What is the Historical Censuses Collection?

• The Historical Censuses Collection consists of individual-level and aggregate-level data derived from the nineteenth-century British census and registration services, held by the Arts and Humanities Data Service (AHDS) History and the UK Data Archive.

The individual level data include:

• A transcription of a 2% sample of the 1851 census enumerators’ books, compiled by Michael Anderson and Brenda Collins, and repurposed at the History Department, University of Essex.
• A transcription of the complete 1881 census enumerators’ books, prepared under the direction of the Society of Latter Day Saints, and converted to a structured database at the History Department, University of Essex, and by the AHDS History.
• A 5% sample of the 1881 census database, enhanced by the addition of occupational, spatial and family structure codes.
• Around forty local area studies.

The aggregate data include:

• The Great Britain Historical Database
• The Database of Irish Historical Statistics