Census 1921 - Croxley Green History - Croxley Green History Project

1921 Census of Croxley Green

The 1921 Census for England, Wales and Scotland was taken on the night of Sunday 19th June 1921.

It had been originally planned that the census would be taken on the night of 24th April 1921 but this was delayed because of strikes.

Extra questions asked over the 1911 census included

whether a marriage has been dissolved by divorce
where each person worked
the industry within which someone worked

The question introduced in 1911 about the number of children was dropped, the reason given was that the results from the previous census had not yet been tabulated. Also the question about blindness, deafness or dumbness were removed on the grounds that the parents had objected to giving this information about their children with the result that answers given in the previous census were unreliable.

Some data taken from the 1921 Census

Youngest resident - 1 day old – Baby Wright (unnamed) 215 New Road, Croxley Green.
Eldest Resident - 93 Years old, Issabelle Watson, The Artichoke, The Green.
2,472 Residents of Croxley Green are recorded on the 1921 Census.
1,167 Residents were employed.
746 Residents were born in Croxley Green.
527 Residents and the biggest single occupation was Home Duties, Housewife.
477 Residents of Croxley Green worked at John Dickinson’s Paper Mill.
397 Children were at school.
166 Children were under school age.
44 Out of 1,167 (3.77%) residents were out of work.
24 Residents claimed to be retired.

Most Common Surnames -
36 Chapman – 25 Born locally / 30 Webb – 24 Born locally / 27 Warn – 25 Born locally / 27 Rogers – 17 Born locally
27 Webb – 14 Born locally / 26 Mead – 24 Born locally / 26 Green – 20 born locally / 22 Rogers – 16 Born locally
22 Owen – 20 Born locally / 22 Smith – 8 Born locally / 21 Ward – 15 Born locally / 21 Toms – 20 Born locally
19 Child – 19 Born locally / 19 Howard – 17 born locally / 19 Turner – 16 Born locally / 18 Element – 18 Born locally
17 Paddick - 17 Born locally / 17 Dorrofield – 17 Born locally / 17 Raggett – 16 Born locally / 17 Payne – 11 Born locally
15 Bass – 12 Born locally / 15 Foster – 14 Born locally / 15 King – 13 Born locally

Most Common Forenames -
Male: William 120 / John 67 / George 63 / Arthur 54 / James 51 / Charles 46 / Frederick 47 / Charles 46
Female: Mary 67 / Annie 59 / Alice 56 / Florence 42

Largest Family in Croxley Green -
Percy and Frances Singleton plus 9 children, lived at 142 New Road that was next door to the Coop (see below)

Foreign Countries Residents were born in -
Australia / France / Hungary / India / Ireland / Russia / South Africa / Switzerland

1,941 on the 1911 Census and 2,472 on 1921 Census showing a population increase of 27.35% in the 10 years between each Census.

142 New Road where Percy and Frances Singleton plus 9 children lived

Croxley Green Census 1921

The information is taken from the 1921 Census.
Hertfordshire / Rickmansworth Urban / Registration District: Number 140 / Registration Sub District: Number 3 / Enumeration District: Number 1 / Records: 1 to 60
Hertfordshire / Rickmansworth Urban / Registration District: Number 140 / Registration Sub District: Number 3 / Enumeration District: Number 2 / Records: 604 to 1174
Hertfordshire / Rickmansworth Urban / Registration District: Number 140 / Registration Sub District: Number 3 / Enumeration District: Number 7 / Records: 511 to 542

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CGRA 1921 Census of Croxley Green
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The 1931 Census

The 1931 census was taken on the night of Sunday/Monday 26/27th April 1931. The questions asked were similar to those in 1921 with the addition of a question about everyone's usual place of residence, as opposed to where they actually were on that night. There was a plan at the time that the census would now be taken every 5 years and therefore the questions asked should not be too onerous. However in the end this plan for a higher frequency was dropped - cost was cited as the reason.

On the night of Saturday 19 December 1942, there was a fire at a store in Hayes, Middlesex. The store, the responsibility of the Office of Works, contained a large amount of furniture but in addition it contained the census records for England & Wales for 1931, that is the whole of the schedules, enumeration books and plans. They were all completely destroyed.