England Census: Difference between revisions

}} <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold" />The census is a count and description of the population. In an effort to determine the extent of its population for the purposes of taxation and representation, the English government took its first large-scale, statistical census enumeration in 1801 as a result of the ''Population Act ''of 1800.&nbsp; Pre-1841 census records offer limited information; however, they do put a person in time and place. Several websites&nbsp;have now published&nbsp;online many of the census records from 1841-1901; there is only one site that provides access to the 1911 census on the internet at the present time.

 

 

The census records which are more complete in information, more widely&nbsp;available, and therefore of greater value to family historians cover&nbsp;the census years 1841 to 1911.&nbsp; The census was taken every ten years.&nbsp; The records are generally closed to the public for 100 years. <br>

Although the 1841 census is of great value, it had the limitations of not giving relationships, of rounding down the ages of adults (not children), and of not providing specific birthplaces for individuals.&nbsp; The 1851 census, contrastingly, provides the specific place of birth, the relationship to the head of the household, actual&nbsp;age,&nbsp;and whether deaf, dumb or blind;&nbsp;later census records&nbsp;gradually added additional information.<br>

The 1931 Census was destroyed by fire during WW2. No census was taken in 1941 due to WW2. <br>

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