Census of the Population 1851 - IPUMS Subset
United Kingdom [Great Britain], 1851
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Reference ID
GBR_1851_PHC-GBR_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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- GBR1851_PHC-GBR-H-H
- GBR1851_PHC-GBR-P-H
Original variable from deposited dataset, denoting the county of enumeration (UK1851C_CNTCLCOD)
Data file: GBR1851_PHC-GBR-H-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
324
End:
326
Width:
3
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 011 | Middlesex London |
| 021 | Surrey London |
| 031 | Kent London |
| 051 | Surrey |
| 056 | Kent |
| 061 | Sussex |
| 066 | Hampshire |
| 071 | Berkshire |
| 076 | Middlesex |
| 081 | Hertfordshire |
| 086 | Buckinghamshire |
| 091 | Oxfordshire |
| 096 | Northamptonshire |
| 101 | Huntingdonshire |
| 106 | Bedfordshire |
| 111 | Cambridgeshire |
| 116 | Essex |
| 121 | Suffolk |
| 126 | Norfolk |
| 131 | Wiltshire |
| 136 | Dorset |
| 141 | Devonshire |
| 146 | Cornwall |
| 151 | Somerset |
| 156 | Gloucestershire |
| 161 | Herefordshire |
| 166 | Shropshire |
| 171 | Staffordshire |
| 176 | Worcestershire |
| 181 | Warwick |
| 186 | Leicestershire |
| 191 | Rutland |
| 196 | Lincolnshire |
| 201 | Nottinghamshire |
| 206 | Derbyshire |
| 211 | Cheshire |
| 216 | Lancashire |
| 226 | Yorkshire W R |
| 227 | Yorkshire E R |
| 228 | Yorkshire N R |
| 231 | Durham |
| 236 | Northumberland |
| 241 | Cumberland |
| 246 | Westmorland |
| 301 | Monmouthshire |
| 306 | Glamorganshire |
| 311 | Carmarthenshire |
| 316 | Pembrokeshire |
| 321 | Cardiganshire |
| 326 | Brecknockshire |
| 331 | Radnorshire |
| 336 | Montgomeryshire |
| 346 | Denbighshire |
| 351 | Merionethshire |
| 356 | Carnarvonshire |
| 361 | Anglesey |
| 401 | Dumfriesshire |
| 406 | Kirkudbrightshire |
| 411 | Wigtown |
| 416 | Ayr |
| 421 | Bute |
| 426 | Renfrewshire |
| 431 | Dunbartonshire |
| 436 | Lanarkshire |
| 441 | Stirlingshire |
| 446 | Linlithgowshire |
| 451 | Edinburghshire |
| 456 | Peeblesshire |
| 466 | Roxburghshire |
| 471 | Berwickshire |
| 476 | Haddingtonshire |
| 481 | Fife |
| 491 | Clackmannanshire |
| 501 | Perthshire |
| 506 | Forfarshire |
| 511 | Kincardinshire |
| 516 | Aberdeenshire |
| 521 | Banff |
| 526 | Elginshire |
| 531 | Nairnshire |
| 536 | Inverness-shire |
| 541 | Argyll |
| 546 | Ross |
| 551 | Sutherland |
| 556 | Caithness |
| 561 | Orkney |
| 566 | Shetland |
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 lists the county of enumeration. It is taken from the original dataset and uses the same numbering scheme as used by Professor Michael Anderson (whose team transcribed the 2% sample of the British 1851 census) to denote the county of birth.
Universe
United Kingdom 1851 (2%) [Great Britain]: All households
concept
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