Arts and Humanities Data Service

-- Census Enumerators' books -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Introduction] [Available from AHDS History's Collection] [Available from other AHDS Centres' Collections] [Further Information] [Links]

-- Introduction --

Census enumerators' books are the primary historical source for the study of family and local history from 1851 to 1901. Copies of the original CEBs are available nationally from the Family Records Centre and in many local libraries and archives. Selections of many of these CEBs have been digitised, and some of these are available from AHDS History. These are not all formatted in the same way, so they may not be comparable.

-- Available from AHDS History's Collection --

The enriched version of the 1881 Census is available to UK higher and further education users through [CHCC]

Clicking on the links below will take you to the relevant catalogue record from the UK Data Archive catalogue.

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*Title*
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SN [5596]
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Scottish Census Enumerators' Books: Skye, Kilmarnock, Rothiemay and Torthorwald, 1861-1901
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SN [5323]
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Pinner Census, 1901
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SN [5221]
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Cornwall Online Census Project, 1841
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SN [4986]
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Village Records of Chelsworth, Suffolk, 1441-1904
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SN [4978]
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Cornwall Online Census Project, 1891
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SN [4710]
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Census Enumerators' Returns for Kingston upon Thames, 1851, 1861, 1871 and 1891
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SN [4375]
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National Sample from the 1881 Census of Great Britain
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SN [4212]
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Census Enumerators' Books for Downham, Cambridgeshire, 1851 and 1891
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SN [4178]
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1881 Census for Scotland [note: non higher and further education users can purchase a full transcription of the 1881 census from the [Genealogical Society of Utah] ]
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SN [4177]
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1881 Census for England and Wales, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man (Enhanced Version) [note: non higher and further education users can purchase a full transcription of the 1881 census from the [Genealogical Society of Utah] ]
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SN [3923]
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1851 Census : Berkhamsted Superintendent Registrar's District, Hertfordshire
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SN [3821]
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Social History of the Welsh Language : Evidence of the 1891 Census; Project 2
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SN [3651]
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Scots Miners 1891 Census Survey
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SN [3319]
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Warrington in 1841-1881
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SN [3139]
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1891 Census Project, Spitalfields
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SN [3031]
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Ashwell History Census Data Project, 1841-1881; Wheathamstead, 1861
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SN [3030]
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Ashwell History Census Data Project, 1841-1881; Wallington, 1851
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SN [3029]
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Ashwell History Census Data Project, 1841-1881; Therfield, 1851
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SN [3028]
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Ashwell History Census Data Project, 1841-1881; Rushden, 1851
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SN [3027]
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Ashwell History Census Data Project, 1841-1881; North Mymms, 1851-1861
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SN [3026]
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Ashwell History Census Data Project, 1841-1881; Letchworth, 1851-1871
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SN [3025]
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Ashwell History Census Data Project, 1841-1881; Kelshall, 1851-1861
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SN [3024]
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Ashwell History Census Data Project, 1841-1881; Harpenden, 1861-1871
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SN [3023]
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Ashwell History Census Data Project, 1841-1881; Gravely, 1851
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SN [3022]
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Ashwell History Census Data Project, 1841-1881; Datchworth, 1851-1881
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SN [2999]
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Bridgeton and Paisley Census, 1851, 1871 and 1891 : A Sample of Households Containing Cotton Workers
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SN [2998]
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Heads of Households in Bridgeton and Paisley, 1851, 1871, 1891
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SN [2988]
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Pinner Census, 1841-1891
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SN [2975]
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Ashwell History Census Data Project, 1841-1881; Ashwell, 1841-1881
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SN [2948]
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Ashford, 1840 - 1870 : a Socio-Demographic Study
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SN [2708]
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Census Enumerators' Books : Four Rural Areas, 1851-1881
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SN [2592]
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Census Enumerators' Books, Keighley, West Yorkshire, 1851-1881
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SN [1978]
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Occupation and Family in the Somerset Coalfield and St Helens, 1851
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SN [1853]
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1861 Census Southwark; Parishes of Christ Church, St. Thomas and St. Saviour
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SN [1819]
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Sheerness Naval Dockyard Study; Census Enumerators Books, 1851-1871
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SN [1745]
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1851 National Census : Random One per Cent Sample of Norwich Wards
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SN [1736]
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1851 Census of Seaham Harbour, County Durham
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SN [1660]
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Segregation and Social Structure in Early 20th Century Belfast
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SN [1482]
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Enumerators Returns for County Antrim, 1851
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SN [1328]
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Suffolk Census Data, 1851-1876
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SN [1316]
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National Sample from the 1851 Census of Great Britain
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SN [1206]
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A Demographic Analysis of a Subdivided Population, 1851-1871-- ---- Available from other AHDS Centres' Collections --

There are currently no census enumerator's books available from other AHDS centres.

-- Further Information --

For further details about Census Enumerators' Books please read: E. Higgs, --A clearer sense of the census: the Victorian census and historical research-- (London, HMSO, 1996). (This is currently out of print but should be available from any good library. A new edition will be published during 2005.); D.Mills and K.Schurer, eds., --Local communities in the Victorian census enumerators' books-- (Oxford, Leopard's Head Press, 1996). Available from [lps@herts.ac.uk] .

-- Links
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[FreeCEN] This site is primarily of interest to genealogists.

[1881 Census] published by the Genealogical Society of Utah available to the non-HE/FE community.