Aust 1841 census

[emyrmorgan]

Please could someone tell me on which Gloucs 1841 census Archive Books CD I might find Aust village?

Thx

[KarlB]

Aust 1841 Census sound suspiciously like the New South Wales (Australia) Census. Index of names in this Census are online.

[sally]

According to the PRO catalogue Aust comes under the following

1841 census HO 107/359
PARISH: Henbury (part), TOWNSHIP: Aust, Charlton, Compton

On ACDB 359 (http://www.parishchest.com/en-gb/dept_2405.html) appears to be on cd06 = HO107/357-359.

Hope this helps

Sally

[Geoffers]

Hello
Just to elaborate of Sally's reply and just in case you aren't aware of how/were to search to find the census piece number....

The National Archive's online catalogue is at:
http://www.catalogue.nationalarchives.gov.uk/default.asp

Click on 'Search the Catalogue' and a new screen appears with several fields.

In field 1, 'Word or Phrase' enter the place name - e.g. Aust

In field 2, enter the year - e.g. 1841

In field 3, enter either HO for census returns in 1841/1851 and RG for later census'.

Click on 'search' and in your case, you should get one hit HO107/359, which you can compare against the ACDB website.

Geoffers
Charlbury, Oxfordshire

[Ladkyis]

Karl,
What I think has not been made clear is that Aust is a place in Gloucestershire. before the Severn Bridge and second Severn Crossing were built it use3d to be the terminal for the Beachley/Aust ferry that took travellers across the river from Wales to England - and back again - depending on the tide.
Aust could also be used as an abreviation of Australia, but not in this case :)

Ann