When was the 1851 english census taken

Year Year of Event. They Were. Years Old In. Original Image. Browse by County. County Please Select It has tables showing original and standard references for the main urban areas and is useful if you come across the original references in census indexes or guides produced elsewhere. Census street indexes provide parish or registration district RD and enumeration district ED references for each street in a city or urban area.

They also cover institutions such as asylums, hospitals, workhouses, prisons, police stations and barracks as well as hotels and public buildings. There are ten street indexes for the census. They have been digitised and are made available as pdf files that are several megabytes in size. As with all content in the UK Government Web Archive , these are archived pages that are no longer edited or updated. Browse Vision of Britain for reports based on information from censuses up to , or search for census data relating to a town or district.

Consult The Online Historical Population Reports for online access to the complete population reports for Britain and Ireland from to and extensive background information, including examples of documents. Use our library catalogue to find a recommended book list. You may also be able to find them in a local library. Search our blogs for posts relating to the census. Watch the video Census records: an introduction by Audrey Collins.

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Pay for research Consider paying for research. Contents 1. Why use this guide? What is the census and why was it compiled? How the census was taken and on what dates 4. Where to access and how to search the censuses 5. People in the census 6. Places in the census 7. Addresses, houses and other buildings in the census 8.

Ships and institutions in the census 9. Common census terms and abbreviations Why can't I find my ancestor in the census?

The National Archives references for censuses Censuses for Scotland and Ireland British colonies and protectorates Other useful online resources Further reading. How the census was taken and on what dates. People in the census The following information on individuals enumerated within households is included in each census year as follows slightly different questions were asked on schedules for institutions and vessels, depending on the location and census year : first name and surname age rounded down to the nearest five years for those aged 15 or over sex occupation whether they were born in the county where they were enumerated Y or N whether they were born in Scotland S , Ireland I or Foreign Parts P and first name, middle names often just initials and surname relationship to the head of the household marital status age at last birthday sex rank, profession or occupation where born — county and parish if born in England or Wales, country only if born outside England and Wales whether blind, or deaf and dumb and As and , except for the following difference: the last column now reads: 1.

Blind 2. Deaf and Dumb 3. Imbecile or Idiot 4. As well as their occupation, the industry in which the person was employed. If employed by a government, municipal or other public body, the name of that body.

Parish and county of birth for anyone born in the UK which included all of Ireland. Brothers Jacob and John Watkins Brett set up the Submarine Telegraph Company after obtaining landing rights from the French and British authorities allowing them to lay a submarine cable between the two countries. With the help of a railway engineer, Thomas R. Crampton, the cable became operational on 13th November and the prices for that day on the Paris Bourse were successfully transmitted to London.

It was conceived by Victoria's German husband, Albert, to symbolize the industrial, military and economic superiority of Great Britain and to promote the advancement of industry and science. Millions of visitors have already been making the journey there and marveling at the 13, exhibits on display, which come from all parts of the world, including India and the countries with recent white settlements, such as Australia and New Zealand.

The Irish population has dropped by 1. The famine was the result of successive crop failures and the insufficient and ineffective relief Lord John Russell's government provided for stopping the outbreak of starvation and disease. Despite the deaths and the massive exodus that resulted from the famine, leading to a fear in some parts of the country that sufficient people will not be left to cultivate the land, the owners of Irish estates have been continuing to evict their tenants with as much virulence as ever.