Our Hucknall Huthwaite History

Census Population Figures

Collating for the first time these separate Hucknall Huthwaite census figures helps reveal times of major growth, also in comparable relation to the Sutton-in-Ashfield figures which more often included both areas.

Data prior 1841 was published in 1838 by Dr. S. T. Hall titled Historical Sketch of Sutton. Additional references from the titled work Sutton-in-Ashfield Times Past by W. Clay-Dove published in 1978. firstly reveals that Sutton Parish Church registers were actually begun from 1577. Beginning the 18th century there were but ninety five families in Sutton, and a slovenly 1793 census taken by Sir Richard Sutton also probably included the 800 acres initially covering Hucknall Huthwaite. But in 1770 the Parish Clerk Thomas Dove conducted a door to door census recording ambiguously 270 families in Sutton and 80 in Huthwaite.

The parliamentary or UK national census actually started 1801, although still only gathering a simple head count. More detailed records begun from year 1841 continue providing a useful references for genealogy studies. These figures are extracted from our nearest dated commercial gazetteers transcribed online.

Appreciation would be shown for anyone able to assist filling out further dates.

Census	Huthwaite	Sutton
1793	included	3,492
1801	510	2,801
1811	608	3,386
1824	712	3,943
1831	929	4,805
1837		6,000
1844	887
1851	1,154	6,554
1861	1,162
1871	1,154
1881	2,028
1891	3,022
1901	4,076	14,867
1911	5,235
1931	5,836

Descriptive listings term hosiery agents from 1832, and with later framesmiths could well indicate the growing cottage industry employing Framework Knitters

The New Hucknall Colliery started inviting a new workforce from around 1878. Negotiations took place in 1906 to build the Co-operative Wholesale Society’s factory. They planned on employing 400 added to existing Huthwaite factories.

Following the 1911 census, part of Sutton-in-Ashfield ecclesiastical parish with a population of 740, was transferred into Huthwaite ecclesiastical parish