1921 Census Records for Debenham.

1921 Census

The 1921 Census was taken on the night of Sunday 19th June, 1921.  It had originally been planned that he census would be taken on  the night of 24th April, but it was delayed because of strikes.

The 1921 Census was released, in its entirety, in 2022 on FindMyPast.


NOTE: In cases where the enumeration district extends into more than one local sub-division, the boundary and contents of each part of the enumeration district must be described on a seperate page, and only the names of the local sub-divisions constituting the particular part of the enumeration district described on each page are to be given under the headings 1 to 8. In all such cases the words "part of" must be inserted after the number of the enumberation district , and the estimate of the number of families, i.e. seperate occupiers, must refer only to the part described on the same page. The mileage, however, must be stated for the entire Enumeration District, and should b e given on the first page containing the description of part of the district.
No Of Enumeration District
18		 Estimated Number of Families, i.e. seperate occupiers
187		 Mileage
(The distance which would normally be traversed within the district between the first house and the last in the the collection of the schedules).
13		 Serial Area Number
(To be inserted at Census Office.)
17109
1). Civil Parish Debenham (part of) 5). Petty Sessional Division or Borough having a seperate Commission of the Peace Framlingham PSD (part of)
2). Borough, Urban District or Rural District
(Write C.B, M.B., U.D., or R.D. after the name)		 Bosmere & Claydon (part of) 6). County Court District Framlingham & Saxmundham (part of)
3). Ward of Borough or Urban District - 7). Ecclesiastical Parish Debenham St. Mary (part of)
4). Parliamentary Borough or Division Woodbridge Division of East Suffolk 8). Village, Hamlet, or other distinctiely named locality -
BOUNDARY of Enumeration District
All that part of the Civil Parish of Debenham, bounded in the North, West and South by the Civil Parish Boundary, and on the East by the centre of the road leading from Woodbridge to Eye, entering the Parish at Potash Farm and Alexander Corner.
CONTENTS of Enumeration District
All that part of the Civil Parish of Debenham which includes all the houses and cottages on the West side of the Road leading from Woodbridge to Eye; Cherry Tree Inn and Green; the Vicarage; Poplar Hall; White Hall; Gostlings Hall; Ulveston Hall; Old Hall; Little London and all the houses and cottages on the both sides of Gracechurch Street; Back Lane; Chapel Row; Romewood Green; Grove Farm; Low Farm; Brices Farm; Potash Farm; Bloodwood; Derrybrook Farm; Maltings Farm; and the west side of High Street and Church Row.


NOTE: In cases where the enumeration district extends into more than one local sub-division, the boundary and contents of each part of the enumeration district must be described on a seperate page, and only the names of the local sub-divisions constituting the particular part of the enumeration district described on each page are to be given under the headings 1 to 8. In all such cases the words "part of" must be inserted after the number of the enumberation district , and the estimate of the number of families, i.e. seperate occupiers, must refer only to the part described on the same page. The mileage, however, must be stated for the entire Enumeration District, and should b e given on the first page containing the description of part of the district.
No Of Enumeration District
19		 Estimated Number of Families, i.e. seperate occupiers
163		 Mileage
(The distance which would normally be traversed within the district between the first house and the last in the the collection of the schedules).
9		 Serial Area Number
(To be inserted at Census Office.)
17110
1). Civil Parish Debenham (part of) 5). Petty Sessional Division or Borough having a seperate Commission of the Peace Framlingham PSD (part of)
2). Borough, Urban District or Rural District
(Write C.B, M.B., U.D., or R.D. after the name)		 Bosmere & Claydon (part of) 6). County Court District Framlingham & Saxmundham (part of)
3). Ward of Borough or Urban District - 7). Ecclesiastical Parish Debenham St. Mary (part of)
4). Parliamentary Borough or Division Woodbridge Division of East Suffolk 8). Village, Hamlet, or other distinctiely named locality -
BOUNDARY of Enumeration District
All that part of the Civil Parish of Debenham, bounded in the North, South & East by the Civil Parish Boundary, and on the West by the centre of the road leading from Woodbridge to Eye, entering the Parish at Alexander Corner and Potash Farm.
CONTENTS of Enumeration District
All that part of the Civil Parish of Debenham which includes all the houses and cottages on the East side of the Road leading from Woodbridge to Eye; which includes Crows Hall; The White House; Corporation Farm; Pages Mill and Cottage; Cross Green; Gas House and Cottages; Gull Farm; Red House Farm; Bellwell Cottages; Collier Cottages; all the Houses and Cottages from the Cherry Tree Pond to Aspall boundary; Camp Green; Hill House; East side of the Church Row and High Street.

Heads Of The Households

The following is a list of the "Heads of the Household" in the Parish on the date of the Census.

NameScheduleAddressParish
Saunders, Albert E18, 005Cherry Tree CottageDebenham
Ling, William18, 011Malting FarmDebenham
Pratt, Henry18, 015Vicarage RoadDebenham
Bird, Harry18, 029Old Hall CottagesDebenham
Arbon, Abraham18, 030Old Hall CottagesDebenham
Webster, Samuel18, 034Tower MillDebenham
Copping, Charles18, 035Hall CottagesDebenham
Smith, William18, 036Hall CottagesDebenham
Abbott, John18, 037Debenham HallDebenham
Rosher, Elizabeth18, 041Poplar Hall CottagesDebenham
Harris, William Edgar18, 043School HouseDebenham
Turner, Charles S18, 045London HillDebenham
Page, Caroline18, 062High StreetDebenham
Snell, James18, 072Debenham
Last, George18, 080Gracechurch StreetDebenham
Taylor, Frederick18, 082Gracechurch StreetDebenham
Rosier, Mary18, 083Gracechurch StreetDebenham
Taylor, Horace18, 088Gracechurch StreetDebenham
Gillings, Edward18, 110Chapel RowDebenham
Perry, Harry18, 111Chapel RowDebenham
Harvey, Elizabeth18, 113Chapel RowDebenham
Denny, Robert18, 122Back LaneDebenham
Eade, Kate Ellen18, 123Back LaneDebenham
Balaam, Ernest Edward18, 124Chapel LaneDebenham
Corner, William Herbert18, 126Gracechurch StreetDebenham
Ashford, James David18, 128Gracechurch StreetDebenham
Marjoram, Samuel18, 133High StreetDebenham
Ford, Ernest Albert18, 136The "Lion" InnDebenham
Cook, James18, 146Market SquareDebenham
Freeman, J S18, 151Chancery LaneDebenham
Parker, Frederick R A18, 161Back LaneDebenham
Sparrow, Charles Edward18, 164Chancery LaneDebenham
Rowe, Geo18, 172Romewood FarmDebenham
Hurren, William Frederick18, 183Chancery LaneDebenham
Balaam, Ebenezer19, 009Debenham
Rowe, Laurence19, 014Debenham
Huggins, Annie19, 023Debenham
Corner, Mary19, 025Debenham
Last, Thomas Henry19, 027Debenham
Peck, Henry James19, 029Debenham
Gillings, Robert19, 035Debenham
Last, George19, 036Debenham
Barrett, Charles19, 042Debenham
Abbott, Henry Duncan19, 056Debenham
Smith, Charles19, 066Debenham
Hailes, William19, 074Debenham
Smith, George19, 079Debenham
Chappell, George19, 082Debenham
Wade, Horace19, 085Debenham
Smyth, George H19, 103Debenham
Artiss, Herbert James19, 112Debenham
Pollard, Arthur19, 113Debenham