Census of the Population 1851 - IPUMS Subset
United Kingdom [England and Wales], 1851
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Reference ID
GBR_1851_PHC-EAW_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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- GBR1851_PHC-EAW-H-H
- GBR1851_PHC-EAW-P-H
County of birth (UK1851A_CNTI)
Data file: GBR1851_PHC-EAW-P-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
719
End:
721
Width:
3
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<span class="em">____ Where born</span>
<br />Opposite the names of those born in England, write the County, and Town, or Parish. If born in Scotland, Ireland, the British colonies, the East Indies, or in foreign parts, state the country. In the last case, if a British subject add "British Subject"
<br />Opposite the names of those born in England, write the County, and Town, or Parish. If born in Scotland, Ireland, the British colonies, the East Indies, or in foreign parts, state the country. In the last case, if a British subject add "British Subject"
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 002 | Surrey |
| 003 | Kent |
| 004 | Sussex |
| 005 | Hampshire |
| 006 | Berkshire |
| 007 | Middlesex |
| 008 | Hertfordshire |
| 009 | Buckinghamshire |
| 010 | Oxfordshire |
| 011 | Northamptonshire |
| 012 | Huntingdonshire |
| 013 | Bedfordshire |
| 014 | Cambridgeshire |
| 015 | Essex |
| 016 | Suffolk |
| 017 | Norfolk |
| 018 | Wiltshire |
| 019 | Dorset |
| 020 | Devon |
| 021 | Cornwall |
| 022 | Somerset |
| 023 | Gloucestershire |
| 024 | Herefordshire |
| 025 | Shropshire |
| 026 | Staffordshire |
| 027 | Worcestershire |
| 028 | Warwickshire |
| 029 | Leicestershire |
| 030 | Rutlandshire |
| 031 | Lincolnshire |
| 032 | Nottinghamshire |
| 033 | Derbyshire |
| 034 | Cheshire |
| 035 | Lancashire |
| 037 | Yorkshire |
| 040 | Durham |
| 041 | Northumberland |
| 042 | Westmorland |
| 043 | Cumberland |
| 044 | Monmouthshire |
| 045 | Glamorganshire |
| 046 | Carmarthenshire |
| 047 | Pembrokeshire |
| 048 | Cardiganshire |
| 050 | Radnorshire |
| 051 | Montgomeryshire |
| 052 | Flint |
| 053 | Denbighshire |
| 054 | Merionethshire |
| 055 | Caernarvonshire |
| 056 | Anglesey |
| 057 | Breconshire |
| 060 | Guernsey |
| 061 | Isle of Man |
| 062 | Jersey |
| 063 | Alderney |
| 064 | Sark |
| 065 | Isle of Wight |
| 066 | Channel Islands |
| 071 | Aberdeenshire |
| 072 | Argyllshire |
| 073 | Ayrshire |
| 074 | Banffshire |
| 075 | Berwickshire |
| 076 | Bute |
| 077 | Caithness-shire |
| 078 | Clackmannanshire |
| 079 | Dumfriesshire |
| 080 | Dunbartonshire |
| 081 | Midlothian |
| 082 | Moray |
| 083 | Fife |
| 084 | Angus |
| 085 | East Lothian |
| 086 | Inverness-shire |
| 087 | Kincardineshire |
| 088 | Kinross-shire |
| 089 | Kirkcudbrightshire |
| 090 | Lanarkshire |
| 091 | West Lothian |
| 092 | Nairnshire |
| 093 | Orkney Isles |
| 094 | Peebleshire |
| 095 | Perthshire |
| 096 | Renfrewshire |
| 097 | Ross and Cromarty |
| 098 | Roxburghshire |
| 099 | Selkirkshire |
| 100 | Shetland Isles |
| 101 | Stirlingshire |
| 102 | Sutherland |
| 103 | Wigtownshire |
| 111 | Antrim |
| 112 | Armagh |
| 113 | Carlow |
| 114 | Cavan |
| 115 | Clare |
| 116 | Cork |
| 117 | Donegal |
| 118 | Down |
| 119 | Dublin |
| 120 | Fermanagh |
| 121 | Galway |
| 122 | Kerry |
| 123 | Kildare |
| 124 | Kilkenny |
| 125 | Leitrim |
| 126 | Leix |
| 127 | Limerick |
| 128 | Londonderry |
| 129 | Longford |
| 130 | Louth |
| 131 | Mayo |
| 132 | Meath |
| 134 | Monaghan |
| 135 | Offaly |
| 136 | Roscommon |
| 137 | Sligo |
| 138 | Tipperary |
| 139 | Tyrone |
| 140 | Waterford |
| 141 | Westmeath |
| 142 | Wexford |
| 143 | Wicklow |
| 199 | Ireland (undefined) |
| 300 | Foreign birthplaces |
| 301 | New Zealand |
| 999 | Unknown; cannot be coded |
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the code for a person's county of birth.
Universe
United Kingdom 1851 (100%) [England and Wales]: All persons
concept
Concept