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Thanks to Mel, I've been furnished with the 1841 census for Briercliffe. It's far from clear, however, and transcribing it is very difficult. First two pages are below, for what it's worth...!!

HO 107 506 15 6 1 Jackweck? House Female ?? 50 ??
HO 107 506 15 6 1 Daniel 35 Ag Lab?
HO 107 506 15 6 1 James 15 coach…?
HO 107 506 15 6 1 Peter? 45 ??
HO 107 506 15 6 1 Mary 20 weaver
HO 107 506 15 6 1 Robert Diff. Surname 75 ??
HO 107 506 15 6 1 Frances 20 ??
HO 107 506 15 6 2 Hostel? ? ?? Pra…stall? 40 ??
HO 107 506 15 6 2 Betty? 42 weaver?
HO 107 506 15 6 2 Female 15
HO 107 506 15 6 2 Male 5
HO 107 506 15 6 2 Male 3
HO 107 506 15 6 2 Male 6
HO 107 506 15 6 2 John ?
HO 107 506 15 6 3 ?? Mary ?? 31 ??
HO 107 506 15 6 3 Female 30
HO 107 506 15 6 3 Female 20
HO 107 506 15 6 3 Male 11
HO 107 506 15 6 3 Ellen
HO 107 506 15 6 4 House? ?? Nanny ?? ??
HO 107 506 15 6 4 Female ??
HO 107 506 15 6 5 Coach…? Male 30
HO 107 506 15 6 5 Female 25
HO 107 506 15 6 5 Margaret 5
HO 107 506 15 6 5 James 4
HO 107 506 15 6 5 Henry 2?
HO 107 506 15 6 6 Coach…? J…? Nuttall 60 coalminer
HO 107 506 15 6 6 Female Nuttall 55 weaver
HO 107 506 15 6 6 Male Nuttall 23 weaver
HO 107 506 15 6 7 ?? House? Robert ?? 50 stone mason
HO 107 506 15 6 7 Anne ?? 50 ??
HO 107 506 15 6 7 Female ?? 26 weaver
HO 107 506 15 6 7 Male 20 weaver
HO 107 506 15 6 7 David 15 weaver
HO 107 506 15 6 7 Robert 8
HO 107 506 15 6 8 ?? ?? Henry ?? 25 Ag. Lab
HO 107 506 15 6 8 Female ?? 35 weaver
HO 107 506 15 6 8 Male ?? 5
HO 107 506 15 6 8 John 3
HO 107 506 15 6 8 Henry? 1
HO 107 506 15 6 9 Walshaw? Male ?? ?? weaver
HO 107 506 15 6 9 Female ?? ??
HO 107 506 15 6 9 Female ?? ??
HO 107 506 15 6 9 Male ?? ??
HO 107 506 15 6 9 Male ?? ??
HO 107 506 15 6 10 Walshaw? Male Nuttall? 35
HO 107 506 15 6 10 Female Nuttall? ?
HO 107 506 15 6 10 Female Nuttall? 4
HO 107 506 15 6 10 John Nuttall? 2
HO 107 506 15 6 10 Female Nuttall? 1
HO 107 506 15 7 10 Thomas Nuttall 15
HO 107 506 15 7 11 Walshaw? William Bannister? 35 weaver
HO 107 506 15 7 11 Alice 35 weaver
HO 107 506 15 7 11 Female 13 weaver
HO 107 506 15 7 11 Mary 7
HO 107 506 15 7 11 William? 2
HO 107 506 15 7 12 Widow Green John ?? 35 Farm…?
HO 107 506 15 7 12 Betty? ?? 35 ??
HO 107 506 15 7 13 Widow Green John ?? 50 weaver
HO 107 506 15 7 13 Sarah ?? 40 weaver
HO 107 506 15 7 13 Male 20 weaver
HO 107 506 15 7 13 John 15 weaver
HO 107 506 15 7 13 Hartley? 15?
HO 107 506 15 7 13 Sarah 12
HO 107 506 15 7 13 Female 10?
HO 107 506 15 7 13 Henry 7
HO 107 506 15 7 13 Male 3
HO 107 506 15 7 14 ?? ?? ?? Davis? ?? …lab…?
HO 107 506 15 7 14 Female
HO 107 506 15 7 14 Male?
HO 107 506 15 7 14 James ?5
HO 107 506 15 7 14 John Diff. Surname 12 ??
HO 107 506 15 7 14 Mary Diff. Surname 35 ??
HO 107 506 15 7 15 B…? Thomas Dent 45 ?? ??
HO 107 506 15 7 15 Anne Dent 40
HO 107 506 15 7 15 William Dent 15 stonemason
HO 107 506 15 7 15 John Dent 15 stonemason
HO 107 506 15 7 15 Female Dent 15
HO 107 506 15 7 15 Henry Dent 7
HO 107 506 15 7 15 Thomas Dent 4
HO 107 506 15 7 15 Margaret Dent 3
HO 107 506 15 7 16 B…? ?? Thomson 20 weaver
HO 107 506 15 7 16 Sarah 25 weaver
HO 107 506 15 7 16 Susannah 3
HO 107 506 15 7 16 Female 7months
HO 107 506 15 7 16 Sarah 13? weaver
HO 107 506 15 7 17 Cockden John ?? 25 weaver
HO 107 506 15 7 17 S? ?? 25
HO 107 506 15 7 17 Thomas ?? 7
HO 107 506 15 7 17 Betty? ?? 4
HO 107 506 15 7 17 ?? ?? ?
HO 107 506 15 7 18 same add? John Halstead 45 F..?
HO 107 506 15 7 18 Alice Halstead 40 ditto
HO 107 506 15 7 18 William ditto
HO 107 506 15 7 18 Ann? ditto
HO 107 506 15 7 18 Ellen ditto
HO 107 506 15 7 19 same add? Thomas Saunders 30 ? ?
HO 107 506 15 7 19 Sarah H…? 40 ? ?
HO 107 506 15 7 20 Cockden James Crosdale? 76 weaver
HO 107 506 15 7 20 James Crosdale? 25 weaver

All of these are in spreadsheet format and I'll do something with the file when it's all typed up, but until then...enjoy!

Jackwell House Female ?? 50 ??
Daniel 35 Ag Lab?
James 15 coach…?
Peter? 45 ??
Mary 20 weaver
Robert Diff. Surname 75 ??
Frances 20 ??
Hostel? ? ?? Pra…stall? 40 ??
Betty? 42 weaver?
Female 15
Male 5
Male 3
Male 6
John ?
?? Mary ?? 31 ??
Female 30
Female 20
Male 11
Ellen
House? ?? Nanny ?? ??
Female ??
Coach…? Male 30
Female 25
Margaret 5
James 4
Henry 2?
Coach…? J…? Nuttall 60 coalminer
Female Nuttall 55 weaver
Male Nuttall 23 weaver
?? House? Robert ?? 50 stonemason
Anne ?? 50 ??
Female ?? 26 weaver
Male 20 weaver
David 15 weaver
Robert 8
?? ?? Henry ?? 25 Ag. Lab
Female ?? 35 weaver
Male ?? 5
John 3
Henry? 1
Walshaw? Male ?? ?? weaver
Female ?? ??
Female ?? ??
Male ?? ??
Male ?? ??
Walshaw? Male Nuttall? 35
Female Nuttall? ?
Female Nuttall? 4
John Nuttall? 2
Female Nuttall? 1
Thomas Nuttall 15
Walshaw? William Bannister? 35 weaver
Alice Bannister? 35 weaver
Female Bannister? 13 weaver
Mary Bannister? 7
William? Bannister? 2
Widow Green John ?? 35 Farm…?
Betty? ?? 35 ??
Widow Green John Woabank 50 weaver
Sarah Woabank 40 weaver
Male Woabank 20 weaver
John Woabank 15 weaver
Hartley? Woabank 15?
Sarah Woabank 12
Female Woabank 10?
Henry Woabank 7
Male Woabank 3
?? ?? ?? Davis? ?? …lab…?
Female
Male?
James ?5
John Diff. Surname 12 ??
Mary Diff. Surname 35 ??
B…? Thomas Dent 45 ??
Anne Dent 40
William Dent 15 stonemason
John Dent 15 stonemason
Female Dent 15
Henry Dent 7
Thomas Dent 4
Margaret Dent 3
B…? ?? Thomson 20 weaver
Sarah 25 weaver
Susannah 3
Female 7months
Sarah 13? weaver
Cockden John ?? 25 weaver
S? ?? 25
Thomas ?? 7
Betty? ?? 4
?? ?? ?
same add? John Halstead 45 F..?
Alice Halstead 40 ditto
William ditto
Ann? ditto
Ellen ditto
same add? Thomas Saunders 30 ?
Sarah H…? 40 ?
Cockden James Crosdale? 76 weaver
James Crosdale? 25 weaver

Cockden James Greenwood 70 farmer
Betty Greenwood 70 farmer
Hannah Greenwood 40 weaver
Betty Greenwood 35 weaver
James Greenwood 25 weaver
Jane Greenwood 12 weaver
John Greenwood 10 weaver
Thomas Greenwood 4
Cockden Lawrence Nutt…? 75 weaver
Sarah Nutt…? 70 weaver
William Nutt…? 35 weaver
James Nutt…? 30 weaver
Robert Nutt…? 25 weaver
Bannister Nutt…? 20 weaver
Cockden John Brierley 25 weaver
Mary Brierley 25 weaver
William Brierley 5
Mary Ann Brierley 2
Female Brierley 14 days
Margaret Taylor 20 weaver
Mary Taylor 5
Cockden John Barker 35 Ag lab
Martha Barker 35 weaver
Elizabeth Barker 8 weaver
Sarah Barker 6 weaver
Mary Barker 3
Cockden Johas? Brierley? 45 weaver
Mary Brierley? 45 weaver
Sarah Brierley? 20 weaver
Susannah Brierley? 15 weaver
Betty Brierley? 15 weaver
William Brierley? 14 weaver
Benjamin Brierley? 11 weaver
Martha Brierley? 7 weaver
Cockden John Heap 48 farm(er?)
Ann Heap 35 farm(er?)
Elizabeth Heap 20 weaver
Ellen Heap 15 weaver
Nancy Heap 6
Martha Heap 3
John Heap 1
Wilkinson? Heap? 35 ??
Cockden Elizabeth Smith 70 Ind.
Ellen Heap 15 weaver
Banks Robert Barker 50 farmer
Betty Barker 55 farmer
Mary Barker 25 weaver
Robert Barker 25 weaver
Betty Barker 20 weaver
Female Barker 15 weaver
Banks? John Barker 6
Banks James Hurst 25 weaver
Jane Hurst 25 weaver
John Hurst 7
Henry Hurst 5
Mary Hurst 3
Edmund Hurst 1
Banks John Edmondson 50 weaver
Tabatha Edmondson 45 weaver
Wilson Edmondson 20 weaver
William Edmondson 15 weaver
Betty Edmondson 4
Banks Alice Halstead 25 weaver
Grace Halstead 5
David Halstead 1
Banks Thomas Leaver 60 weaver
Sarah Leaver 55 weaver
John Leaver 25 weaver
Nanny Leaver 25 weaver
??m Leaver 15 weaver
William Sutcliffe 11 weaver
Thomas Sutcliffe 5
Sparrable Row William Nuttall 25 weaver
Susey Nuttall 25 weaver
James Nuttall 8 weaver
Sparrable Row James Halstead 61 Grocer
Ellen Halstead 70
Henry Halstead 30 weaver
Betty Halstead 30 weaver
Sparrable Row J??sh Kippax 70 weaver
Sarah Kippax 60 weaver
William Kippax 35 weaver
Robert Kippax 30 weaver
Tabitha Kippax 20 weaver
Betty Kippax 5
Sarah Kippax 9 weaver
Betty Kippax 75 Ind.
Sparrable Row Thomas Nuttall 40 weaver
Sarah Nuttall 15 weaver
Mary Nuttall 15 weaver
John Nuttall 13 weaver
Sparrable Row James Halstead 35 weaver
Mary Halstead 30 weaver
?? Halstead 10 weaver
Sarah Halstead 8
William Halstead 7
James Halstead 3
Betty Halstead 1
Mary Heap 25 ??
Sarah Heap 20 ??

A few more. Sparrable Row and Sandbec (including my ancestral Kippaxes!)

Sparrable Row William Foster 35 weaver
Mary Foster 30 weaver
Edward Foster 10 weaver
Mary Foster 7
John Foster 5
Ann Foster 3
Ellen Foster 1
Henry? Chadwick? 21 weaver
Ann Dearden 15
Sparrable Row John Bradshaw 40 Ag Lab
Mary Bradshaw 40 weaver
Robert Bradshaw 15 weaver
Jane Bradshaw 15 weaver
William Bradshaw 11 weaver
same address Mary Dearden 20 weaver
Hill Factory James Thornton 40 weaver
Betty Thornton 40 weaver
Mary Thornton 20 weaver
Robert Thornton 15 weaver
Richard Thornton 13 weaver
Jonathan Thornton 8 weaver
same address Alice Catlow 83 Ind.
William Starworth? 20 weaver
Jonathan Starworth? 20 weaver
Lane Bottom David Redman 15 Grocer
Ann Redman 60
Ann Nuttall 25 weaver
Lane Bottom Henry Halstead 55 weaver
Hannah Halstead 55 weaver
John Halstead 25 weaver
Sarah Crabtree 20 weaver
Hill Factory John Foster 25 weaver
Ann Foster 20 weaver
Mary Foster 4
same address Jeremiah Foster 55 weaver
Halstead Foster 20 weaver
Jeremiah Foster 15 weaver
John Dearden 8
Hill Factory William Smith 55 weaver
Lydia Smith 45 weaver
James Smith 25 weaver
William Smith 25 weaver
Hartley Smith 15 weaver
John Smith 15 weaver
Bernard Smith 15 weaver
Thomas Smith 20 weaver
Sandbec John Preston 30 weaver
Mary Ann Preston 30 weaver
Mary Preston 8
William Preston 3
Ellen Foster 11m
same address? Betty Preston 55 weaver
Thomas Preston 20 weaver
John Crabtree 15 weaver
Betty Nuttall 40 weaver
Sandbec John Kippax 35 weaver
Alice Kippax 30 weaver
Wilson Kippax 15 weaver
James Kippax 15 weaver
Ann Kippax 13 weaver
John Kippax 6
Joshua Kippax 5
William Kippax 3
Thomas Kippax 2
Benjamin Kippax 6m
Sandbec Benjamin Smith 55 S…? ??
Betty Smith 55 bread baker
William Smith 20 weaver
Sarah Smith 19 weaver
John Smith 17 S…? ??
Priscilla? Smith 15 weaver
Sarah Walton 15 weaver
Mary Walton 13 weaver
Sandbec James Thornton 55 weaver
Susan Thornton 50 weaver
Richard Thornton 20 weaver
Mary Thornton 15 weaver
Nanny Thornton 13 weaver
James Thornton 12 weaver
Daniel Thornton 7
Sandbec John Haworth 35 weaver
Martha Haworth 30 weaver
Hannah Haworth 15 weaver
Mary Haworth 12 weaver
George Haworth 10 weaver
Elizabeth Haworth 8 weaver
John Haworth 5
James Haworth 3
William Haworth 1
Sandbec Robert Kippax 50 weaver
Mary Kippax 15 weaver
Henry Kippax 15 weaver
Joseph Kippax 79 Ind.
Sandbec James Kippax 55 weaver
Martha Kippax 65 weaver
Nancy Kippax 30 weaver
William Kippax 20 weaver
Sandbec Richard Thornton 25
Sandbec Mary Hartley 60 weaver
Joshua Hartley 35 weaver