1881 Census
The date of the 1881 census was the night of 3 April 1881. A schedule was delivered to every household in advance. The completed schedules were collected the following day, and copied into an enumerator's book. The books and schedules were then sent to the local registrar who in turn checked them and sent them to the Census Office (the original schedules were destroyed.)
At present, the 1881 census index is the only census year to offer an address field for searching. However, if you enter the name of the person living in your house in 1881 into the other censuses, you can then view the images of the original census entries to find out if they still lived there.
Details recorded:
PARISH
BURGH
TOWN
VILLAGE
NUMBER OF SCHEDULE
ADDRESS: Road, street, etc. and number or name of house; also whether Houses were inhabited or uninhabited.
NAME: Forename, Surname of each person that had spent the night in that household
RELATION TO HEAD OF FAMILY
CONDITION AS TO MARRIAGE: Married, unmarried, widow or widower
AGE: Last birthday
GENDER
OCCUPATION: Rank, profession or occupation
WHERE BORN
WHETHER DEAF AND DUMB, BLIND, IMBECILE OR IDIOT, LUNATIC
THE NUMBER OF ROOMS IN THE HOUSE WITH ONE OR MORE WINDOWS.
At present, the 1881 census index is the only census year to offer an address field for searching. However, if you enter the name of the person living in your house in 1881 into the other censuses, you can then view the images of the original census entries to find out if they still lived there.
Details recorded:
PARISH
BURGH
TOWN
VILLAGE
NUMBER OF SCHEDULE
ADDRESS: Road, street, etc. and number or name of house; also whether Houses were inhabited or uninhabited.
NAME: Forename, Surname of each person that had spent the night in that household
RELATION TO HEAD OF FAMILY
CONDITION AS TO MARRIAGE: Married, unmarried, widow or widower
AGE: Last birthday
GENDER
OCCUPATION: Rank, profession or occupation
WHERE BORN
WHETHER DEAF AND DUMB, BLIND, IMBECILE OR IDIOT, LUNATIC
THE NUMBER OF ROOMS IN THE HOUSE WITH ONE OR MORE WINDOWS.