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Series
Home Office: 1831 Census: Clergymen's Returns
Catalogue reference: HO 71
What's it about?
HO 71
These census returns by the parish clergy in England and Wales, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, show the numbers of baptisms, burials and marriages in each parish for each year between 1821 and 1830, with other statistical information...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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HO 71
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Title (The name of the record)
- Home Office: 1831 Census: Clergymen's Returns
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Date (When the record was created)
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1831
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Description (What the record is about)
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These census returns by the parish clergy in England and Wales, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, show the numbers of baptisms, burials and marriages in each parish for each year between 1821 and 1830, with other statistical information and the number of illegitimate children born in 1830.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The returns are arranged in counties.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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See also the Records of the General Register Office, Government Social Survey Department, and Office of Population Censuses and Surveys: RG
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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130 bundle(s)
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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
- Children
- Census
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8935/
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Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
1,719,919 records
Within the department: HO
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Home Office: 1831 Census: Clergymen's Returns
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