The 1891 Census

By the time of the 1891 census on the night of April 5th, the 'centre' of the village around Oatlands Drive and including St Mary's Road, Victoria Road, Anderson & Vale Roads and Oatlands Chase had all become fairly well established and settled and many of the larger houses had changed hands, either through sale or, more often, by inheritance upon the death of the original owners. Many of the 'working class' families of the village who came in early on in its development - often to be involved in the actual building - were now seeing their grandchildren being born in Oatlands.

The Boys School had been built in St Mary's Road (and handed over to the school board) and the original school had become the Girls and Infants School. The village had become a fairly self-contained community for most things and had firmly established its own identity that was quite separate from Walton or Weybridge - and it remains so today.

1891 Census - Transcribed Schedules - MS-Excel Download (allow Macros when asked)