Some statistics of Headley Parish

Population of Headley
(from various sources) – see also Burial Statistics and Inhabited Houses

1539

350 (estimate)

1771

700 - see part population in 1761

1791

800 - from burial register

1801

858

1811

983

1821

1,093

1831

1,228

1841

1,265 (census) - see 1841 census

1851

1,420 (census) - see 1851 census

1859

1,427

1861

1,320 [1,450?] (census) - see 1861 census

1871

1,581 (census) - see 1871 census

1872

1,600 'including 100 at Grayshott' [WH Laverty]

1881

1,628 - see 1881 census

1891

1,783 'including Grayshott' [WH Laverty] - see 1891 census

1901

2,497 (census) including 666 at Grayshott
[1,831 excluding Grayshott - WH Laverty]
Note: Some of this rise due to (unknown) number of people now in Bordon Camp - see 1901 census

1902

Grayshott split off, civil parish formed 30 Sep 1902

1911

7,576 (census) including 3,740 in Bordon Camp & 1,050 other occupants of Camp [2,786 excluding these - WH Laverty] - see 1911 census

1921

4,888 (census) including 2,018 in Bordon Camp [2,870 excluding these - WH Laverty]
Note: Drop in overall figure due to decrease in numbers at Bordon Camp

1929

Lindford & Whitehill split off

1931

1,973
Note: Reduction here due not only to loss of Bordon Camp population, but also other parts (eg. Deadwater, Lindford) which were moved to the new Whitehill parish

1951

2,743

1961

3,010 [2,800 also given in a different source]

1971

4,144 [4,754 also given in a different source]

1981

5,329 [5,479 also given in a different source]

1991

5,607 [5,646 and 5,691 also given in different sources] - see 1991 census statistics
2001 5,459
2011 5,613

Burials in Headley through the centuries

Another way of getting a feel for the population changes in earlier centuries is by considering the number of entries in the Burial Register over the years. The table below shows number of such entries in each 50-year period from 1551 to 1900:—

1551-1600
412
1601-1650
560
1651-1700
490
1701-1750
472
1751-1800
690
1801-1850
921
1851-1900
1,182

1991 Census statistics

Population = 5,607
- age 0-4 = 374 (6.67%)
- age 5-15 = 909 (16.21%)
- age 16-64 = 3,478 (62.03%)
- age 65+ = 846 (15.09%)

Total dwellings = 2,046
- Owner occupied = 78.25%
- Council/Housing Assoc = 15.05%
- Privately rented = 6.70%
- Detached = 65.29%
- Semi-detached = 11.73%
- Terraced = 16.85%
- Flats (purpose-built) = 5.77%
Average household size = 2.70 people

Car ownership (households): with no car 11.63%, with 2+ cars 52.15%

Trades in Headley, 1851 

Aside from the pervasive Ag Lab, the main wage-earning occupations of the parish in the 1851 census were as follows (showing number of entries, and adding together Apprentices, Journeymen and Masters of the same trade). Note in particular the significance of papermaking in the parish at the time:

  • Paper manufacture = 35
  • Farmer = 30
  • Bricklayer = 19
  • Cordwainer/ Shoemaker = 13
  • Carpenter = 12
  • Blacksmith = 8
  • Broom Maker = 7
  • Wheelwright = 7
  • Miller = 6
  • Butcher = 5
  • Mason's Labourer (but no Mason!) = 5
  • Grocer = 4
  • Schoolteacher/ Governess = 4
  • Dressmaker = 3
  • Victualler/ Innkeeper = 3 (though there were 8 pubs!)
  • Millwright = 3
  • Shepherd = 3
  • Tailor = 3
  • Baker = 2
  • Farrier = 2
  • Mealsman = 2
  • Police Officer = 2
  • Sawyer = 2
  • and one each of: Basket Maker, Builder, Carrier, Chimney Sweep, Draper, Gamekeeper, Gardener, Groom, Land Surveyor, Parish Clerk, Rector, Tea Dealer, and Turner.

Inhabited Houses in Headley 
Taken from Mr Laverty's publications of 1922 and 1926 et al:—

Date Deadwater &
Lindford		 Hollywater &
Standford		 The Village &
The Down		 Hearne &
The North		 Grayshott Total
1899 93 60 189 88 120 550
1901 91 60 206 74 148 579
1902
93
 62 208 78 excludes Grayshott from here on 441
1904 93 64 238 79   490
1906 131 73 253 79   536
1910 183 73 273 78   607
1914 193 74 285 79   631
1918 200 72 292 74   638
1920 211 75 297 80   663
1922 233 80 308 83   704
1924 251 90 326? 87   754
1925           783
1926           821
1927           832
1928           855

Pubs in Headley 
In the area of the original parish of Headley, there were at least eight pubs:—

New Inn (Sleaford); Royal Exchange (Lindford); Robin Hood (Standford); Royal Oak (Hollywater); Holly Bush (High Street); Crown (Arford); Wheatsheaf (Arford); White Horse (which became the Frensham Pond Hotel). Of these, the Wheatsheaf closed in 2000, the New Inn in 2001, the Robin Hood became Whiteley's in 2009 and this closed in 2014.

There was also once a pub called the Bank of England which, we think, was at the fire station cross-roads in Bordon, but seems not to have lasted for very long (did the Army close it down?); and there was a Red Lion at Standford. There may have been others in the past.

Surnames in Headley, 1851 

Top ten surnames in 1851 Census:

Fullick 71 (5%), Shrubb 49, Burrow 42, Coombes 39, Marshall 36, Belton 35, Chandler 35, Barnett 27, Harris 27, Knight 27. [Note: the top 6 were also the most common in the 1841 census] — but note also that the top ten most common names over the years 1539-1851, according to burial records, were: Baker 116 (3.2%), Morar (and variants such as Moorer, Atmore) 90 (2.5%), Valler/Voller 88 (2.4%), Harding 73 (2.0%), Knight 55 (1.5%), Shrubb 54 (1.5%), Boxall 50 (1.4%), Matthew(s) 50 (1.4%), Marshal(l) 46 (1.3%), Newman/Numan 46 (1.3%)

Top ten surnames in 1891 Census:

Fullick 68 (4%), Chandler 59, Burrows 48, Harris 46, Coombes 45, Glaysher 43, Cane 38, Marshall 36, Shrubb 35, Smith 33.

All surnames in alphabetic order showing number of occurrences in the 1851 census
- 196 different surnames - total population 1,424

Aldred 5, Attfield 4, Ayling 2, Aylwin 5, Baker 12, Balchin 2, Ballantine Dykes 1, Barker 1, Barnett 27, Bartholomew 2, Batchelor 1, Bayley 3, Beldham 2, Belton 35, Benham 6, Bennett 2, Berry 2, Bettesworth 9, Blackman 6, Blanchard 4, Bone 1, Borough 3, Bowden 4, Boxall 19, Bridger 14, Brown 8, Budd 1, Burchett 2, Burrow 42, Cade 2, Cane 17, Canning 3, Carpenter 9, Chalcraft 5, Challen 1, Chandler 35, Channell 2, Chase 6, Chiverton 2, Clear 4, Collins 13, Coombes/Combes/Combs 39, Cooper 6, Court 1, Courtnage 17, Couthard 1, Cover 12, Cox 1, Craft 1, Crawt 8, Curtis 8, Davies 1, Dawes 5, Daws 1, Deadman 8, Denyer 2, Eade 3, Ealand 1, Edgell 4, Eggar 5, Elstone 6, Etherington 7, Ewsters 1, Faithfull 1, Farr 1, Fast 3, Fisher 5, Flip 1, Flipp 1, Foot 1, Ford 5, Frogley 1, Frost 5, Fullick 71, Furness 1, Fyfield/Fifield 26, Gale 7, Gamblen 4, Gardner 10, Gates 6, Gauntlett 13, Glaysher 15, Goddard 1, Gregory 3, Grover 3, Hack 7, Hale 1, Hampton 8, Hapeley 4, Harding 15, Harris 27, Hayden 10, Haynes 1, Heather 9, Hernaman 1, Hill 5, Hipkin 1, Hoare 1, Hockley 2, Holden 1, Hunt 11, Huntingford 7, Inwood 1, James 6, Jeffery 6, Jetton 4, Keeling 5, Keen 2, Kiddle 1, Kinshott 1, Knight 27, Knott 2, Lambert 4, Langford 3, Langrish 5, Larby 1, Lasham 2, Lawes 3, Lawrence 6, Lemmon 9, Lickfold 8, Loe 15, Lynch 7, Mansell 4, Mant 2, Marden 9, Marshall 36, Martin 4, Matthews 13, Meadman 4, Meador 5, Meeres 2, Messingham 13, Mills 12, Milton 1, Moore 8, Newell 8, Norris 1, North 13, Older 1, Over 5, Page 1, Parfect 18, Parker 2, Pennicott 2, Petar 6, Petworth 1, Phillips 2, Philps 7, Pickett 10, Piggott 6, Pink 7, Pook 5, Powell 8, Puttick 3, Randall 3, Restall 1, Richardson 9, Robinson 19, Roe 2, Rogers 4, Rooke 23, Shrubb 49, Slade 6, Small 1, Smith 26, Spier 2, Stacey 2, Stapley 10, Steel 1, Strugnal 7, Styning 1, Suter 2, Sutton 6, Swan 3, Symonds 2, Taylor 15, Tilbury 12, Triggs 13, Trusler 1, Tuckey 8, Upperton 2, Voller 6, Wakeford 11, Walker 1, Walls 3, Warner 5, Warren 16, Weeks 5, Wells 1, West 9, Wheeler 6, White 5, Whiteley 8, Woodbourne 6, Woods 18.

Hearth Tax, Michaelmas (29th Sept) 1665 

Hearths chargeable in Headley:
Tompson Mister Albery (Rectory) 6, Martin Widow 3, Stillwell John 4, Boxall Richard 1, Martin John 3, Baker John 4, Matthews Henry & Mills John 4, Barden Roger 3, Norris William 3, Albery William 2a, Moorer William 3, Morten Nicholas 3, Vallor John senior 5, Swanne Nicholas 5, Gill William 3, Heath Thomas 1, Crich John 4, Vallor Robert 4, Vallor Robert junior 1, Vallor Henry 4, Lock Henry 1, Gates John 1, Gill Abraham 3, Baker Henry 2, Fish Widow 3, Bettesworth William 3, Huntingford John 1, Bucknell John 1, Baker John 3b, Lee Richard 3, Randoll John 2, Baker Nicholas 1, Baker Nicholas 1, Jennings Nicholas 3, Harding Abraham junior 3a, Caplen Widow 2, Frost John 1, Baker William 1, Hounsome John 4, Hardinge Robert 3, Matthew Thomas 1, Channell William 3, Page George & Williamson 4, Brooter William 3, Varndell Robert 3, Harding Abraham senior 3, Bellinghurst John 1, Moore John 1, House John 1, Valor Widow 1c
Notes: (a) = down; (b) = taken down; (c) = overcharged
Entries = 52, Hearths chargeable = 129

Hearths not chargeable in Headley: Larbee William 1, Mill Thomas 1, Hunsom Widow 1, Robinson John 1, Newman John 1, Robinson Edward 1, Dutton George 1, Robinson Widow 1, Banister Thomas 1, Holt John 1, Baker Thomas 1, Figg Robert 1, Hunt Peter 3, Moorer John 1, Shrubb Richard 1, Shrubb Edmund 1, Shrubb Anthony 1, Shrubb William 1, Perryne Widow 1, Combes Peter 1, Farr Abraham 1, Norris Daniel 1, Kitch Thomas 1, Hunt Joan 1, Page Thomas 1, Turner Edward 1, Smither Isaac 1, Giles Old 1, Baker Christopher 1, Denier John 1, Fuller William 1, Albery Robert 1, Smither William 1, Hedger Nicholas 1, Mahew John 1, Grice John 1, King Christopher 2, Barden Roger 1, Lock Henry 1, North Farm 2
Entries = 40, Hearths not chargeable = 44
Total entries in Headley = 92, Total hearths in Headley = 173

Hearths chargeable in Broxhead:
Fauteleroy Mister Moory 10, Lee William 3, Kellzill John 4, Ayley Thomas 1, Locksum Francis 2, Greensell Francis 1, Channell William 1, Hebb John 3, Albery John 2, Newman Edward 1, Corfe Richard 2
Entries = 11, Hearths chargeable = 30

Hearths not chargeable in Broxhead:
Childs Lawrence 2, Stillman William 1, Viccary Thomas 1, Nichollson John 1, Albery Thomas 1, Farly Henry 1
Entries = 6, Hearths not chargeable = 7
Total entries in Broxhead = 17, Total hearths in Broxhead = 37

Total entries in Headley + Broxhead = 109, Total hearths in Headley + Broxhead = 210

Lay Subsidy Rolls, 1586  

Headlye
Lands: Edmond Fishe £4, Wm Norris £4, John Scutt 40s, Robert Martine 40s, Wm Vicarye 40s, John Newman 20s, John Balden 20s, John Somer 20s
Goods: Wm Hardinge £6, John Warner £10, Richard Dickenson £8, John Baker £6, John Figg £6, William Gill £3, Elizabeth Valler widow £3, John Page £3, John Whitley £3

Broxhead Manor records (+HRO catalogue No.) 

Court rolls 1457-1459

25M75/M4

Court rolls 1465-1466

25M75/M5

Court rolls 1552-1599 (non-consecutive)

25M75/M1

Court rolls 1599

25M75/M6

Notes relating to tenants (on rents, etc) 1602-1633

25M76/M4

Court rolls 1617-1628 (non-consecutive)

25M76/M2

Court rolls 1602-1633 (copies, with other records)

20M48/241

Court rolls 1636 survey book

25M76/M3

Court rolls 1636 survey book (copy)

23M50/40a

Court rolls 1639

25M75/M7

Court rolls 1655 (with court of survey)

25M75/M8

Court rolls 1678 (2 rolls)

25M75/M9-M10

[I tried to read 25M75/M8 once, without much success! - JOS]