1871 United Kingdom census

Census 1871
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General information
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The United Kingdom Census 1871 was a census of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland carried out on Sunday 2 April 1871.[1] It added the categories of "lunatic" to those recorded as infirm.[2]

The total population of England, Wales and Scotland was recorded as 26,072,036.[3]

  1. ^ "Census records". The National Archives. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  2. ^ 1801-1901. Office for National Statistics. Archived by The National Archives 28 January 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  3. ^ "1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census". FindMyPast. Retrieved 15 December 2021.