A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
| Table No: | Title | Page(s) |
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| 1 | Area in Acres; Houses, Families and Population of the Counties of England and Wales, enumerated on April 8, 1861 | 79 |
| 2 | Area in Acres; Houses, Families and Population in Divisions and Registration of Union Counties | 80 |
| 3 | Numbers of the Army, Navy, and Merchant Seamen in 1801-1861, which should be added to the Population of the United Kingdom, as enumerated at the several Censuses (exclusive of Natives of Colonies and Foreign Parts) | 81 |
| 4 | Army, Navy, and Merchant Seamen absent from the United Kingdom on April 8th, 1861 | 81 |
| 5 | British-born Subjects in Foreign Countries from which Returns have been received | 81 |
| 6 | Abstract of Returns received through the Foreign Office relating to Natives of the United Kingdom residing in Foreign Countries on or about 8th April 1861 | 82 - 83 |
| 7 | Distribution of the Inhabitants in the United States of America born Subjects of Great Britain, &c. (as returned by the Census Office, Department of the Interior, Washington) | 84 |
| 8 | Summary, showing the Birth-Places of the born subjects of Great Britain, &c., residing in the United States | 84 |
| 9 | Enumerated population of the United Kingdom (including the Army, Navy, and Merchant Seamen at home and abroad) at each of the Censuses 1801 to 1861, and number of emigrants in the Intervals | 84 |
| 10 | Annual Rate of Increase per Cent. of the Population of the United Kingdom (including the Army, Navy, and Merchant Seaman at Home and Abroad) at each of the Censuses 1801 to 1861 | 84 |
| 11 | Population of England and Wales in 1861, including the portion of the Army, Navy, and Merchant Seamen belonging thereto, and Out of the Country at the time of the Census | 85 |
| 12 | Area and enumerated Population of England and Wales, Scotland, Ireland, and Islands in the British Seas (including the Army, Navy, and Merchant Seamen at Home and Abroad) at each of the Censuses 1801 to 1861 | 85 |
| 13 | Annual Rate of Increase per Cent. of the Population of England and Wales, Scotland, Ireland, and Islands in the British Seas (including the portion of the Army, Navy, and Merchant Seamen at Home and Abroad) at each of the Censuses 1801 to 1861 | 86 |
| 14 | Population of England and Wales in 1861 (exclusive of Army, Navy, and Merchant Service Abroad) and logarithms of the Population, estimated to the Middle of each of the Census Years 1801 to 1861 | 86 |
| 15 | Population of England and Wales in 1861 (exclusive of Army, Navy, and Merchant Service Abroad) estimated to the Middle of each of the Years 1801 to 1861 | 86 |
| 16 | Enumerated Population of the United Kingdom, exclusive of Army, Navy, and Merchant Seamen at Home and Abroad in 1801, 1811, 1821, and 1831, and of the portion of the Army, Navy, and Merchant Seamen Abroad only in 1841, 1851 and 1861 | 87 |
| 17 | United Kingdom; Rate of Increase per Cent. of the Population in each of the Decennial Periods 1821-31, 1831-41, 1841-51, and 1851-61; assuming that the Emigrants (exclusive of Foreigners) had remained in the Country, and had not increased | 87 |
| 18 | Numbers of Persons enumerated in Barges, Barns, Tents, and Vessels in England and Wales, at each of the Censuses 1841, 1851, and 1861 | 87 |
| 19 | Numbers of Persons enumerated in Barges, Barns, Tents, and Vessels in 1861 | 88 |
| 20 | England and Wales. Number of Persons in Public Institutions, 1851 and 1861 | 88 |
| 21 | Proportion of Males to every 100 Females in England and Wales, 1801 to 1861 | 88 |
| 22 | Number of Men in the Army, Navy, and Merchant Service abroad; the excess of Females over Males at Home and Abroad, and over Males at Home in England and Wales, 1801 to 1861 | 88 |
| 23 | Average Number of Persons to a Family, Persons to a House, and Families to a House, in England and Wales, 1801 to 1861 | 88 |
| 24 | Inhabited Houses, Families, and Persons enumerated in England and Wales at each of the Censuses 1801 to 1861 | 88 |
| 25 | Rates of Increase of the Population in Decennial Periods, in Divisions and Registration Counties | 89 |
| 26 | Average Number of Persons to a Family, Persons to a House, and Families to a House, in England and Wales in 1861, inclusive and exclusive of Persons in Institutions, in Vessels in Ports, &c., and of Persons enumerated Out of Houses | 90 |
| 27 | Average Number of Persons to a Family, Persons to a House, and Families to a House, in England and Wales in 1851 and 1861 | 90 |
| 28 | In 45,856 Houses, containing 258,157 persons (in 14 of the Sub-Districts of England and Wales), the Proportion per Cent (1) of Houses containing (n) Persons, and (2) the Proportion per Cent. of Persons in each Group | 90 |
| 29 | Increase of houses in the Interval between the Censuses of 1851 and 1861; also the Average Number of Persons to a Houses, and of Inhabited Houses to 100 Persons, in 1851 and 1861, in each of the Counties of England and Wales | 91 |
| 30 | England and Wales. Number of Inhabited Houses 1861, and the Number and Proportion of Houses Assessed to House Duty in the year ending 5th April 1862 | 92 |
| 31 | Annual Value of Houses | 92 |
| 32 | Total Number of Families to a House in 14 Sub-Districts of England and Wales in 1861 | 93 |
| 33 | Number of families in the Houses (including Public Institutions) enumerated in 14 Sub-Districts in England and Wales | 93 |
| 34 | Analysis of Families enumerated in 14 Sub-Districts:- Head of Family: Husband with Wife | 94 |
| 35 | Analysis of Families enumerated in 14 Sub-Districts:- Head of Family: Widower or Widow | 94 |
| 36 | Analysis of Families enumerated in 14 Sub-Districts:- Head of Family: Bachelor or Spinster | 95 |
| 37 | Analysis of Families enumerated in 14 Sub-Districts:- Head of Family: Absent | 95 |
| 38 | Number of Children at Home in the Families enumerated in 14 Sub-Districts of England and Wales (exclusive of Public Institutions) | 96 |
| 39 | Number of Persons in the Houses in 14 Sub-Districts of England and Wales, exclusive of Public Institutions | 97 |
| 40 | Analysis of Families enumerated in 14 Sub-Districts | 98 |
| 41 | Number of Children at Home and of Persons in 41,526 Natural Families having as Head the Husband and Wife | 99 |
| 42 | Number of Children at Home and of Persons in 11,099 Families having as Head either a Widower or a Widow | 99 |
| 43 | Population of 781 Towns in England and Wales | 99 |
| 44 | Aggregate Number of Towns | 99 |
| 45 | Area and Population of 781 Towns and in the Country Parts of the Counties of England and Wales | 100 - 101 |
| 46 | Population of 72 Towns in England and Wales, containing upwards of 20,000 Inhabitants in 1861, with the Population of previous Censuses within the same, or nearly the same limits | 102 - 103 |
| 47 | Enumerated Population of the 72 Large Towns in England and Wales, 1801-1861 | 104 |
| 48 | Population of 580 Towns in England and Wales 1851 and 1861 | 104 |
| 49 | Area and Population of England and Wales in 1861, distinguishing the Area and Population of the 781 Towns from those of the Country Parts | 104 |
| 50 | Distribution of the 781 Towns over England and Wales | 104 |
| 51 | Area and Density of Population of 781 Towns | 105 |
| 52 | Population of Six Classes of Towns in England and Wales | 105 |
| 53 | Number of Divisions, Counties, Districts, Sub-districts, Parishes or Places, Enumeration Districts, Houses, Population, and Area in Acres, in England and Wales, and in each of the 11 Divisions; and, To an Average Division the Number of Counties, Districts, Sub-districts, Parishes or Places, Enumeration Districts, Houses, Population, and Acres; also the Number of the several subsequent items to an average County, District, Sub-district, Parish or Place, Enumeration District, House, and Person, at the time of the Census, 1861 | 106 |
| 54 | England and Wales - Islands - Population of the Mainland and of the several islands that have Names around the Coast | 106 |
| 333 | Areas of Parishes and Townships in the Northern Counties of Durham, Northumberland, Cumberland, and Westmorland, (so far as they were ascertained by the Ordnance Survey Department on 1st July 1863), furnished to the Registrar General by Colonel Sir Henry James, R.E. | 218 - 222 |
| 334 | Statement showing the number of inhabited houses and the population according to the Census of 1861 in the several wards formed for the election of Vestrymen in Metropolitan Parishes divided under the Metropolis Local Management Act (19 Vict.c.120.) | 223 - 224 |
| 55 | Ages of the Population of England and Wales - Numbers living at the Middle of the Years 1851 and 1861, estimated from the Results of the Enumeration (including the Army, Navy, and Merchant Seamen Abroad as well as at Home) | 107 |
| 56 | Ages of the Population of England and Wales - Estimated Numbers living in England and Wales (1) at Year of Age and (2) at and above each Year of Age in the Middle of the Year 1861, including Army, Navy, and Merchant Service at Home and Abroad | 108 |
| 57 | Ages of the Population of England and Wales - Population in Quinquennial and Decennial Periods of Age, at the Middle of the Years 1851 and 1861 (corrected from the Graduated Tables), exclusive of the Portion of the Army, Navy, and Merchant Seamen Abroad | 109 |
| 58 | Logarithms of the above Population (corrected from the Graduated Tables) exclusive of the Portion of the Army, Navy, and Merchant Seamen Abroad | 109 |
| 59 | Mean Ages of the Population of England and Wales, as enumerated in 1851 and 1861, and as they would be if the Annual Number of Births remained stationary | 110 |
| 60 | Estimated Ages of the Army, Navy, Marines, and Merchant Seamen Abroad in 1861 belonging to the United Kingdom, who were not included in the enumerated Population | 110 |
| 61 | Showing the Uncorrected and Corrected Ages of the Female Population of England and Wales in 1861 | 111 |
| 62 | Decennial and Annual Rates of Increase of Population, 1851-1861, at vicennial periods of age (deduced from the Numbers estimated to the Middle of the Year, including Army, Navy, and Merchant Seamen Abroad and at Home) | 111 |
| 63 | Estimated Population of England and Wales Born and Living at each successive Vicenniad from 1721 to 1861 | 111 |
| 64 | Showing the Proportion of the Population of England and Wales at Five Periods of Life to 100 Persons under the Age of 20. (The Army, Navy, and Merchant Seamen Abroad as well as at Home are included) | 112 |
| 65 | Proportional Numbers of the Population of England and Wales living at Five Ages in 1861, as compared with the Proportional Numbers that would be living at the same Ages if the Number of Annual Births and the Rate of Mortality had remained invariable | 112 |
| 66 | Proportional Numbers of Persons living at Five Periods of Age in England and Wales, 1861, to 100 Persons of all Ages | 112 |
| 67 | Population of England and Wales at Vicennial Periods of Age compared with the Number of Persons living on the Assumption that the Annual Births had remained as in 1751 and the Rate of Mortality had been uniform in the Years 1751-1861 | 112 |
| 68 | Proportional numbers of Males and Females living at different Periods of Age | 113 |
| 69 | Proportional numbers of Females to 100 Males at different Periods of Age | 114 |
| 70 | Numbers of Males and Females enumerated at different Ages in England and Wales in 1861, and the Excess of either sex at each age. (See also Tables 21 and 22) | 115 |
| 71 | Proportional Numbers of Males and Females living contemporaneously (if there were no Emigration) at the several Ages according to the English Life Table No. 3., and the Excess of either Sex at the same Ages | 115 |
| 72 | England and Wales. Ages of Husbands and Wives in Vicennial Periods | 115 |
| 73 | England and Wales. Ages of Husbands and Wives in Decennial Periods | 115 |
| 74 | Proportion of each Sex who are Single, Married, and Widowed, to 100 Men and 100 Women of the Age of 20 Years and Upwards in England and Wales | 116 |
| 75 | Proportion of Spinsters, Wives, and Widows aged 20 Years and under 40 to every 100 Women living at the same Age in England and Wales | 117 |
| 76 | Proportion of Unmarried, Married, and Widowed Persons of each Sex to every 1,000 Males and 1,000 Females of all Conditions, living, at 14 Periods of Age in each of the Registration Divisions of England and Wales in 1861 | 118 - 119 |
| 77 | Proportion of Unmarried, Married, and Widowed Persons of each Sex to every 100 Males and 100 Females of all Conditions, living, at different Periods of Age, in England and Wales, at each of the Censuses 1851 and 1861 | 120 |
| 78 | Numbers and Proportions per Cent. at different Ages of Husbands whose Wives were Absent, and of Wives whose Husbands were Absent, on the Night of 7th April, 1861, in England and Wales | 120 |
| 79 | Rate of Increase per Cent. of Married Women, (1) aged 15-55, (2) 20-40, and (3) of all Ages and Conditions, in the Registration Divisions of England and Wales in the 10 Years 1851-61 | 120 |
| 80 | Number of Spinsters and Widows, and Married Women aged 15 Years and under 55, and 20 and under 40, enumerated at the Censuses of 1851 and 1861, and the number of legitimate and Illegitimate Births registered in the 10 Years 1851-60 in the Registration Divisions and Counties of England and Wales | 121 |
| 81 | Average Annual Number of Legitimate Births to every 100 Married Women, and of Illegitimate Births to every 100 Spinsters and Widows, at the Ages 15 and Under 55, and 20 and under 40, in the Registration Divisions and Counties of England and Wales in the 10 Years 1851-61 | 122 |
| 82 | Number of Persons aged 20 Years and Upwards in each of the Six Classes of Occupations, and the Proportional Numbers per Cent. Divisions and Registration Counties | 123 |
| 83 | Number of Persons aged 20 Years and Upwards in each of the Six Classes of Occupations, and the Proportional Numbers per Cent. Superintendent Registrar's Districts or Poor Law Unions | 124 - 132 |
| 84 | Principal Occupations in England and Wales in 1861, and Number of Persons engaged in them, arranged in the order of the Numbers | 132 |
| 85 | Principal Occupations in England and Wales in which Males 20 and under 40 Years of Age are engaged, and from which a Militia or Military Force must draw its Recruits | 132 |
| 86 | Distribution of some of the Principal Local Occupations in 1861 | 133 - 138 |
| 87 | Farmers, with the Number of Labourers employed, and of Acres occupied, as returned at the census of 1861 in the following Registration Counties:- Buckingham, Cambridge, Chester, Cumberland, Lincoln, Norfolk, Salop, Sussex, Wilts, and the North Riding of York | 139 |
| 88 | Farmers, with the Number of Labourers employed, and of Acres occupied, as returned at the census of 1851 in the following Registration Counties:- Buckingham, Cambridge, Chester, Cumberland, Lincoln, Norfolk, Salop, Sussex, Wilts, and the North Riding of York | 139 |
| 89 | Farmers, with the Number of Labourers employed, and of Acres occupied, 1861 | 140 |
| 90 | Farmers, with the Number of Labourers employed, and of Acres occupied, 1861 | 140 |
| 91 | Farmers, with the Number of Labourers employed, and of Acres occupied, 1861 | 140 |
| 92 | Farmers, with the Number of Labourers employed, and of Acres occupied, 1861 | 141 |
| 93 | Farmers, with the Number of Labourers employed, and of Acres occupied, 1861 | 141 |
| 94 | Farmers, with the Number of Labourers employed, and of Acres occupied, 1861 | 141 |
| 95 | Farmers, with the Number of Labourers employed, and of Acres occupied, 1861 | 142 |
| 96 | Farmers, with the Number of Labourers employed, and of Acres occupied, 1861 | 142 |
| 97 | Farmers, with the Number of Labourers employed, and of Acres occupied, 1861 | 142 |
| 98 | Farmers, with the Number of Labourers employed, and of Acres occupied, 1861 | 143 |
| 99 | Occupiers of Land engaged in other Pursuits besides Farming in the following Registration Counties:- Buckingham, Cambridge, Chester, Cumberland, Lincoln, Norfolk, Salop, Sussex, Wilts, and the North Riding of York | 143 |
| 100 | Numbers and Proportions of Farm Holdings of various Sizes in the Registration Counties of Buckingham, Cambridge, Chester, Cumberland, Lincoln, Norfolk, Salop, Sussex, Wilts, and in the North Riding of York, as returned at the Censuses of 1851 and 1861 | 144 |
| 101 | Numbers of Farm Holdings under 100 Acres returned at the Censuses of 1851 and 1861 in the Registration Counties of Buckingham, Cambridge, Chester, Cumberland, Lincoln, Norfolk, Salop, Sussex, Wilts, and in the North Riding of York | 144 |
| 102 | Number of Boys and Girls enumerated in England and Wales of Different Ages at the Censuses of 1851 and 1861, distinguishing (1) Scholars; (2) Boys and Girls at Home, and others of no stated Occupation; and (3) those engaged in Occupations | 145 |
| 103 | To every 100 Boys and 100 Girls enumerated in England and Wales of Different Ages at the Censuses of 1851 and 1861, the proportional Number of (1) Scholars; (2) Boys and Girls at Home, and others of no stated Occupation; and (3) those engaged in Occupations | 145 |
| 104 | Number and Distribution of the British Army (exclusive of the Troops of the late East India Company) on 8th April 1861 | 146 |
| 105 | Ages of Officers and Men serving in the British Army at Home and Abroad on 8th April 1861 | 146 |
| 106 | Civil Condition of Officers and Men serving in the British Army on 8th April 1861 | 146 |
| 107 | Country of Birth of Effectives serving at Home and Abroad, distinguishing Officers and Men, on 8th April 1861 | 147 |
| 108 | Royal Troops serving in India (exclusive of Depots). Ages and Civil Conditions of Officers and Men on 8th April 1861 | 147 |
| 109 | Royal Troops in India. Number and Ages of Wives and Children of Officers and Men on 8th April 1861 | 147 |
| 110 | Numbers and Distribution of Officers and Men belonging to Her Majesty's Ships at Home and Abroad on 8th April 1861, according to the Returns received through the Admiralty | 148 |
| 111 | Ages of Officers and Men serving on Board Her Majesty's Ships on 8th April 1861 | 148 |
| 112 | Civil Condition of Officers and Men serving on Board Her Majesty's Ships on 8th April 1861 | 148 |
| 113 | Country of Birth of Officers and Men serving on Board Her Majesty's Ships on 8th April 1861 | 148 |
| 114 | Number of Officers and Men serving in the Royal Marines on 8th April 1861 | 149 |
| 115 | Ages of Officers and Men serving in the Royal Marines on 8th April 1861 | 149 |
| 116 | Civil Condition of Officers and Men serving in the Royal Marines on 8th April 1861 | 149 |
| 117 | Country of Birth of Officers and Men serving in the Royal Marines on 8th April 1861 | 149 |
| 118 | Number of Mariners (including Masters, Mates, Apprentices, and Boys) employed in British Merchant Vessels and Afloat on 8th April 1861. (Exclusive of Mariners who were dwelling on Shore or were absent from their Ships on 8th April 1861) | 150 |
| 119 | Ages of Mariners (including Masters, Mates, Apprentices, and Boys) employed in British Merchant Vessels and Afloat on 8th April 1861 | 150 |
| 120 | Country of Birth of Mariners (including Masters, Mates, Apprentices, and Boys) employed in British Merchant Vessels and Afloat on 8th April 1861 | 151 |
| 121 | Civil Condition of Mariners employed and Afloat in British Merchant Vessels in Port in the United Kingdom on 8th April 1861, or which arrived in Port between that Day and 1st May 1861 | 151 |
| 122 | Showing the Number of Effectives belonging to the Army and Navy of the British Empire, exclusive of the late East India Company's European Troops | 152 |
| 123 | Birthplaces of the Inhabitants of the Civil Counties of England and Wales | 153 - 155 |
| 124 | To every 10,000 inhabitants in each (Civil) County, the Numbers born in that and in the other (Civil) Counties of England and Wales | 156 - 157 |
| 125 | Distribution of the People born in each County of England over England and Wales, showing out of 10,000 born in each Civil County, and Living in England, the Proportional Numbers Resident in each Civil County at the Time of the Census | 158 - 159 |
| 126 | Comparative Population and Number of Natives of England, Scotland, Ireland, the Colonies, and Foreign Parts, enumerated in the Principal Towns of England and Wales, 1851, 1861 | 160 |
| 127 | Of the 2,061,093 Persons living in England and Wales born in London, the Numbers living in London and in the Groups of Counties | 161 |
| 128 | Birthplaces of the Inhabitants of London | 161 |
| 129 | Birthplaces of the Inhabitants of the North-Western Counties | 161 |
| 130 | Distribution of the Natives of Scotland and Ireland over the several Groups of the Civil Counties of England and Wales | 162 |
| 131 | Showing (1) the Proportional Numbers in each County, out of every 100 Persons in England and Wales born in the same County; and (2) the Proportional Numbers born in each County, out of every 100 Residing in the same County | 162 |
| 132 | Proportion per Cent. of Foreigners (being Natives of Europe) in each class of Occupations enumerated in England and Wales, 1861 | 162 |
| 133 | Proportion per Cent. of Foreigners born in the Countries of Europe, in Asia, in Africa, and in America, &c., enumerated in each Registration Division of England and Wales | 163 |
| 134 | Numbers and Distribution of Persons returned as "Blind" or "Blind from Birth" and Proportion of Blind to Population in England and Wales, in 1861 | 164 |
| 135 | Numbers and Distribution of Persons returned as "Blind from Birth" and Proportion of Blind from Birth to Total Blind in England and Wales, in 1861 (Included in foregoing Table) | 165 |
| 136 | Numbers and Distribution of Persons returned as "Deaf-and-Dumb" and Proportions of Deaf-and-Dumb to Population in England and Wales, in 1861 | 166 |
| 137 | Proportion of the Blind, Deaf-and-Dumb, Paupers in Workhouses, Prisoners, Lunatics in Asylums, and Patients in Hospitals, to the Male and Female Population in England and Wales, 1861 | 167 |
| 138 | Average Number of Persons to a Family, Persons to a House, and Families to a House | 168 |
| 139 | Increase of Houses in the Interval between the Censuses of 1851 and 1861, and Average Number of Inhabited Houses to 100 Persons, in 1851 and 1861 | 168 |
| 140 | Proportional Numbers of Males and Females living at different Periods of Age | 168 |
| 141 | Proportional Number of Females to 100 Males at different Periods of Age | 168 |
| 142 | Proportion of each Sex who are Single, Married, and Widowed, to 100 Men and 100 Women of the Age of 20 Years and Upwards | 168 |
| 143 | Proportion of Unmarried, Married, and Widowed Persons of each Sex to every 1,000 Males and 1,000 Females of all Conditions, living at 14 Periods of Age | 169 |
| 144 | Blind, and Blind from Birth | 169 |
| 145 | Blind from Birth (Included in the foregoing numbers) | 169 |
| 146 | Deaf-and-Dumb | 169 |
| 147 | Abstract of the Census Returns of the several British Colonies and Possessions for the Year 1861 (or latest Date) | 170 |