During the decennial England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 and Wales

Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

 Census

Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

es of 1841 to 1901, the individual schedules returned from each household were transcribed and collated by the census enumerators into Census Enumerators’ Books (CEBs).

It is these CEBs that are used by researchers in the fields of social science, local and family history

Family history

Family history is the systematic narrative and research of past events relating to a specific family, or specific families.- Introduction :...

 etc.

Their contents changed over time.

Area Descriptions at the head of each page

• 1841
  • City or Borough of
  • Parish or Township of
• 1851
  • Parish or Township of
  • Eccliastical District of
  • City or Borough of
  • Town of
  • Village of
• 1861
  • Parish or Township of
  • City or Municipal Borough of
  • Municipal Ward of
  • Parliamentary Borough of
  • Town of
  • Hamlet or Tithing of
  • Ecclesiastical District of
• 1871
  • Civil Parish (or Township) of
  • City or Municipal Borough of
  • Municipal Ward of
  • Parliamentary Borough of
  • Town of
  • Village or Hamlet of
  • Local Board (or Improvement Commissioner’s District) of
• 1881
  • Civil Parish (or Township) of
  • City or Municipal Borough of
  • Municipal Ward of
  • Parliamentary Borough of
  • Town or Village or Hamlet of
  • Urban Sanitary District of
  • Rural Sanitary District of
  • Ecclesiastical Parish or District of
• 1891
  • Administrative County of
  • Civil Parish of
  • Municipal Borough of
  • Municipal Ward of
  • Urban Sanitary District of
  • Town or Village or Hamlet of
  • Rural Sanitary District of
  • Parliamentary Borough or Division of
  • Ecclesiastical Parish or District of

Structure of CEB

• Number of Householder’s Schedule
  • In 1841, if present at all, this was written in the margin
• Place (1841) otherwise Name of Street, Place or Road, and Name or No. of House
  • From 1851 to 1901 this column’s description varied somewhat
• Houses Inhabited, Uninhabited or Building
  • Not in 1851
• Number of Rooms Occupied if less than 5
  • 1891 only
• Name and Surname of each Person who abode in the house on the night of
  • Similar wording throughout
• Relation to Head of Family
  • Not in 1841
• Condition - i.e. Single, Married, Widowed etc
  • Not in 1841
• Age and Sex
  • In 1841 ages of adults were normally rounded down to the next lowest 5 e.g. 21 => 20, 29 => 25
• Occupation
  • Wording changed over time
• Employed, Employer, or Own Account
  • In 1891 and 1901 (different wording in 1891)
• Where born
  • In 1841 whether born in the county, Scotland, Ireland, or Foreign Parts
• Whether deaf-and-dumb, blind, imbecile, idiot, or lunatic
  • Not in 1841
• Language spoken
  • Wales
    Wales
    Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
    
    only, from 1891. With "children under 3 years of age to be excluded" in parentheses in 1901