1871 Census

The 1871 census was taken on the night of Sunday 2nd April 1871. It is very similar in layout to the 1861 census.

The columns in the 1871 census are as follows:

1. Number of schedule
2. Road, street, etc and number or name of house
3. Houses – inhabited or uninhabited (U) or building (B)
4. Name and surname of each person
5. Relation to head of family
6. Condition (i.e. married, widowed, single, etc)
7. Age of males/females
8. Rank, profession or occupation
9. Where born
10. Whether 1.Deaf and dumb, 2. Blind,  3.Imbecile or idiot, 4. Lunatic.

Indexes, transcriptions and images can be seen at the websites listed at census, and a partial index to the 1871 census for our area can be seen at the Society Research Room. The relationship between the PRO Piece Numbers and the District names are listed below.