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The census in the United Kingdom is decennial, that is, held every ten years, although there is provision in the Census Act 1920 for a census to take place at intervals of five years or more. There are actually three separate censuses in the United Kingdom – in England and Wales , Scotland , and Northern Ireland – although they are often co ...
The Census Order 2000 (England & Wales) Story of the Census; The National Archives - selective access information to UK census data. The Census Office for Northern Ireland; The General Register Office for Scotland which has been responsible for the taking of the census in Scotland since 1861. Scotland's Census Results OnLine; The British Census ...
Child's ration book. 1 January – World War II: Britain calls up 2,000,000 19- to 27-year-olds for military service. 3 January – Unity Mitford, daughter of David Freeman-Mitford, 2nd Baron Redesdale, and fervent admirer of Adolf Hitler, having attempted suicide, returns to England from Germany (via Switzerland); she is carried down the gangplank of the cross-channel ferry at Folkestone on a ...
The likelihood of rationing (introduced from January 1940 onwards). Population statistics. As the last census had been held in 1931, there was little accurate data on which to base vital planning decisions. The National Register was in fact an instant census and the National Registration Act closely resembles the Census Act 1920 in many ways.
Tariff Rates (France, UK, US) Free trade was intellectually established by 1780 and implemented in the 1840s, thanks to the unusually strong influence of political theorists such as Adam Smith. They convincingly argued that the old policy of mercantilism held back the British economy, which if unfettered was poised to dominate world trade. As ...
1940s in England (25 C, 6 P)-1940s in the British Empire (60 C, 6 P) ... 1939–1940 (81 P) Ministers in the Churchill caretaker government, 1945 (90 P)
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1940 in England (5 C, 31 P) 1940 in Northern Ireland (4 C, 1 P) ... Pages in category "1940 in the United Kingdom" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of ...