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The Census (Great Britain) Act 1900 (63 & 64 Vict. c. 4), long title An Act for taking the Census for Great Britain in the year one thousand nine hundred and one, was an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, given the Royal Assent on 27 March 1900 and since repealed.
The census in England, Wales and Scotland was legislated for by the Census (Great Britain) Act 1900. The England and Wales part of the census contains records for 32 million people and 6 million houses.
The Census Act 1920 provides the legal framework for conducting all censuses in Great Britain (Scotland, England, and Wales). The primary legislation for Northern Ireland was introduced in 1969. Before this legislation, it was necessary to have a separate act of parliament for each census.
There are free indexes to all of the census returns up to 1911 at FamilySearch.org, with links to the images on Findmypast (£). You can also search census returns for England and Wales on...
Census Acts. The Census (Great Britain) Act 1900 applied equally to England and Wales and to Scotland; it gave power to procure particulars relating to houses, and to the Sex, Age Condition as to Marriage, Occupation, Birthplace, Nationality of persons born in Foreign Countries, and certain Infirmities of the population; also the numbers of the ...
The 1901 Census was taken on Sunday 31 March under provisions in the Census (Great Britain) Act 1900, 63 Vict. c.4. The boundaries of 287 of the 881 civil parishes had changed since the...
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Jun 20, 2022 · Article about the history of the census in England and Wales over 220 years, from the first census in 1801 to 2021 and the future of population statistics.
