These
records are a transcription of the enumerators’
sheets for the 1901 census for the village
of Sileby. I have tried to minimise any
transcription errors by cross-referencing
with the 1881 and 1891 censuses, but there
are bound to be some irregularities due
to human error on my part, the enumerator’s
or the householder who originally completed
the schedules on which these sheets are
based. There are also parts of the documents
where the handwriting borders on indecipherable.
Any information I was still unsure about
I have highlighted in red text. Please refer
to the original census records if you have
any queries about the accuracy of this transcription.
The 1901 census shows Sileby as it was in
the days of our great grandfathers, as the
hosiery and footwear industries became the
main sources of employment in the village.
The village was based on the same four streets
that still form it’s heart –
High Street, King Street, Swan Street and
Brook St/ The Banks, with Barrow Road being
very similar to it’s present size.
Ratcliffe Road had grown slightly from the
1891 census, and Seagrave Road had begun
to expand. Mountsorrell Lane was Church
Lane, and Cossington End had been encorporated
into Cossington Road.
The population of the village in 1901 was
given as 2,752.
I
have divided the records into 14 pages to
decrease download times –
