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Dates of UK Census from 1841:ancestry.com has all the UK census transcriptions at a cost of approx £79 annual subscription; However most UK Public libraries offer free acess to ancestry ( however you may not save/view census images,but you can usually print out transcriptions)
There is a full 100 year closure rule on census data and so the last one to be released was the 1901 in January 2002. 1841 Data collected: Address – Name (including one forename only) – male/female and age – occupation mainly for males. Born in this county yes/no? – born in Scotland (S), Ireland (I) or Foreign Parts (F) Therefore it showed no relationship between the various members of a household and adult ages (deemed to be people over 15) were also rounded down to the nearest 5 years. 1851 Data Collected: In addition to the details shown on the 1841, were: additional forenames (sometimes); marital status and actual ages of the individuals; relationship of a person to the head of the family and full birthplace. An additional column was used to indicate disability by way of blindness or being deaf or dumb.
1861 and 1871 Data Collected: Disability column now adds the options of “imbecile, idiot or lunatic” 1881 Data Collected: Generally as for the 1861/1871. Available free at
www.familysearch.org Data Collected: In addition to the information on earlier returns, the 1891 also recorded the number of rooms that a family occupied and also whether the person was employed, an employer or neither (i.e. self employed/not employed). 1901 Offline, the fiche for the entire country with street/place index is available at the National Archive, Kew and most Record Offices have the fiche for their own specific area. |
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