The first table is taken from Matterdale register apparently written by the incumbent:-
Census of 1871
The Chapelry of Matterdale contains 360 persons and the whole township 426.
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Houses of householders in the Township but not in the Chapelry
| Lobbs | farm house | Geo. Richardson |
| High Gate Close | do. | John Bennett |
| High Gate | cottage | John Wilson |
| Wallthwaite | farm house | Thos. Bennett |
| do. | school | Frances Hudspeth |
| do | cottage | Thos. Robinson |
| Red Syke | do. | John Howe |
| do. | farm house | T. Slee |
| do. | cottage | Richd Brunskill |
| Bog | do. | Wm. Gibson |
| Gilsrow | farm house | T. & M. Gibson |
| Gill Head | farm house | Jonathan Simpson |
| 1871 Census (PRO RG10/5205) |
| Place | First name | SURNAME | relation | cond | M | F | Occupation | Co | place of birth |
| Dockray | John | WEIGHTMAN | head | m | 42 | | farmer of 30 acres | DUR | Middleton in Teesdale |
| Dockray | Diana | WEIGHTMAN | wife | m | | 39 | farmer's wife | YKS | Lunedale |
| Dockray | John | WEIGHTMAN | son | u | 19 | | | YKS | Lunedale |
| Dockray | Joseph | WEIGHTMAN | son | u | 17 | | | YKS | Lunedale |
| Dockray | George | WEIGHTMAN | son | u | 15 | | | YKS | Lunedale |
| Dockray | William | WEIGHTMAN | son | u | 7 | | | YKS | Lunedale |
| Dockray | Diana | WEIGHTMAN | daur | u | | 4 | | WES | Brough |
| Dockray | Henry | WEIGHTMAN | son | u | 1 | | | WES | Patterdale |
| Dockray | William | MARTIN | head | u | 42 | | landowner | CUL | Greystoke |
| Dockray | Mary | MARTIN | moth | wid | | 73 | annuitant | CUL | Greystoke |
| Dockray | Eleanor | MARTIN | sist | u | | 32 | milliner | CUL | Greystoke |
| Dockray | Joseph | MARTIN | head | m | 54 | | landowner of 50 acres | CUL | Matterdale |
| Dockray | Sarah | MARTIN | wife | m | | 50 | farmer's wife | CUL | Dalston |
| Dockray | Mary | MARTIN | daur | u | | 24 | farmer's daughter | CUL | Matterdale |
| Dockray | Sarah | MARTIN | daur | u | | 11 | scholar | CUL | Matterdale |
| Dockray | William | MARTIN | Gson | u | 3 | | | CUL | Watermillock |
| Royal Hotel | William | STRONG | head | m | 31 | | inn keeper | CUL | Caldbeck |
| Royal Hotel | Ann Jane | STRONG | wife | m | | 26 | inn keeper's wife | CUL | Threlkeld |
| Royal Hotel | Ann | STRONG | daur | u | | 6m | | CUL | Threlkeld |
| Royal Hotel | Rebecca | NIXON | serv | u | | 26 | general servant | CUL | Plumbland |
| Royal Hotel | Martha | SIMPSON | serv | u | | 13 | general servant | CUL | Caldbeck |
| Dockray | Isabella | WALKER | head | wid | | 42 | shoemaker's wife | CUL | Matterdale |
| Dockray | Josiah | WALKER | son | u | 10 | | scholar | CUL | Matterdale |
| Dockray | Atkinson | WALKER | son | u | 9 | | scholar | CUL | Matterdale |
| Dockray | Agnes Ann | WALKER | daur | u | | 7 | scholar | CUL | Matterdale |
| Dockray | David | HARRISON | head | m | 51 | | lead mining labourer | CUL | Matterdale |
| Dockray | Jane | HARRISON | wife | m | | 49 | labourer's wife | CUL | Berrier |
| Dockray | Joseph | HARRISON | son | u | 27 | | lead mine labourer | CUL | Matterdale |
| Dockray | Mary Ann | HARRISON | daur | u | | 24 | labourer's daughter | CUL | Matterdale |
| Dockray | John Mounsey | HARRISON | son | u | 18 | | lead ore washer | CUL | Brougham |
| Dockray | David | HARRISON | son | u | 12 | | lead ore washer | CUL | Brougham |
| Dockray | William | HARRISON | son | u | 10 | | scholar | CUL | Brougham |
| Dockray | Thomas | HARRISON | son | u | 7 | | scholar | CUL | Brougham |
| Dockray | Ellen | HARRISON | daur | u | | 4 | | CUL | Brougham |
| Dockray | Margaret | HARRISON | Gdau | u | | 11 | scholar | CUL | Brougham |
| Dockray | Alice | HARRISON | Gdau | u | | 6 | scholar | CUL | Brougham |
| Dockray | Sarah | MOUNSEY | dau | m | | 29 | ag lab wife | CUL | Matterdale |
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| Dockray | Elizabeth | GRISDALE | head | wid | | 82 | annuitant | CUL | Greystoke |
| Dockray | Ruth | GRISDALE | daur | u | | 41 | general servant (domestic) | CUL | Greystoke |
| Dockray | Elizabeth | GRISDALE | Gdau | u | | 28 | general servant (domestic) | CUL | Greystoke |
| Dockray | Isabella | GRISDALE | daur | u | | 38 | dressmaker | CUL | Greystoke |
| Dockray | Joseph | GRISDALE | Gson | u | 8 | | scholar | CUL | Greystoke |
| Dockray | Ann | GRISDALE | Gdau | u | | 6 | | CUL | Greystoke |
| Dockray | Solomon | GRISDALE | Gson | u | 2 | | | CUL | Greystoke |
| Dockray | John | WATSON | head | u | 39 | | farmer of 66 acres | CUL | Alston |
| Dockray | Mary | WATSON | moth | wid | | 59 | farmer's mother | CUL | Alston |
| Dockray | Thomas | WATSON | brot | u | 32 | | lead miner | WES | Patterdale |
| Dockray | Elizabeth | WATSON | sist | u | | 30 | farmer's sister | WES | Patterdale |
| Dockray | George | WATSON | brot | u | 26 | | lead miner | WES | Patterdale |
| Dockray | Mary | WATSON | sist | u | | 23 | farmer's daughter | WES | Patterdale |
| Dockray | Smith | WATSON | brot | u | 21 | | | WES | Patterdale |
| Dockray | William | WATSON | neph | u | 8 | | scholar | CUL | Matterdale |
| Dockray | Thomas | WILSON | head | m | 52 | | farmer of 40 acres | CUL | Greystoke |
| Dockray | Jane | WILSON | wife | m | | 43 | farmer's wife | CUL | Greystoke |
| Dockray | John | WILSON | son | u | 19 | | farmer's son | CUL | Greystoke |
| Dockray | Emma | WILSON | daur | u | | 13 | scholar | CUL | Greystoke |
| Dockray | Timothy | WILSON | son | u | 10 | | scholar | CUL | Greystoke |
| Dockray | Thomas | WILSON | son | u | 9 | | scholar | CUL | Greystoke |
| Dockray | John | PARKER | head | m | 41 | | peddlar | CUL | Whicham |
| Dockray | Elizabeth | PARKER | wife | m | | 41 | peddlar's wife | WES | Barton |
| Dockray | John | CASTLEHOW | head | m | 51 | | lead miner | LAN | Ulverston |
| Dockray | Isabella | CASTLEHOW | wife | m | | 35 | miner's wife | WES | Martindale |
| Dockray | John Joseph | CASTLEHOW | son | u | 2 | | | CUL | Penrith |
| Dockray | Sarah Ann | CASTLEHOW | daur | u | | 1m | | CUL | Matterdale |
| Dockray | Thomas | WALKER | head | m | 25 | | jioner & carpenter | WES | Staveley |
| Dockray | Ruth | WALKER | wife | m | | 23 | joiner & carpenter's wife | CUL | Greystoke |
| Dockray | John | WALKER | son | u | 1 | | | CUL | Greystoke |
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| Dockray | John | WILKINSON | head | m | 45 | | grocer & farmer of 35 acres | CUL | Threlkeld |
| Dockray | Mary | WILKINSON | wife | m | | 49 | | CUL | Matterdale |
| Dockray | Sarah Jane | GRISDALE | serv | u | | 14 | general servant (domestic) | CUL | Matterdale |
| Dockray | Thomas | GRISDALE | head | m | 44 | | ag lab | CUL | Greystoke |
| Dockray | Agnes | GRISDALE | wife | m | | 35 | | CUL | Greystoke |
| Dockray | Elizabeth | GRISDALE | daur | u | | 6 | scholar | CUL | Greystoke |
| Dockray | William | GRISDALE | son | u | 3 | | | CUL | Greystoke |
| Dockray | Joseph | GRISDALE | son | u | 1 | | | CUL | Greystoke |
| Dockray | Elizabeth | HEBSON | head | wid | | 61 | annuitant | CUL | Greystoke |
| Dockray | Sarah Ann | KITCHEN | Gdau | u | | 15 | general servant (domestic) | CUL | Greystoke |
| Dockray | Louisa | KITCHEN | Gdau | u | | 9 | scholar | CUL | Greystoke |
| Dockray | Joseph | EDMONDSON | head | m | 45 | | blacksmith | CUL | Hutton Soil |
| Dockray | Ann | EDMONDSON | wife | m | | 51 | | CUL | Matterdale |
| Dockray | Jane Ann | EDMONDSON | daur | u | | 14 | | CUL | Matterdale |
| Dockray | Sarah Elizabeth | EDMONDSON | daur | u | | 10 | scholar | CUL | Matterdale |
| Dockray | Edward | LEE | head | m | 48 | | lead miner | CUL | Alston |
| Dockray | Emma | LEE | wife | m | | 41 | | CUL | Matterdale |
| Dockray | Margaret Ann | LEE | daur | u | | 15 | | NBL | Newcastle |
| Millses | Benjamin | MARTIN | head | m | 31 | | joiner & farmer of 11 acres | CUL | Matterdale |
| Millses | Ann Jane | MARTIN | wife | m | | 31 | joiner & farmer's wife | CUL | Matterdale |
| Millses | Thomas Robinson | SHIELDS | Sson | u | 6 | | scholar | CUL | Matterdale |
| Millses | Mary Jane | MARTIN | daur | u | | 2 | | CUL | Matterdale |
| Millses | Elizabeth Hannah | MARTIN | daur | u | | 3m | | CUL | Matterdale |
| Millses | John | GRISDALE | serv | u | 69 | | farm servant (domestic) | WES | Patterdale |
| Millses | William | BOWMAN | | u | 21 | | journeyman joiner | CUL | Plumpton |
| Parkgate | John | JACKSON | head | m | 46 | | farmer of 143 acres | CUL | Matterdale |
| Parkgate | Margaret | JACKSON | wife | m | | 49 | farmer's wife | WES | Barton |
| Parkgate | John | JACKSON | son | u | 18 | | farmer's son | CUL | Watermillock |
| Parkgate | Thomas | JACKSON | son | u | 15 | | farmer's son | CUL | Matterdale |
| Parkgate | Joseph | STABLES | serv | u | 22 | | farm servant (domestic) | WES | Martindale |
| Parkgate | Mary Jane | MONCRIETH | serv | u | | 18 | farm servant (domestic) | CUL | Penrith |
| Parkgate | Joseph | HORNSBY | lodg | u | 38 | | waller | CUL | Hesket |
| Beck Bottom | Robert | DOBSON | head | m | 30 | | lead miner | WES | Appleby |
| Beck Bottom | Betsey | DOBSON | wife | m | | 25 | miner's wife | CUL | Matterdale |
| Beck Bottom | William | DOBSON | son | u | 3 | | | CUL | Matterdale |
| Crookwath | William | JACKSON | head | m | 36 | | ag lab | CUL | Watermillock |
| Crookwath | Jane | JACKSON | wife | m | | 28 | labourer's wife | CUL | Great Salkeld |
| Crookwath | Matthew | THOMPSON | head | u | 35 | | farmer of 30 acres | CUL | Matterdale |
| Crookwath | Sarah | GILLBANKS | sist | m | | 28 | visitor | CUL | Threlkeld |
| Crookwath | Richard | CALL | serv | u | 21 | | farm servant | CUL | Wythburn |
| Crookwath | Esther Pattinson | POOL | serv | u | | 23 | farm servant (domestic) | WES | Patterdale |
| Dowthwaite Head | John | LANCASTER | head | m | 32 | | lead miner | IOM | |
| Dowthwaite Head | Agnes | LANCASTER | wife | m | | 35 | miner's wife | CUL | Matterdale |
| Dowthwaite Head | Elizabeth | LANCASTER | daur | u | | 11 | scholar | CUL | Matterdale |
| Dowthwaite Head | Joseph | LANCASTER | son | u | 9 | | scholar | WES | Patterdale |
| Dowthwaite Head | John William | LANCASTER | son | u | 5 | | scholar | WES | Patterdale |
| Dowthwaite Head | Elliot | LANCASTER | son | u | 3 | | | CUL | Matterdale |
| Dowthwaite Head | Agnes | LANCASTER | daur | u | | 1 | | CUL | Matterdale |
| Dowthwaite Head | Wallace | SMITH | head | m | 44 | | farmer of 39 acres | CUL | Alston |
| Dowthwaite Head | Jane | SMITH | wife | m | | 42 | farmer's wife | CUL | Matterdale |
| Dowthwaite Head | Joseph | SMITH | son | u | 13 | | farmer's son | CUL | Hutton Soil |
| Dowthwaite Head | Thomas | SMITH | son | u | 11 | | scholar | CUL | Hutton Soil |
| Dowthwaite Head | Wallace | SMITH | son | u | 9 | | scholar | CUL | Legburthwaite |
| Dowthwaite Head | William | SMITH | son | u | 7 | | farmer's son | CUL | Legburthwaite |
| Dowthwaite Head | Geore | SMITH | son | u | 8m | | farmer's son | CUL | Matterdale |
| Dowthwaite Head | Anthony | DAWSON | head | m | 30 | | lead miner | CUL | Matterdale |
| Dowthwaite Head | Frances | DAWSON | wife | m | | 27 | miner's wife | CUL | Matterdale |
| Dowthwaite Head | Elizabeth | DAWSON | daur | u | | 8 | | CUL | Matterdale |
| Dowthwaite Head | Mary Jane | DAWSON | daur | u | | 6 | | CUL | Matt |
