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CENSUS 1881

Catalogue reference: SY/450/K

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Reference
SY/450/K
Title
CENSUS 1881
Date
1881
Description

Microfilm copies of the South Yorkshire census enumerators' books for the census of 1881. The census records all persons who spent the night of Sunday 3 April in each household.

Information is given under the following headings:- place or street; houses inhabited/uninhabited; name and surname; relationship to head of household; married/single etc; age male/female; occupation; place of birth; if blind/deaf/dumb etc.

The first number given in each entry is the PRO reference number (e.g. RG.11/3307)

SRD = Superintendent Registrar's District

E.D. = Ecclesiastical District

e.d. = enumeration district

Held by
Sheffield City Archives
Language
English
Physical description
30 Items
Access conditions

Records are open for consultation unless otherwise indicated

Immediate source of acquisition

On abolition of South Yorkshire County Council on 31 March 1986, the records passed from South Yorkshire County Record Office, by agreement of the four South Yorkshire District Councils, to the custody of Sheffield Archives as lead authority

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/be7728ce-842e-4aca-baab-2475f3e2f6b4/

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CENSUS 1881