English Welsh Census

The English and Welsh Census

There has been a census taken in England and Wales every ten years since 1801. However, those for 1801, 1811, 1821 and 1831 were statistical only and, therefore, of little or no assistance to the genealogist. In a very few places, a record of names was retained by the local enumerator and some of these fragments may be found in record offices.

These listings are very sparse, but you may be lucky. The first census to be of real practical use to the genealogist was that of 1841, the first to record names nationally.