Census Enumerators' Books

Area Descriptions at the head of each page

• 1841
• *City or Borough of
• *Parish or Township of
• 1851
• *Parish or Township of
• *Eccliastical District of
• *City or Borough of
• *Town of
• *Village of
• 1861
• *Parish or Township of
• *City or Municipal Borough of
• *Municipal Ward of
• *Parliamentary Borough of
• *Town of
• *Hamlet or Tithing of
• *Ecclesiastical District of
• 1871
• *Civil Parish of
• * City or Municipal Borough of
• * Municipal Ward of
• *Parliamentary Borough of
• *Town of
• *Village or Hamlet of
• *Local Board of
• 1881
• *Civil Parish of
• *City or Municipal Borough of
• * Municipal Ward of
• *Parliamentary Borough of
• *Town or Village or Hamlet of
• *Urban Sanitary District of
• *Rural Sanitary District of
• *Ecclesiastical Parish or District of
• 1891
• *Administrative County of
• *Civil Parish of
• *Municipal Borough of
• *Municipal Ward of
• *Urban Sanitary District of
• *Town or Village or Hamlet of
• *Rural Sanitary District of
• *Parliamentary Borough or Division of
• *Ecclesiastical Parish or District of

  Structure of CEB

• Number of Householder’s Schedule
• *In 1841, if present at all, this was written in the margin
• Place otherwise Name of Street, Place or Road, and Name or No. of House
• *From 1851 to 1901 this column’s description varied somewhat
• Houses Inhabited, Uninhabited or Building
• *Not in 1851
• Number of Rooms Occupied if less than 5
• *1891 only
• Name and Surname of each Person who abode in the house on the night of
• *Similar wording throughout
• Relation to Head of Family
• *Not in 1841
• Condition - i.e. Single, Married, Widowed etc.
• *Not in 1841
• Age and Sex
• *In 1841 ages of adults were normally rounded down to the next lowest 5 e.g. 21 => 20, 29 => 25
• Occupation
• *Wording changed over time
• Employed, Employer, or Own Account
• *In 1891 and 1901
• Where born
• *In 1841 whether born in the county, Scotland, Ireland, or Foreign Parts
• Whether deaf-and-dumb, blind, imbecile, idiot, or lunatic
• *Not in 1841
• Language spoken
• * Wales only, from 1891. With "children under 3 years of age to be excluded" in parentheses in 1901

  Examples