North Tawton Census about 1802/3
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Location: North Tawton, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Devon Record Office 2914A/PM94-104
Transcription by John Pearce at https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DEV/NorthTawton/NorthTawton1803
According to devonheritage.org at https://www.devonheritage.org/Places/North%20Tawton/NTawtonCensus1802-04.htm the North Tawton census was created about 1803 in preparation for an invasion by the French. Napoleon had declared war again and made plans to invade England. The English government issued instructions that each and every parish council should make plans to deal with an invasion should this event occur. The North Tawton response was a census. About 9 or 10 of the leading citizens went from house to house and collected the names and true ages of the people in each household as well as their trade and the physical condition of the older inhabitants. The loose sheets of paper they used in that winter of 1803/4 still exist in Devon's Record Office. The town census lists almost 1200 men, women and children who were standing by, ready to be evacuated if the need arose.
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