Thread: what dates were the census's taken

Hi,



I have googled for this but not come up with much, so I thought I would get a far more accurate answer by posting here.



When were the census's taken, on what dates....is there an answer, I am assuming its documented??



Sorry if this has been asked before, or if the answer is completely obvious!



Kirstie

Hi Kirstie



No it aint a daft question..lol...they were taken in diff months..lol I often have to look at the date it was taken to confirm things...here it is...print it off and keep it handy!

The UK Census was taken on the following dates.

1801 March 10th/11th

1811 May 27th/28th

1821 May 28th/29th

1831 May 29th/30th



Midnight. Sun/Mon. 6/7th June 1841 (available)

Midnight. Sun/Mon. 30/31st March 1851 (available)

Midnight. Sun/Mon. 7/8th April 1861 (available)

Midnight. Sun/Mon. 2/3rd April 1871 (available)

Midnight. Sun/Mon. 3/4th April 1881 (available)

Midnight. Sun/Mon. 5/6th April 1891 (available)

Midnight. Sun/Mon. 31/1st March/April 1901 (available)

1911 Sun/Mon. April 2nd/3rd

1915 Parochial Census re Aliens Act

1921 Sun/Mon. June 19th/20th

1931 Sun/Mon. April 26th/27th (records lost to fire)

1939 29/30th Sept. (except service personnel for ID cards)

1941 (No census taken due to war)

1951 09th April (Mon.)

1961 24th April (Mon.)

1971 26th April (Mon.)

1981 06th April (Mon.)

1991 22nd April (Mon.)

2001 29/30th April (Sun./Mon.)



Loz

thanks hun, and for the kate nabarro lookup.



So why then can you only view census's from 1841 onwards......are theprevious ones not around...ie destroyed in war etc????



Kirstie

HI again



the census prior to 1841 were only a head count of places..no names ages etc...so of no use to us lol





Loz