Research - UK 1841 Census
The 1841 England
Census
The 1841 England Census contains every name within a household. It
was taken on the night of 6 June 1841 and contains the following
information:
1. Name
of street, place, road, etc.
2. House
number or name
3. Name
of each person that had spent the night in that household
4. Age1
5. Sex
(indicated by which column the age is recorded in)
6. Profession
or occupation
7. Where
born2
Enumeration forms were distributed to all
households a couple of days before census night and the complete forms were
collected the next day. All responses were to reflect the individual's
status as of 6 June 1841 for all individuals who had spent the night in the
house. People who were travelling or living abroad were enumerated at the
location where they spent the night on census night. All of the details
from the individual forms were later sorted and copied into enumerators'
books, which are the records we can view images of today. The original
householder's schedules from 1841 to 1901 were destroyed.
The clerks who compiled and reviewed the
census data made a variety of marks on the returns. Unfortunately, many of
these tally marks were written over personal information and some fields,
such as ages, can be difficult to read as a result. More useful marks
include a single slash between households within a building and a double
slash separating households in separate buildings.
1 The ages of people over 15 years old were usually
rounded down to the nearest 5 years. Therefore, someone who was actually 24
years would have their age listed as 20, and someone who was actually 27
years old would have their age listed as 25.
2 The "Where Born" column was further
split into two questions: - 1) whether born in same county, and 2) whether
born in Scotland, Ireland, or
Foreign Parts. Possible answers and abbreviations to question 1 include:
Yes (Y), No, (N), or Not Known (NK). For question 2, the following
abbreviations were used: Scotland (S), Ireland (I), and Foreign Parts
(F).
Known
Issues:
The following table shows piece numbers
where part or all of the piece is missing:
Piece: 89 County: Cheshire
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Parish:Malpas (part)
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Townships:
Agden
Bickerton
Bickley
Bradley
Broxton
Bulkeley
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Chidlow
Cholmondley
Chorlton
Cuddington
Duckington
Edge
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Egerton
Hampton
Larkton
Macefen
Malpas
Newton-juxta-Malpas
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Oldcastle
Overton
Stockton
Tushingham
Wichaugh
Wigland
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Parish: Shocklach
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Townships:
Caldecott
Church Shocklach
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Parish: Shocklach
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Township:
Oviatt Shocklach
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Piece: 192 County:
Derbyshire
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Parish: Walton-upon-Trent
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Piece: 404 County: Southampshire
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Parish: Winnall
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Piece: 465
Coutny: Kent
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Parish: Bishopsbourne
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Piece: 467
County: Kent
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Parish: Herne Bay
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Piece: 469
County: Kent
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Parish: Reculver
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Piece: 470
County: Kent
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Parish: Sturry
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Parish: Swalecliffe
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Parish: Westbere
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Parish: Seasalter Liberty
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Parish: Whitstable
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Township:
Harwich
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Piece: 471
County: Kent
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Parish: Ashford (part)
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Piece: 475
County: Kent
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Parish: Smarden
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Piece: 668
County: Middlesex
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Parish: St Luke
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Townships:
West Finsbury
Golden-Lane
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Old Street
Whitecross-Street
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Piece: 680
County: Middlesex
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Parish: Paddington
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Piece: 690 County:
Middlesex
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Parish: Kensington (part)
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Townships:
Brompton
Kensall Green (part)
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Piece: 797
County: Northamptonshire
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Parish: Blatherwycke
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Parish: Bulwick
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Parish: Bulwick Short Leys
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Parish: Deene
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Township: Deenethorpe
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Parish: Great Weldon
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Township: Little Weldon
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Piece: 798
County: Northamptonshire
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Parish: Weedon-Beck
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Piece: 809
County: Northamptonshire
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Parish: Haselbeech
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Piece: 890
County: Oxfordshire
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Parish: Yarnton or Yarington
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Piece: 942
County: Somerset
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Parish: Mells
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Piece: 1074
County: Surrey
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Parish: Walton-upon-Thames
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Hamlet: Hersham
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Parish: Weybridge
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Piece: 1075
County: Surrey
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Parish: Malden
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Piece: 1172
County: Wiltshire
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Parish: Hardenhuish
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Piece: 1174
County: Wiltshire
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Parish: Downton
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Townships:
Charlton
Church
Downton
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East Downton
Hamptworth
Wick & Walton
Witherington
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Parish: No-Man's Land
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Piece: 1176
County: Wiltshire
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Parish: Patney
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Piece: 1184
County: Wiltshire
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Parish:
Bishop's Cannings
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Townships:
Bourton & Easton
Chittoe
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Coase
Horton
St James or Southbroom
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Parish:
West or Bishop's Lavington
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Townships:
Fiddington
Littleton Pannell
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Piece: 1186
County: Wiltshire
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Parish: Allcannings
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Townships:
Allington
Etchilhampton
Fullaway or Fullway
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Parish: Alton-Barnes
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Parish: Beeching-Stoke
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Parish: Churton or Cherrington
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Township:
Conock
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Parish: East or Market Lavington
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Township:
Easterton
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Parish: Marden
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Parish: St Bernard Stanton
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Parish: Urchfont or Erchfont
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Townships:
Eastcott
Lydeway
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Stert
Wedhampton
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Piece: 1286
County: Yorkshire
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Wapentake: Claro (Lower Division)
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Parish: Ripon (part)
Township: Bewerley
Hamlet: Greenhow Hill (part)
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Wapentake: Claro (Lower Division)
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Parish: Ripon (part)
Township: Dacre
Hamlet: Hayshaw
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