Merv Goss has transcribed an 1821 Census of Bickleigh. A number of early census records do exist for Devon and are to be found in the Record Office but these vary widely in content, some only giving a total for the numbers of residents by category. Looking at these ancient returns, we can see how the government's quest for information evolved over the years but curiously, we don't find quite as much detail here as was given in the 1801 census (also transcribed by Merv Goss).