1871 Census: Newcastle Upon Tyne
Article June 2007 |
The Census pieces for Newcastle Upon Tyne cover All Saints, Byker, Jesmond and Heaton (RG10/5094-5108). These are all available in the Northumberland 1871 Census.
  William George Armstrong, who was born in 1810 in Newcastle Upon Tyne, focused his engineering mind on developing hydro-electric machinery. Later he developed dockside cranes, military guns, a hydraulic swing bridge, ship production (including battleships), and lifting gear for the Tower Bridge, London.
In the 1871 Census we can see William George Armstrong living at Jesmond Dene Hall, with his wife Margaret and a servant. His occupation is notes as being 'Knight Companion of the Bath. Chief Engineer, partner in a firm of manufacturing engineers.' (RG10/5108, F21b, p42). |
Finding your way around the Census:
 To begin, you need to choose the piece number you want to look at, for instance RG10/5108.
Every 10th folio is bookmarked, so use the bookmarks to move around a census piece quickly.  To get to folio twelve, select the bookmark for folio 10 and scroll to folio twelve.
The 1871 Census for Northumberland is available on CD from www.britishdataarchive.com for £24.95 plus £2.50 UK p&p. Online transcripts, images, and name indexes are available at www.thegenealogist.co.uk.
The areas covered are based on parliamentary boundaries which may not be the same as county boundaries. More information is available on the S&N website (www.genealogysupplies.com).
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