I have heard rumours in the past about an 1801 census and suddenly it has come to the fore again.
Apparantly in late 1700s the Government was getting woried that it was losing its colonies and USA was about to possibly go "independent". The Government was worried about its workforce drain.
They commissioned the Church of England to carry out a census (the 1801 census). It is apparantly not a census such as we have every 10 years but is more to do with occupants of the house, whether male or female and ages and most importantly what work they do - the work-type is dived into 4 groups: Professional, Technical, Blue Collar and Labourers.
Occasionally I have seen on GENUKI that one of these census survives for a certain place but I have recently been told that they may be held at Lambeth Palace - there is a C of E Repository apparantly. It is open to the public in the way TNA is BUT you have to make an appointment and furnish them with 2 passport photos!
Just thought I would put this on a) hoping that it IS true and b) that it may help someone.
There is a website for the Lambeth Palace Archives - have to admit I haven't got very far with it but more competent users of computers will I am sure but I saw no sign of the census on there. Sue
Apparantly in late 1700s the Government was getting woried that it was losing its colonies and USA was about to possibly go "independent". The Government was worried about its workforce drain.
They commissioned the Church of England to carry out a census (the 1801 census). It is apparantly not a census such as we have every 10 years but is more to do with occupants of the house, whether male or female and ages and most importantly what work they do - the work-type is dived into 4 groups: Professional, Technical, Blue Collar and Labourers.
Occasionally I have seen on GENUKI that one of these census survives for a certain place but I have recently been told that they may be held at Lambeth Palace - there is a C of E Repository apparantly. It is open to the public in the way TNA is BUT you have to make an appointment and furnish them with 2 passport photos!
Just thought I would put this on a) hoping that it IS true and b) that it may help someone.
There is a website for the Lambeth Palace Archives - have to admit I haven't got very far with it but more competent users of computers will I am sure but I saw no sign of the census on there. Sue
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