From the Census return, kindly provided by Tony Bayley, October 2024

Enumerator: Simon Lapwood

Notes: “The 1911 census gives more detail than previous ones. It is also the first census whereby the householder completes the form and the original documents can be viewed. Additional information includes the current length of the marriage, number of children that the woman had and if any have died. Unfortunately, with the Stambourne census, there are very few individual addresses as the enumerator, in most cases, has simply entered “Stambourne, Castle Hedingham, Essex”. The individual records are sequentially numbered but, as this happened after collection, there is no way of knowing if they are in some form of geographical order. Where a house can be identified the name is in the address column. If anyone has information as to where a particular family lived, please let me know. The marriage status applies to those 15 years or older only. Nationality was also required to be reported – all were British. Those men marked with ” †” died in WWI. See the “Recent History / War Memorial” section of the website for their details”

Date of census : Sunday, 2nd April 1911

A few facts from the return:

• 97 occupied dwellings
• 327 people of which 181 were born in Stambourne
• 55 people born more than 10 miles from Stambourne including  from as far away as Cornwall and Scotland
• 74 men and boys described as agricultural workers
• Most women did not have employment outside the home
• 55 scholars

If you have any details on which houses are which, please let us know. Very few of the houses in those days had names but they are shown where they have been entered on the census.