1871 Census
RG10/2026
17 inhabited houses; No uninhabited houses; 45 males; 49 females; No blind, deaf or dumb
Spellings are those of the census taker, although some names and place names are obviously incorrect and spelt phonetically
| Address | Name | SURNAME | Relation | Marital Status | Age Male | Age Female | Occupation | Where Born | |
| 1 | Shepherds House | Samuel | MATTHEWS | Head | Mar | 35 | Shepherd | Muston, Dorset | |
| Fanny | MATTHEWS | Wife | Mar | 32 | Charminster, Dorset | ||||
| Walter | MATTHEWS | Son | 12 | Ag Lab | Stratton, Dorset | ||||
| Samuel | MATTHEWS | Son | 10 | Scholar | Druce, Dorset | ||||
| Frank | MATTHEWS | Son | 7 | Scholar | Grimstone, Dorset | ||||
| Sarah J | MATTHEWS | Daur | 4 | Scholar | Sydling, Dorset | ||||
| William | MATTHEWS | Son | 1 | Mapperton, Dorset | |||||
| Frederick | MABER | Relative | Mar | 22 | Carpenter and Joiner | Netherbury, Dorset | |||
| 2 | John | LOCKETT | Head | Mar | 46 | Carter | Bexington, Dorset | ||
| Mary | LOCKETT | Wife | Mar | 50 | Beaminster, Dorset | ||||
| Ann | LOCKETT | Daur | Unm | 18 | Langton Herring, Dorset | ||||
| Phillis | LOCKETT | Daur | 13 | Scholar | Up Cerne, Dorset | ||||
| Edith | LOCKETT | Daur | 6 | Scholar | Cerne, Dorset | ||||
| John | LOCKETT | Lodger | Unm | 19 | Ag Lab | Chilcombe, Dorset | |||
| 3 | Thomas | GOFF | Head | Mar | 48 | Carter | Halstock, Dorset | ||
| Elizabeth | GOFF | Wife | Mar | 49 | Halstock, Dorset | ||||
| Eliza | GOFF | Daur | Unm | 17 | Halstock, Dorset | ||||
| Thomas | GOFF | Son | Unm | 16 | Ag Lab | Halstock, Dorset | |||
| Harriet | GOFF | Daur | 13 | Halstock, Dorset | |||||
| George | GOFF | Son | 11 | Plough Boy | Halstock, Dorset | ||||
| Charlotte | GOFF | Daur | 6 | Scholar | Halstock, Dorset | ||||
| 4 | Mapperton Farm | Henry | PAUL | Head | Mar | 27 | Farmer of 630 acres employing 13 labourers & 5 boys | Hardington, Somerset | |
| Frances M | PAUL | Wife | Mar | 25 | Weymouth, Dorset | ||||
| Fanny M | PAUL | Daur | 4 | Weymouth, Dorset | |||||
| Thomas | STICKLAND | Visitor | Widr | 60 | Visitor | Toller, Dorset | |||
| Mary A | SCOTT | Visitor | W | 77 | Visitor | Weymouth, Dorset | |||
| Emma | NEAL | Serv | Unm | 22? | General Servant | Hook, Dorset | |||
| 5 | Keepers House | Jeremiah | SOFFE | Head | Mar | 37 | Woodman | Stoney Cross, Hampshire | |
| Ellen | SOFFE | Wife | Mar | 31 | Brook, Hampshire | ||||
| Joe | SOFFE | Son | 13 | Scholar | Minstead, Hampshire | ||||
| Emily | SOFFE | Daur | 10 | Scholar | Mapperton, Dorset | ||||
| Annie | SOFFE | Daur | 9 | Scholar | Mapperton, Dorset | ||||
| George | SOFFE | Son | 8 | Scholar | Mapperton, Dorset | ||||
| Harry | SOFFE | Son | 7 | Scholar | Mapperton, Dorset | ||||
| Annette | SOFFE | Daur | 5 | Scholar | Mapperton, Dorset | ||||
| Lydia | SOFFE | Daur | 1 | Mapperton, Dorset | |||||
| 6 | Rectory | Paulet M | COMPTON | Head | Mar | 48 | Rector of Mapperton | Minstead, Hants | |
| Mary C | COMPTON | Wife | Mar | 45 | Farringdon, Berks | ||||
| Alice T | COMPTON | Daur | Unm | 14 | Minstead, Hants | ||||
| Levine D W | RUSSELL | Governess | Unm | 26 | Governess | Chesallis, Canton Vaud, Switzerland | |||
| Elizabeth | CHARD | Serv | Unm | 25 | Cook | Netherbury, Dorset | |||
| Mary | SMITH | Serv | Unm | 27 | Parlour Maid | Bridport, Dorset | |||
| Ellen | HANN | Serv | Unm | 19 | House Maid | Stoke Abbott, Dorset | |||
| 7 | Gardeners House | Samuel | ACKLAND | Head | Mar | 32 | Gardener | Churchstanton, Devon | |
| Mary | ACKLAND | Wife | Mar | 27 | Thorncombe, Dorset | ||||
| Susan | ACKLAND | Daur | 2 | Winsham, Somerset | |||||
| William | ACKLAND | Son | 2 mo | Mapperton, Dorset | |||||
| 8 | Charlotte | PEAT | Head | W | 64 | Canada | |||
| Frederick | PEAT | Son | Widr | 44 | None | West Indies | |||
| Mary | HEATH | Cook | Unm | 45 | Cook | Berkly, Somerset | |||
| Mary | HALE | Serv | Unm | 55 | Nurse | Shepham, Somerset | |||
| Sutherland | PEAT | Son | Unm | 16 | Student | Bath | |||
| 9 | Mapperton Dairy | Immanuel | HOUNSELL | Head | Mar | 43 | Dairy Man | Litton Cheney, Dorset | |
| Alice | HOUNSELL | Wife | Mar | 47 | Combe St Nicholas, Somerset | ||||
| Benjamin | HOUNSELL | Son | Unm | 17 | None | Chetnole, Dorset | |||
| Rose | HOUNSELL | Daur | Unm | 15 | Scholar | Chelmsford, Essex | |||
| Immanuel | HOUNSELL | Son | 12 | Scholar | Chelmsford, Essex | ||||
| Tom | HOUNSELL | Son | 10 | Scholar | Chelmsford, Essex | ||||
| Alice | HOUNSELL | Daur | 8 | Scholar | Bickenhall, Somerset | ||||
| 10 | Levi | CLARKE | Head | Mar | 28 | Ag Lab | Affpuddle, Dorset | ||
| Elizabeth | CLARKE | Wife | Mar | 36 | Sherton?, Dorset | ||||
| Walter J C | CLARKE | Son | 8 | Scholar | Affpuddle, Dorset | ||||
| Frederick W | CLARKE | Son | 6 | Scholar | Affpuddle, Dorset | ||||
| Charles R | CLARKE | Son | 5 | Scholar | Affpuddle, Dorset | ||||
| Mary J E | CLARKE | Daur | 2 | Cerne, Dorset | |||||
| Edward | CLARKE | Son | 2 mo | Coltleigh,Dorset | |||||
| 11 | Joseph | MILLS | Head | Mar | 29 | Ag Lab | Beaminster, Dorset | ||
| Elizabeth A | MILLS | Wife | Mar | 27 | Work woman Mill/Milliner? | Loders, Dorset | |||
| John | MILLS | Son | 6 | Scholar | Coltleigh, Dorset | ||||
| Louisa E | MILLS | Daur | 4 | Scholar | Beaminster, Dorset | ||||
| 12 | Coltleigh Farm | John | PILE | Head | Mar | 36 | Farmer 180 Acres employing 2 Ag Lab & 2 women | Colyton, Devon | |
| Maria J | PILE | Wife | Mar | 32 | Netherbury, Dorset | ||||
| Samuel | PILE | Son | 6 | Scholar | Axmouth, Devon | ||||
| Jane | PILE | Daur | 4 | Scholar | Mosterton, Dorset | ||||
| John | PILE | Son | 2 | Coltleigh, Dorset | |||||
| Louisa M | LEGG | Serv | Unm | 18 | Dairymaid | Hook, Dorset | |||
| Selvina? | WHITEMORE | Serv | Unm | 17 | General Servant | London | |||
| 13 | Mythe | Ann | LEGG | Head | W | 45 | North Poorton, Dorset | ||
| Job | LEGG | Son | Unm | 21 | Spar Maker | North Poorton, Dorset | |||
| David | LEGG | Son | Unm | 18 | Ag Lab | Mythe, Dorset | |||
| Ezekiel | LEGG | Son | 12 | Plough Boy | Mythe, Dorset | ||||
| Ann | LEGG | Mother in Law | W | 80 | Knighton, Dorset | ||||
| 14 | Thomas | FRAMPTON | Head | Mar | 68 | Ag Lab | Little Lynch, Dorset | ||
| Mary | FRAMPTON | Wife | Mar | 65 | Askerswell, Dorset | ||||
| 15 | John | MABEY | Head | Mar | 69 | Ag Lab | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Jane | MABEY | Wife | Mar | 68 | Wraxall, Dorset | ||||
| 16 | William | MABEY | Head | Mar | 62 | Ag Lab | Guernsey | ||
| Ann | MABEY | Wife | Mar | 62 | Milton, Dorset | ||||
| Joseph | MABEY | Son | Unm | 24 | Ag Lab | Loscombe, Dorset | |||
| 17 | Frederick | FRAMPTON | Head | Mar | 44 | Ag Lab | Mythe, Dorset | ||
| Elizabeth | FRAMPTON | Wife | Mar | 44 | Washerwoman | Longbredy, Dorset | |||
| Amy I | FRAMPTON | Daur | 4 | Scholar | Mythe, Dorset | ||||
| Thirza | FRAMPTON | Sister | Unm | 39 | Mythe, Dorset | ||||
| Richard P | SLADE | Visitor | Widr | 66 | Ag Lab | Littlebury, Dorset |