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Country. United Kingdom. The United Kingdom Census 1871 was a census of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland carried out on Sunday 2 April 1871. [1] It added the categories of "lunatic" to those recorded as infirm. [2] The total population of England, Wales and Scotland was recorded as 26,072,036. [3]
United Kingdom Census 1811 - Monday, 27 May. United Kingdom Census 1821 - Monday, 28 May. United Kingdom Census 1831 - Monday, 30 May. United Kingdom Census 1841 - Sunday, 6 June. United Kingdom Census 1851 - Sunday, 30 March. United Kingdom Census 1861 - Sunday, 7 April. United Kingdom Census 1871 - Sunday, 2 April.
The Treaty of Washington was a treaty signed and ratified by the United Kingdom and the United States in 1871 during the first premiership of William Gladstone and the presidency of Ulysses S. Grant. It settled various disputes between the countries, including the Alabama Claims for damages to American shipping caused by British-built warships ...
Events. 1 January – disestablishment of the Church of Ireland by the Irish Church Act 1869 comes into effect. [1] 26 January – Rugby Football Union established in London. [2] 10 February – Great Gale in the North Sea: 28 ships wrecked and total fatalities are estimated at over fifty, including six crew of Bridlington life-boat Harbinger.
The Census Act 1920 provides the legal framework for conducting all censuses in Great Britain (Scotland, [9] England, and Wales). The primary legislation for Northern Ireland was introduced in 1969. Before this legislation, it was necessary to have a separate act of parliament for each census. [10]
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Census Enumerators' Books. During the decennial England and Wales Censuses of 1841 to 1901, the individual schedules returned from each household were transcribed and collated by the census enumerators into Census Enumerators' Books (CEBs). It is these CEBs that are used by researchers in the fields of social science, local and family history etc.
The 1881 census was the first UK census to be indexed in its entirety. In the 1980s, in a project that has been characterised as "the largest collection of historical source material to be made available in computerised form", [5] and "the first major 'crowd-sourced' exercise in the world", [6] the Genealogical Society of Utah began collaborating with the Federation of Family History Societies ...