Background: Full censuses have taken place in the U.K. every ten years since 1841, with the exceptions of 1941 (during WW2) and Ireland in 1921. Simultaneous censuses were taken in the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. In addition to providing detailed information about national demographics, the results of the census play an important part in the calculation of resource allocation to regional and local service providers by the UK government. The most recent UK census took place in 2011. Public access to individual census returns is normally restricted under the terms of the 100-year rule the most recent one available is the 1911 Census.
Status: M, married; S, single; W, widowed - for married wives, the number in brackets is the number of years married (1911 Census only).
Born in: Norfolk, born in Norfolk; Out of Norfolk, born outside Norfolk - and named places in square brackets are not from the Census but from other sources (1841 Census only).
H/H (household): a number to allow for all members of a single household to be identified.
Take care: When transcribing any documents the results should always be what is actually there, not what the transcriber thinks/guesses/knows what it should be. Please note that there are many ways of spelling the same name by spelling what it sounds like, as well as written errors! For example: a family called Mears is sometimes written as Mear, and Chapple is written as Chapel, Chaple or Chappell.
[Comments]: In some records there are details shown between square brackets. These are 'comments' by the transcriber and are not from the original document - the comments are not guaranteed correct.
