The spring 1871 census aligns well with the 1872 survey of the 1st edition OS map. The latter shows 2 single properties outside the circle (Westview and unnamed Millside); 5 double villas on the inner circle (Chatham; Hawthorne; Laburnum; Portland/Lily and unnamed Hollies/Derrymore) and 2 double villas (Grafton and unnamed Fernbank/Lowther) on the outer circle.

The 1871 census records 8 households against the 16 dwellings on the 1872 survey. It is reasonable to assume some of these other 8 were uninhabited since the 1871 census for Newton/Upton/Moston/Bache records 11 uninhabited dwellings and 1 still building while Upton Park was believed to be the only major development in the area. The following record is derived from the 1871 census but with some assumptions in aligning to current Park houses.

Census records are generally consecutive houses (ie neighbours) however no census data can be guarantee as correct.

People's ages where shown refer to their age in 1871 (census year)

Unnamed (no:84) known to be Millside from old indentures
David Horsfield - railway goods guard (33yrs) & wife Mary (32yrs) and nephew David Horsfield Dodd and lodger the curate Miles Hodgson Towers.

Unnamed (no:5?)
Spinster Miss Hilton living on an annuity
sister widow Margaret Dean (70yrs) (possibly Edward Dean's mother)
nephew Robert Hilton (18yrs) - bankers apprentice

Unnamed (no:7 )known to be Lilley House from the 1881 census record
Spinster Anne Evans (34?yrs) artist (watercolours)
Widowed mother Laura Evans (72yrs) both of moneyed means
General servant Elizabeth Willow (22yrs)

Westview (no:80)
William Beswick - schoolmaster (48yrs) & wife Mary (46yrs) and children all born in Chester - Ann (17yr pupil teacher); Harry (15yr); Frank (13yr); Jessie Maude (11yr); Hugh (9yr); Ernest (7yr); Kate Edith (5yr); Leonard (3yr).
No servants are recorded.

Unnamed (no:13)in 1881census Sarah recorded in Ivy Cottage
Founding father Thomas Wood (46yrs) - Registrar of births & deaths, also accountant and law stationer
wife Sarah (56yrs)
Neice Martha A Pover (16yrs) (age doesnt tally with 1881census)
Neice Helen L Pover (4yrs)

Unnamed but other records suggest no:9
this household later moved into Spring Villa (29) which was built after the 1872 OS survey
George E Roberts (32yrs) clothier (tailor & draper)
His wife Mary (30yrs)
Their 3 children - Eliza (6yrs); Charles E (4yrs); George (2yrs); brother-in-law Henry Farnworthy (18yrs) booksellers apprentice; and domestic servant Sarah Hughes (35yrs)

Unnamed dwelling(deduced to be no:19 but possibly nos:23/25)
Founding father William Pitt (45yrs) and recorded as a railway agent
now a widower
daughters Alice Jane (16yrs); Edith Margaret (11yrs); Jessie Hannah (9yrs); Caroline (7yrs)
sister Mary Ann Pitt (27yrs) housekeeper

Unnamed but other records show Hawthorne Villa (no:21)
see 1881 census
George Thomas Holland (44yrs) railway clerk & accountant - later became a coal merchant (1881)
His wife Mary Anne (47yrs).
children Maria (17yrs); Elizabeth (16yrs); Margaret (13yrs) ;Frederick (6yrs)

Upton Mill
William Carter (60yrs) - miller baker & farmer
wife Elizabeth (58yrs)
son-in-law Edward Dean (31yrs) miller
daughter Elizabeth (31yrs)
grandson Edward (5yrs) Elizabeth Carter (68yrs) living on an annuity
workers/servants not noted

Neighbouring Upton Park

Upton Villa (now demolished)
Widow Selina Dickson (76yrs)
son Thomas (34yrs)
also the Freeman family