Summary information

Study title

Ashwell History Census Data Project, 1841-1881; Datchworth, 1851-1881

Creator

Short, C. D., Ashwell Field Studies Centre

Study number / PID

3022 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-3022-1 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.

The Ashwell History Data Project is a collaborative project between local and family historians, the computer centre at Hatfield Polytechnic and the staff of the Ashwell Field Studies Centre to create computer files of historical documents for Ashwell and the surrounding area. The data in this study cover 19th century census enumerators' books.
Main Topics:
There is one record for each individual with information as follows: schedule; address; forename; surname; relationship to head; household size; family size; marital status; sex; age; occupation; occupation code (Booth/Armstrong); town of birth; county of birth; code for county of birth; remarks.

Methodology

Data collection period

Not available

Country

England

Time dimension

Time Series

Analysis unit

Individuals
Families/households
Subnational
Census data

Universe

All persons residing in Datchworth, Hertfordshire on the nights of the censuses of 1851, 1861, 1871 and 1881.

Sampling procedure

No sampling (total universe)

Kind of data

Not available

Data collection mode

Compilation or synthesis of existing material

Access

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

1993

Terms of data access

The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the End User Licence Agreement.

Commercial use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you.

Related publications

Not available