Census Returns 1801-1831 (reply)

slowhands — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 17:32:26 +0000

I think the emphasis is on "few" - that survive - and of course the detail was pretty limited in pre-1841 returns.

If you are lucky they have limited help - i.e. head of household and size of family :-(

Census Returns 1801-1831

m p griffiths — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 17:04:23 +0000

There is in existence a few UK Census Returns 1801-1831

Taken:

10 March 1801
27 May 1811
28 May 1821
30 May 1831

'The Returns usually only name the householder and list the number of people in the house, although occasionally the whole population is listed'

From this article there appears to be

For the FOD area, there is WOOLASTON 1821 census)

Along with Land Tax Records and Records of the Overseers of the Poor, this may be of use to some Researchers.