United_Kingdom_Census_1891

1891 United Kingdom census

1891 United Kingdom census

Census of the population of the United Kingdom

The United Kingdom Census 1891 was a census of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland carried out on Sunday 5 April 1891.[1] A question was added to record the number of rooms in a household, in response to concerns about overcrowding in cities. This was also the first census to employ women census takers and the first to ask in Wales about the ability to speak the Welsh language.[2]

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The total population of England, Wales and Scotland was recorded as 33,015,701.[3]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Census records". The National Archives. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  2. [2]
    1801-1901. Office for National Statistics. Archived by The National Archives 28 January 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  3. [3]
    "1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census". FindMyPast. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
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