1841 Census: Parish of Streatham

Enumerator: Thomas Brown

Registrar: Whitfield Foster

Superintendent Registrar: Benjamin Field

Description: Manor house occupied by Mr Goodhart & all intermediate houses on West side of Epsom Road (including Hurst’s Cottages & Obligation Row) to the Wheatsheaf inclusive. All houses on South side of Wheatsheaf Lane (last being Mr Gibson’s Cottage occupied by Mr Scott) thence along Wandsworth Common towards Battersea taking houses occupied by Mr Jains, Mr Janson(?), Miss Kaye, Mr Cooling(?) & Mr Robins at corner of Nightingale Lane and other houses on East side of Nightingale Lane occupied by Mr Gillies & Mr Cam(?). [Description may continue — page ends here]

Enumerator: not recorded on surviving page

Registrar: Whitfield Foster

Superintendent Registrar: Benjamin Field

Description: North side of Wheatsheaf Lane comprising Bean’s Row and including Mr Rich’s House. All houses on West side of Balham Road including Mr Stephenson’s Cottage behind Balham Chapel. Balham Place, Knapp’s Cottages and all houses on West side of Balham Hill to the George Inn inclusive and the 6 houses on South side of Clapham Common occupied by Mr Beckett, Mr J. Handley, Mr Washington and Mr B. Harrison.

Enumerator: not recorded on surviving page

Registrar: Whitfield Foster

Superintendent Registrar: Benjamin Field

Description: The east side of that part of Balham Hill which lies between Mr John Handley’s corner of Clapham Common and Mr Hayman’s the Graces at the Corner of Balham New Road both inclusive. The houses on both sides of Balham New Road, Cavendish Place and Dragonmire Lane and terminating at & including 2 cottages occupied by Jn(?) March & R. Deane at the extremity of Dragonmire Lane leading on to Tooting Common.

Enumerator: not recorded on surviving page

Registrar: Whitfield Foster

Superintendent Registrar: Benjamin Field

Description: The enumerator will commence at and include Mr Parsons’ House at Hyde Farm that being the only one on that part of Tooting Common in Streatham Parish. He will then go up Blackhall Lane omitting the houses on both sides till he arrived at Hunter’s Cottage at which he will commence taking all the houses on the East side till he arrived at Shaw’s the Baker, corner of Streatham Place inclusive. Both sides of Streatham Place and the East side of New Park Road viz. Crown Cottages, Crown Place to the Hand & Hand Public House inclusive. All the houses on the South side of [continues — not captured]

Enumerator: not yet captured

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Enumerator: not recorded on surviving page

Registrar: Whitfield Foster

Superintendent Registrar: Benjamin Field

Description: All that part of the Parish of Streatham which lies on the West side of the Croydon Road from the corner of Mill Lane, Norbury Hill to Streatham Church including Woodlands on the West side of Tooting Bec(?) & Brixton Ephraim(?) and the other houses mentioned below. The enumerator will commence at & include Mr Hursey(?)man’s at the Corner of Mill Lane facing Union Chapel & take all the houses in Paragon Place to Dr Bird’s the corner of the same inclusive. The Crown & Sceptre Tavern & all the houses in Streatham Paragon and West side of Streatham Hill as far as the [continues] …the Horse and Groom Inn inclusive. He will then take Mr S. J. Almants(?) and all the houses on the West side as far as Streatham Church inclusive. Thence he will proceed to and include the Rectory House, Mr Slyards(?), Mr Warts(?) on Tooting Common, Mr Garrard (called Woodfields), Mr Crowther & Mr Tattersall in the private Road leading to Mount Ephraim and the 3 cottages occupied by Stephens, Daniels and another all inclusive.

Enumerator: not recorded on surviving page

Registrar: Whitfield Foster

Superintendent Registrar: Benjamin Field

Description: Mr Phillipp’s House in Streatham Park & the houses occupied by Mr Wilson at the corner of Green Lane, Mr Tiddey, Mr Lloyd, Mr Bird, Mr Broughton & Mr Haugh’s Houses on the East side of Tooting Common called Haze Down and Mr Haugh’s Lodge. The cottages in his Farm Yard situate in the Back Lane leading to Lower Tooting. The enumerator will then return and proceed thro’ Green Lane into Mitcham Lane taking all the houses on both sides as far as Mitcham Bridge inclusive. He will there return and take all the houses on both sides of Upper Part of Mitcham Lane including Harwood’s Cottages, Large’s Rent, Hambly Court & Streatham Green, Busfeild House, Mrs Hynson’s New House, Sheet’s the Blacksmiths, all which face Streatham Church. He will then take all the houses on the West side of the Croydon Road, commencing at Mr Atwood’s and ending at Mr Knowles’ corner of Streatham Common both inclusive.