Providing researchers with a guide to the 19th century census records, this book also provides an administrative background to the census, describing the docume

"It has long been an article of faith that the census of 1841 was the first British census to list the names of individuals. In nearly 90 pages of text, accompa

A fascinating primer on how censuses have been taken in Britain over the last two centuries, and what they can tell us about the ways in which society has evolv

The collection of reliable and comprehensive data on the magnitude, composition and distribution of a country’s population is essential in order for governmen