Fonds
CENSUS 1871
Catalogue reference: SY/287/K
What’s it about?
This record is about the CENSUS 1871 dating from 1871.
Is it available online?
Maybe, but not on The National Archives website. This record is held at Sheffield City Archives.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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SY/287/K
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Title (The name of the record)
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CENSUS 1871
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Date (When the record was created)
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1871
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Description (What the record is about)
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Microfilm copies of the South Yorkshire census enumerators' books for the census of 1871. The census recorded all persons who spent the night of 2 April 1871 in each household. Information is given under the following headings:- place; street etc; houses inhabited/uninhabited; name and surname; relationship to head of family; married/single; age; male/female; occupation; where born; whether deaf and dumb/blind/imbecile or idiot/lunatic.
The first number given in each entry is the Public Record Office reference number (eg.RG.10/4641)
Townships followed by ff.... are now in South Yorkshire
S.R.D. = Superintendent Registrar's District
E.D. = Ecclesiastical District
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Sheffield City Archives
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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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42 Items
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Records are open for consultation unless otherwise indicated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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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
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/e9b654e3-9792-4508-a469-0ae50aac5c79/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at Sheffield City Archives
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CENSUS 1871