucks
Studley
Willm Son 1 Bucks
Studley
10
Richard Blake Head M 22 Ag Lab Bucks Brill
Elizabeth Wife M 21 Oxon
Adderbury
11
Michael Haynes Head M 20 Ag Lab Bucks Studley
Mary Wife M 25 Murcott
Elizabeth Dau 4 Bucks
Studley
12
William Collet Head M 31 Ag Lab Murcott
Mary Ann Wife M 31 Boarstall
George Son 7 Scholar Bucks Studley
John Son 5 Scholar Bucks Studley
Wm Clark Son
in Law 11 Headington
Wm Clark Brother
in Law 27 Ag Lab Bucks
Studley
13 Possibly Whitecross Green
James Cook Head M 45
Farmer of 200 acres employing 2 men 1 boy Horton
Martha Wife M 45 Stanton
St John
Mary Dau U 17 Horton
Elizabeth Dau U 12 Horton
Thomas Son 10 Horton
Willm Son 6 Horton
Ann Dau 3 Horton
George Phillips Servant U 20 Farm Servant Charlton
William Honor Servant U 17 Farm Servant Murcott
14
John Halwell Head M 62
Farmer of 138 acres employing 2 men Murcott
Ann Wife M 52 Murcott
Benjn Son U 21 Farmer’s Son Murcott
John Son U 20 Farmer’s Son Murcott
Thomas Son U 18 Farmer’s Son Murcott
Henry Son 16 Farmer’s Son Murcott
Julia Dau 10 Murcott
15
William Payne Head M 46 Ag Lab Bucks Studley
Sophia Wife M 43 Wendelbury
Emma Dau U 14 Bucks
Studley