One of the key documentary sources for the study of the Victorian period, the census enumerators’ books contain key statistics on virtually every parish and s

"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

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