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Some useful definitions

Piece number
(Normally contains between 100-400 pages).
A PRO reference number
Referring to a number of Enumeration Districts represented by a file HO107-XXX (XXX = piece number).
Enumeration District
This refers to a group of streets and has a special sheet listing which streets are in the following pages.
Folio
(Reference to two pages). The original book pages were stamped with a folio number on every other page in the top right-hand corner.

1841 Census

1851 Census

1861 Census

1871 Census

Census RG10

The 1871 Census for England was taken on the night of 2 April 1871.
The following information was requested: Name of street, avenue road, etc.; house number or name; whether or not the house was inhabited; number of rooms occupied if less than five; name of each person that had spent the night in that household; relationship of person enumerated to the head of the family; each persons marital status; age at last birthday (sex is indicated by which column the age is recorded in); each person’s occupation; whether they are employer or employee or neither; person's place of birth; whether deaf, dumb, blind, or lunatic.
Some of this information may be recorded in Welsh or English.

Piece: 1584
Folio:
Administrative
County: 		Cambridgeshire Page: 22
Civil
Parish: 		Stapleford Ecclesiastical
Parish: 		Borough: Ward:

Address Forename Surname Relation
to
Head		 Marital
Status		 Age Sex Employer
Worker		 Occupation County
of
Birth		 Place
of
Birth
Cottage David Law Head Married 39 M . Farm Labourer Cambs. Croydon
Cottage Susan Law Wife Married 41 F . . Cambs Wimpole
Cottage Phillip Law Son S 13 M . . Cambs Gt Eversdon
Cottage James Law Son S 11 M . . Cambs Gt Eversdon
Cottage Martin Law Son S 9 M . . Cambs Gt Eversdon
Cottage Harry Law Son S 5 M . . Cambs Stapleford
Cottage Alice Law Daur S 3 F . . Cambs Stapleford
Cottage Lucy Law Daur S 1 F . . Cambs Stapleford

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1881 Census

Census RG11

Date taken: 3rd - 4th April 1881. Inclusions: As for 1851.

Piece: 1663
Folio: 108
Administrative
County: 		Cambridgeshire Page: 16
Civil
Parish: 		Stapleford Ecclesiastical
Parish: 		Borough: Ward:

Address Forename Surname Relation
to
Head		 Marital
Status		 Age Sex Employer
Worker		 Occupation County
of
Birth		 Place
of
Birth
(No address recorded) David Law Head M 48 M . Farm Labourer Cambs Croydon
(No address recorded) Susan Law Wife M 50 F . . Cambs Croydon
(No address recorded) James Law Son U 22 M . Farm Labourer Cambs Croydon
(No address recorded) Lucy Law Daur U 10 F . Scholar Cambs Stapleford
(No address recorded) Lucy Webb Granddaur U 4 F . Scholar Cambs Stapleford

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1891 Census

Census RG12

Date taken: 5th - 6th April 1891. Inclusions: As for 1851.

Piece: 218
Folio: 122
Administrative
County: 		London Page: 28
Civil
Parish: 		St Andrew and St George Ecclesiastical
Parish: 		St Andrew and St George Borough: Holborn Ward:

Address Forename Surname Relation
to
Head		 Marital
Status		 Age Sex Employer
Worker		 Occupation County
of
Birth		 Place
of
Birth
19 Lambs Conduit St Philip Law Head M 34 M Worker Printer Pressman Cambs Shelford
19 Lambs Conduit St Mary A. Law Wife M 35 F . . London Strand
19 Lambs Conduit St Mary A. Collison Mother-in-Law Wid 69 F . . London St Giles
19 Lambs Conduit St Jessie Collison Sister-in-Law S 22 F Worker Gold Beaters Filler london Bloomsbury
19 Lambs Conduit St Albert R. Turner Boarder S 23 M Worker Printer Compositor Herts Waltham
19 Lambs Conduit St George Deville Boarder S 26 M Own account Professor of School Languages . France

Charles Booth's notebooks (B354 pp36-37) report that at the N.E end of the street were the Star Stables, used by the carts and drivers of the "Star" Newspaper's employment.
With aristocratic women patrons, the Institution for the Employment of Needlewomen was established at Lamb's Conduit Street, under Barlee's superintendence.

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Piece: 1282
Folio: 72
Administrative
County: 		Cambridgeshire Page: 9
Civil
Parish: 		Stapleford Ecclesiastical
Parish: 		St Andrews Stapleford Borough: Chesterton Ward:

Address Forename Surname Relation
to
Head		 Marital
Status		 Age Sex Employer
Worker		 Occupation County
of
Birth		 Place
of
Birth
Vine Terrace Cottage, Bar Lane James Law Head of Farm M 30 M Worker Groom and Gardener Cambs Eversden
Vine Terrace Cottage, Bar Lane Mary A. Law Wife M 21 F . . Cambs Stapleford

Note that there are at least 3 households registered at this address.

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Piece: 1284
Folio: 24
Administrative
County: 		Cambridgeshire Page: 12
Civil
Parish: 		St Andrew the Less Ecclesiastical
Parish: 		St Matthews Borough: Cambridge Ward:

Address Forename Surname Relation
to
Head		 Marital
Status		 Age Sex Employer
Worker		 Occupation County
of
Birth		 Place
of
Birth
The Vicarage, Vicarage Terrace Eleanor M Hargrove Daur S 14 F , Scholar Herts Harpenden
The Vicarage, Vicarage Terrace Clare C. Hargrove Daur S 6 F . Scholar Beds Silsoe
The Vicarage, Vicarage Terrace Alice Law Servant S 24 F Worker Cook Domestic Servant Cambs Stapleford
The Vicarage, Vicarage Terrace Mary Wallis Servant S 33 F Worker Housemaid Cambs Lansbeach
The Vicarage, Vicarage Terrace Ellen Thorp Servant S 21 F Worker Nurse Surrey Woolwich

The entries for the Vicarage start on the previous page of the census. However, we are only interest in Alice Law, so this entry starts at the top of the page.

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1901 Census

Census RG13

Date taken: 31st March 1901.
Inclusions: First name, Last name (sometimes middle names or initials are supplied), Relationship to the Head of the household (i.e. wife, daughter, son, step -, nephew, niece, lodger, servant, visitor etc.), Marital status, Age (should be exact but often wrong), Occupations (fuller details supplied), Where born? Parish and County supplied and N. K. if not known, Country if abroad or Scotland and Ireland, Whether blind, imbecile, lunatic or deaf and dumb. Two columns were added to this census regarding employment.

Piece: 383
Folio: 57
Administrative
County: 		London Page: 43
Civil
Parish: 		Newington Ecclesiastical
Parish: 		Walworth St Paul Borough: Southwark Ward: St Paul

Address Forename Surname Relation
to
Head		 Marital
Status		 Age Sex Employer
Worker		 Occupation County
of
Birth		 Place
of
Birth
105 Sturgeon Road Phillip Law Head M 43 M Worker Pressman printer Cambs Great Eversden
105 Sturgeon Road Mary A Law Wife M 45 F . . London Strand
105 Sturgeon Road Albert J Law Son S 9 M . . Lonon Bloomsbury
105 Sturgeon Road Alice Law Daur S 7 F . . London Bloomsbury
105 Sturgeon Road Ellen L Law Daur S 4 F . . London Bloomsbury
105 Sturgeon Road Edith M Law Daur S 2 F . . London Walworth

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