Norman Norman	Head	53	Canal Lockkeeper	Aylesbury, Bucks
Cathering Norman	Wife	50		Blisworth, Northants
Charles Norman	Son	20	Canal Labourer	Marsworth, Bucks
Ann Norman	Daughter	18	Strawplaiter	Marsworth, Bucks
Edward Corkett Norman	Illegitimate Son	9 m		Marsworth, Bucks

This was not very helpful in determining whether he was living by the canal, possibly in a purpose built cottage, or not. Norman Norman appeared not to be listed in the 1861 census, and his son Charles had become a lock keeper at Watford (married with the start of a family) by this date, so that didn't help location where Norman Norman's cottage was at Marsworth.

The 1841 census was more helpful in that it showed that Norman Norman and his family were living at "Moors", as was another lock keeper, Charles Redhead, and the next property was called Cook's Wharf - which must have bordered the canal. The enumerator book states that it covers the part of Marsworth Parish to the east of the Grand Junction Canal, which rules out the collection of buildings, including the White Lion Inn, at Startops End - which are on the west of the canal and listed separately. As Norman Norman is the first name listed in the book it is likely that his house was at a "suitable" starting position alongside the canal.

Cook's Wharf. Marsworth, September 2009

To make thing's simple, Cook's Wharf still exists, as a hamlet close to the point where the canal enters the parish of Pitstone, and a long way from Marsworth village proper.. Last year, when walking my dog, Franci,  I took the above photograph of of some fishermen on the bank opposite the wharf, which is now a marina for canal boats. 

This helps fix the route taken by the census enumerator. and hence locate Norman Norman's lock cottage. The enumerator started along the canal at the bridge near the Red Lion public house and walked east along the canal until he came to the double locks, now numbered 37 and 38

Double Locks No 37 and 38, east of Marsworth Village

These locks are in open countryside (The Moors?) and in 1841 he would have found lock cottages beside the canal in this otherwise isolated position.  There would also be a pumping station - which would need attending, presumably by the lock keepers.

Lock Cottage and Pumping Station

The pumping station building is still there, but the current lock cottage (now a private house) was built in 1909, presumably replacing the earlier lock cottages that were occupied by Norman Norman and Charles Redhead.