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Matlock, Matlock Bath & District Census Returns, 1841 - 1901
Census transcripts for Matlock, Matlock Bath & District
 
Matlock, Matlock Bath, Scarthin Nick and Cromford Market Place, Lumsdale,
Bow Wood, Riber, Hearthstone, Starkholmes, High & Low Leas and Lea Wood.
 
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Now includes the Religious Census, 1851 and tables of the Distribution of Occupations for both the 1841 census and the 1871 census.

  Abbreviations What's Included
 
Census Year/Index
Surnames Districts
1841 Census Index Surnames A - B ED 13
HO 107/198
Hundred of Wirksworth; parish of Matlock

Read the Notes about the 1841 census - It was different
1841 Census, Parish of Matlock: Distribution of Occupations *New*
Compare names with Gem of the Peak (Matlock Bath in 1840) or with those listed in Pigot's Directory, 1842
Surnames C - G ED 14
Surnames H - L ED 15
Surnames M - R ED 16
Surnames S ED 17
Surnames T - Z ED 18
  ED 19
Distribution of Occupations
1851 Religious Census *New*
HO129/449 Bakewell.
Matlock, Matlock Bath, Scarthin and Starkholmes.
Eleven churches, chapels and other places of worship participated.
1851 Census Index Surnames A - B ED 7a
HO 107/2150
Matlock and Matlock Bath, Registration District of Bakewell
Surnames C - G ED 7b
Surnames H - L ED 7c
Surnames M - R ED 7d
Surnames S ED 7e
Surnames T - Z ED 7f
  ED 7g
1861 Census Index Surnames A - B ED 10
RG 9/2542
Parish of Matlock; hamlet of Matlock Bath, Bakewell Union
Surnames C - G ED 11
Surnames H - L ED 12
Surnames M - R ED13 ff.49-59
Surnames S ED13 ff.60-70
Surnames T - Z ED 14
  ED 15
ED 16
1871 Census Index Surnames A - B ED 10
{RG 10/3630
{RG 10/3631
Matlock with Matlock Bath, Registration District of Bakewell
Surnames C - G ED 11
Surnames H - L ED 12
Surnames M - R ED 13 RG10/3630
Surnames S ED 13 RG10/3631
Surnames T - Z ED 14
  ED 15
ED 16
Distribution of Occupations
1881 Census Index Surnames A - B ED 10
{RG 11/3450
{RG 11/3451
Matlock (with Matlock Bath), Registration Sub District of Bakewell
Surnames C - G ED 11 ff.27-37
Surnames H - L ED 11 ff.38-49
Surnames M - R ED 12
Surnames S ED 13 ff.68-81
Surnames T - Z ED 13 ff.82-95
  ED 14
ED 15
ED 16 ff.19-29
ED 16 ff.30-41
ED 17
1891 Census Index Surnames A - B ED 10
RG 12/2775
Matlock Bath and Matlock, Registration District of Bakewell
RG 12/2776
Matlock (Bank, Cliff and Green) , Hearthstone, Riber, Starkholmes and Willersley, Registration District of Bakewell
Surnames C - F ED 11 ff.125-133
Surnames G - H ED 11 ff.134-143
Surnames I - M ED 12
Surnames N - R ED 13 ff.4-16
Surnames S ED 13 ff.17-28
Surnames T - V ED 114 ff.32-43
Surnames W - Y ED 114 ff.44-56
  ED 15 ff.59-66
ED 15 ff.67-75
ED 16
ED 17
Smedley's Hydro
1901 Census Index Surnames Index ED08a
{RG13/3266
{RG13/3267
Matlock Sub District, District of Bakewell, Derbyshire

Amongst parishes nearby, also in 1901:
RG13/3265 : Tansley
RG13/3266 : Wensley, Darley
RG13/3241 : Bonsall
A B C ED08b
D E F ED 09a
G H I ED 09b
J K L ED 10
M N O ED 11
P Q R ED 12
S T U ED 13
V W X ED 14 ff.68-79
Y Z   ED 14 ff.79-91
Empty Houses
/incomplete entries
ED 15
Smedley's Hydro


You may wish to compare the addresses given with those in the Trade Directories of the time.
19th Century Directories | 20th Century Directories

Further Information (all these external links will open in a new window):

Derbyshire Family History Society
Census Indexes covering several census years are available from The Booksales Manager of Derbyshire Family History Society (see their web site for address).

1911 Census, released (early) by FindMyPast
Held on Sunday, 2 April 1911
This is an a very different format from previous census returns and is unlikely to be transcribed.

1921 Census, also released by FindMyPast
Held on 19 June 1921. It had been postponed because of industrial unrest.

Although the census was taken in 1931, the records was destroyed by fire in 1942.

The next national record of names was the 1939 Register
The 1939 Register was taken on 29 September 1939.
"The information was used to produce identity cards and, once rationing was introduced in January 1940, to issue ration books. Information in the Register was also used to administer conscription and the direction of labour, and to monitor and control the movement of the population caused by military mobilisation and mass evacuation." This information is from The National Archives..
Many names were not recorded because the Reserves of servicemen and women had already been called up, so were excluded unless they were at home on leave. Their details, recorded by the armed services, are not in the public domain.

No census was taken in 1941 because of World War Two.