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Series
General Register Office: 1966 Census Database
Catalogue reference: RG 73
What's it about?
RG 73
This series contains a database of 1966 census statistics and associated documentation (metadata) including elements of process plans.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RG 73
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Title (The name of the record)
- General Register Office: 1966 Census Database
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1966]
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains a database of 1966 census statistics and associated documentation (metadata) including elements of process plans.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Creating government department or its successor
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- General Register Office, 1836-1970
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Retained by department, subject to 100 year closure
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Population
- Census
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- Transferred to the Office of Population, Censuses and Surveys in 1970 and then to the Office for National Statistics in 1996.
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No future accruals expected, databases of other censuses are in separate series.
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- All census datasets have been selected for preservation.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15559/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at Creating government department or its successor
206,531 records
Within the department: RG
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General Register Office: 1966 Census Database
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