Census Extracts

National Censuses

Although censuses have been taken in Britain every ten years since 1801, the first national census of interest and use to genealogists is that of 1841. The returns are subject to a hundred year closure rule so the most recent census available to the public is that of 1901. Lanfears that have been found, to date, on these census returns are tabulated here.

7th June 1841	31st March 1851	8th April 1861
Berkshire Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Devonshire Dorset Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire Kent Lancashire Middlesex Norfolk Nottinghamshire Shropshire Somerset Staffordshire Surrey Sussex Warwickshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	Bedfordshire Berkshire Buckinghamshire Devonshire Gloucestershire Hampshire Kent Lancashire Middlesex Norfolk Somerset Staffordshire Surrey Sussex Wiltshire	Bedfordshire Berkshire Buckinghamshire Cornwall Devonshire Glamorgan Gloucestershire Kent Hampshire Lancashire Lincolnshire City of London Middlesex Monmouthshire Somerset Staffordshire Surrey Wiltshire Yorkshire

3rd April 1871	4th April 1881	6th April 1891
Berkshire Buckinghamshire Cornwall Denbighshire Derbyshire Devonshire Glamorgan Gloucestershire Hampshire Kent Lancashireshire Lincolnshire City of London Middlesex Monmouthshire Norfolk Nottinghamshire Somerset Staffordshire Surrey Sussex Wiltshire	Berkshire Breconshire Buckinghamshire Cardiganshire Devonshire Essex Glamorgan Gloucestershire Hampshire Kent Lancashire Lincolnshire Middlesex Monmouthshire Norfolk Northumberland Oxfordshire Somerset Staffordshire Surrey Sussex Wiltshire Worcestershire Yorkshire Scotland	Berkshire Buckinghamshire Caenarvonshire Cheshire Cornwall Devonshire Essex Glamorgan Gloucestershire Hampshire Kent Lancashire Leicestershire Lincolnshire City of London Middlesex Monmouthshire Norfolk Northamptonshire Somerset Staffordshire Surrey Sussex Wiltshire Yorkshire

31st March 1901	2nd April 1911
Berkshire Buckinghamshire Cheshire Cumberland Devonshire Essex Glamorgan Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire Kent Lancashire Leicestershire Lincolnshire City of London Middlesex Monmouthshire Norfolk Northamptonshire Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Shropshire Somerset Staffordshire Surrey Sussex Warwickshire Wiltshire Worcestershire Yorkshire Channel Islands	Berkshire Buckinghamshire Devonshire Dorset Essex Gloucestershire Hampshire Huntingdonshire Kent Lancashire Leicestershire Lincolnshire London Middlesex Northamptonshire Oxfordshire Somerset Staffordshire Surrey Sussex Wiltshire Yorkshire

Other Censuses

Prior to the national censuses, numerous local censuses were taken. Lanfears have been found in the local censuses for Box, Wiltshire 1801, Lynham, Wiltshire 1697-1702, Eton, Buckinghamshire 1798.

In 1873 the government made a census of Owners of Land in possession of more than 1 acre.

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