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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 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. United Kingdom Census 1881 - Sunday, 3 April. United Kingdom Census 1891 - Sunday, 5 April. United Kingdom Census 1901 - Sunday, 31 March.
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]
Short title: Digest of the English census of 1871/ compiled from the official returns and edited by James Lewis: Author: Great Britain. Registrar General
2 April – census in the United Kingdom, the first to record economic and mental status. 12 April – Durham Miners' Gala first held. [3] 24 April – murder of Jane Clouson, a servant girl, in Eltham; her probable murderer is acquitted. 11 May – the first trial in the Tichborne case begins in the Court of Common Pleas (England).
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This is a list of historic counties of England by area as at the 1871 census. Note that Monmouthshire was considered to be part of England at the time. Rank
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.