The 1871 UK Census

In a hundred years people will read these

“census: (n.) being counted so we can be discounted.”

(Sol Luckman)

The 1871 census for England was taken on the night of 2 April 1871. Enumeration forms were distributed to all households a few days before the census night and the household members were required to complete the forms themselves. The next day, the enumerators collected the completed forms. All of the details from the individual forms were later sorted and copied into enumerators’ books.

The information requested on the census included:

Address (name of the street, avenue, or road; house number)
Occupant (name of each person who spent the night in the house; their birthplace and relationship to head of family)
Residence (whether home was inhabited; number of rooms occupied)
Personal (sex, age, marital status)
Occupation (whether employer, employee, or neither)
Health (whether blind, deaf, dumb, imbecile, idiot, or lunatic)

The 1871 Census Gallery

Selecting the FAMILY NAME will display only those images for that family. Use the SEARCH box if no family name is selected. Enter the SURNAME first of the person you are looking for