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The National Census is a head count of everyone in the country on a given day. A census has been taken in England and Wales, and separately for Scotland, every ten years since 1801, with the exception of 1941.
In the censuses of 1801, 1811, 1821 and 1831 lists of names were not collected centrally, although some are held in local record offices. Other lists were sometimes compiled which are often referred to as census ‘substitutes’. The Brigham Young University Early British Census Project has some information on a few places in Norfolk, and is searchable. Unfortunately, the 1931 census for England and Wales was destroyed by fire in 1942, and no census was taken in 1941 because of the Second World War.
The British government undertakes the census for policy and planning purposes, and the Office for National Statistics (ONS) publishes the results in printed reports. Public access to individual census returns in England and Wales is usually restricted under the terms of the 100-year rule (latest available census to view is 1921). The object of the census was not to obtain detailed information about individuals, but to provide information about the population as a whole; listing everyone by name, wherever they happened to be on a single night, the most efficient way to count everybody once, and nobody twice.
The national decennial censuses of the general population started in 1801, championed by the statistician John Rickman. The censuses were initially conducted partly to ascertain the number of men able to fight in the Napoleonic Wars. Additionally, it was hoped to provide a measure of the industrious population, show the numbers of men who were required for conscription reflecting the area’s population, count the number of seamen, produce a plan for the production of corn and to know the number of people it had feed, and to indicate the Government’s intention to promote the public good.
The dates the censuses (for the currently available data to view) were held are: 6 June 1841, 30 March 1851, 7 April 1861, 2 April 1871, 3 April 1881, 5 April 1891, 31 March 1901, 2 April 1911, and 19 June 1921.
The intended date for the 1921 census was 24 April, but was postponed due to industrial unrest
In every census year a form was delivered to each household in the country for them to complete. The heads of household were instructed to give details of everyone who slept in that dwelling on census night, which was always a Sunday. The completed forms were collected a few days later, and defaulters ‘chased’. From 1841 to 1901 the information from the schedules was then copied into enumeration books. Once the enumeration books had been completed, most household schedules were destroyed, although there are some rare survivals.
The 1841 census was the first to list the names of every individual, which makes it the earliest useful census for family historians. However, less information was collected in 1841 than in later census years.
On 24 April 1966, the UK trialled an alternative method of enumeration - long form/short form. Every household was given a form to complete, while a sample of the population was given a long form to collect more detailed information. The short form was used for the population count and to collect basic information such as usual address, sex, age and relationships to other household members. This was the first and only time that a five-yearly census was carried out in the UK
The General Register Office was responsible for taking the census, and it used the administrative framework already in place for the registration of births, marriages and deaths.
Unlike earlier censuses, the 1921 census (and later censuses) are subject to the Census Act 1920, as amended by the Census (Confidentiality) Act 1991 which makes it an offence to disclose personal information held in them until 100 years after the date they were conducted, but statistical information from these censuses is openly available. The Act of 1920 also legislates a fine of up to £1,000 for those who refuse to complete their census forms.
Special enumeration books were completed for institutions such as workhouses, armed forces barracks and hospitals in every census year from 1851, including 1911. Special schedules for vessels were introduced in 1851, although none are known to survive from that year, so 1861 was the first year to include returns from the Royal Navy and merchant shipping, at sea and in ports at home and abroad. In 1861 all returns from the RN and merchant vessels are at the end of the series, but after that vessels in home ports are listed at the end of the districts where they were moored, and only those in foreign waters are grouped together at the end.
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Records found = 48 from 126680
ID	Year	H/H	No.	Name	Gender	Role	Status	Age	Disability	Occupation	Born in	Address
48626	1901	15	1	POTTER Albert	M	Head	M	48	-	Teamman on farm	Winfarthing, Norfolk	The Street, Shelfanger, Norfolk
48628	1901	15	3	POTTER Alice E	F	Daughter	S	1 mo	-	-	Shelfanger, Norfolk	The Street, Shelfanger, Norfolk
48692	1901	31	6	POTTER Amelia	F	Daughter	S	14	-	-	Shelfanger, Norfolk	The Street, Shelfanger, Norfolk
48688	1901	31	2	POTTER Anna	F	Wife	M	48	-	-	Shelfanger, Norfolk	The Street, Shelfanger, Norfolk
48691	1901	31	5	POTTER Charles	M	Son	S	17	-	Agricultural labourer	Shelfanger, Norfolk	The Street, Shelfanger, Norfolk
48687	1901	31	1	POTTER David	M	Head	M	44	-	Agricultural labourer	Burston, Norfolk	The Street, Shelfanger, Norfolk
48693	1901	31	7	POTTER Festina	F	Daughter	S	12	-	-	The Street, Shelfanger, Norfolk	The Street, Shelfanger, Norfolk
48694	1901	31	8	POTTER Florence	F	Daughter	S	10	-	-	Shelfanger, Norfolk	The Street, Shelfanger, Norfolk
48690	1901	31	4	POTTER Gad	M	Son	S	22	-	Stcckman	Shelfanger, Norfolk	The Street, Shelfanger, Norfolk
48689	1901	31	3	POTTER Harry	M	Son	S	24	-	Horseman on farm	Shelfanger, Norfolk	The Street, Shelfanger, Norfolk
48627	1901	15	2	POTTER Kate	F	Wife	M	25	-	-	Wickham Skeith, Suffolk	The Street, Shelfanger, Norfolk
48695	1901	31	9	POTTER Western	M	Son	S	7	-	-	Shelfanger, Norfolk	The Street, Shelfanger, Norfolk
48293	1911	16	1	POTTER Albert	M	Head	M	52	-	Farm labourer	Winfarthing, Norfolk	Church Street, Shelfanger, Norfolk
48296	1911	16	4	POTTER Albert	M	Son	-	8	-	-	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Church Street, Shelfanger, Norfolk
48327	1911	23	3	POTTER Albert	M	Son	-	7	-	-	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Druids Lane, Shelfanger, Norfolk
48295	1911	16	3	POTTER Alice	F	Daughter	-	10	-	Scholar	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Church Street, Shelfanger, Norfolk
48270	1911	12	2	POTTER Aner	F	Wife	M	58	-	-	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Shelfanger, Norfolk
48328	1911	23	4	POTTER Annie	F	Daughter	-	6	-	-	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Druids Lane, Shelfanger, Norfolk
48325	1911	23	1	POTTER Charles	M	Head	M	28	-	Farm labourer	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Druids Lane, Shelfanger, Norfolk
48269	1911	12	1	POTTER David	M	Head	M	64	-	Farm labourer	Burston, Norfolk	Shelfanger, Norfolk
48298	1911	16	6	POTTER Elijah	M	Son	-	2	-	-	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Church Street, Shelfanger, Norfolk
48326	1911	23	2	POTTER Florence	F	Wife	M	26	-	-	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Druids Lane, Shelfanger, Norfolk
48272	1911	12	4	POTTER Gad	M	Son	S	30	-	Cowman on farm	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Shelfanger, Norfolk
48297	1911	16	5	POTTER George	M	Son	-	4	-	-	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Church Street, Shelfanger, Norfolk
48329	1911	23	5	POTTER George	M	Son	-	2	-	-	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Druids Lane, Shelfanger, Norfolk
48271	1911	12	3	POTTER Harry	M	Son	S	34	-	Millers carter	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Shelfanger, Norfolk
48294	1911	16	2	POTTER Kate	F	Wife	M	35	-	-	Wickham Skeith, Suffolk	Church Street, Shelfanger, Norfolk
48273	1911	12	5	POTTER Western	M	Son	S	17	-	Factory hand turner (brush manufactory)	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Shelfanger, Norfolk
48066	1921	42	2	POTTER Albert	M	Son	S	17:07	-	Yardman, employed by Samuel Baker, Street Farm, Shelfanger	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Druid's Lane, Shelfanger, Norfolk
48083	1921	46	1	POTTER Albert	M	Head	M	62:09	-	Farm labourer, employed by Phillip Bailey, farmer, Shelfanger	Winfarthing, Norfolk	Diss Road, Shelfanger, Norfolk
48086	1921	46	4	POTTER Albert	M	Son	S	18:11	-	Farm labourer, employed by Edward Baker, farmer, Shelfanger	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Diss Road, Shelfanger, Norfolk
48085	1921	46	3	POTTER Alice	F	Daughter	S	20:03	-	-	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Diss Road, Shelfanger, Norfolk
48067	1921	42	3	POTTER Annie	F	Daughter	S	16:05	-	Housekeeper, working for Charles Potter, Shelfanger	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Druid's Lane, Shelfanger, Norfolk
48080	1921	45	2	POTTER Annie	F	Wife	M	68:04	-	Household duties	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Diss Road, Shelfanger, Norfolk
48068	1921	42	4	POTTER Arthur	M	Son	Mother dead	14:09	-	Bricklayers labourer, employed by Albert Sanday, The Spa, Shelfanger	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Druid's Lane, Shelfanger, Norfolk
48065	1921	42	1	POTTER Charles	M	Head	W	38:01	-	Horseman, employed by Edward Fuller, Eatons Farm, Winfarthing	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Druid's Lane, Shelfanger, Norfolk
48071	1921	42	7	POTTER David	M	Son	Mother dead	7:03	-	Scholar, full time	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Druid's Lane, Shelfanger, Norfolk
48079	1921	45	1	POTTER David	M	Head	M	74:06	-	Agricultural labourer (retired)	Burston, Norfolk	Diss Road, Shelfanger, Norfolk
48088	1921	46	6	POTTER Elijah	M	Son	Both alive	12:06	-	Scholar, full time	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Diss Road, Shelfanger, Norfolk
48047	1921	35	2	POTTER Florence Emma	F	Visitor	-	1:01	-	-	Shelfanger, Norfolk	The Street, Shelfanger, Norfolk
48082	1921	45	4	POTTER Gad	M	Son	S	40:11	-	Agricultural labourer, employed by Horace Lond, farmer, Shelfanger	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Diss Road, Shelfanger, Norfolk
48069	1921	42	5	POTTER George	M	Son	Mother dead	12:08	-	Scholar, full time	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Druid's Lane, Shelfanger, Norfolk
48087	1921	46	5	POTTER George	M	Son	Both alive	14:04	-	Farm Hand, employed by E. Sherwood, farmer, Shelfanger	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Diss Road, Shelfanger, Norfolk
48081	1921	45	3	POTTER Harry	M	Son	S	45:01	-	Agricultural labourer, employed by Fred Harrell, farmer, Shelfanger	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Diss Road, Shelfanger, Norfolk
48070	1921	42	6	POTTER Hilda	F	Daughter	Mother dead	10:02	-	Scholar, full time	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Druid's Lane, Shelfanger, Norfolk
48084	1921	46	2	POTTER Kate	F	Wife	M	45:03	-	-	Cotton, Suffolk	Diss Road, Shelfanger, Norfolk
48072	1921	42	8	POTTER Thomas	M	Son	Mother dead	4:07	-	Scholar, full time	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Druid's Lane, Shelfanger, Norfolk
48073	1921	42	9	POTTER Vera	F	Daughter	Mother dead	3:00	-	-	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Druid's Lane, Shelfanger, Norfolk
SQL: " SELECT * FROM Complete WHERE ParishCode='SHLF' AND EventType = 'Census' AND Surname = 'POTTER' ORDER BY EventYear, FullName"