People Count

Using the tithe and ordnance survey maps as well as census returns 1841-1901 for their parish or locality, children will explore why the census was taken and how, and the problems that occurred - both for the administrators and the householders. Then children will write diary accounts of a census enumerator, be a family trying to fill in the form, interview prospective enumerators, look at statistics from the census returns and fill in census forms for their own family or class.

Links to QCA History Curriculum Unit 12.

How did life change in our locality in Victorian times?