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Victorian Britain - Address Geocoding

This guide contains tools and sources for geocoding addresses in Victorian Britain. It was developed for the Victorian Literary Sociability project.

British Historic Census Data

National Archives Guide to Census Records
Historical Streets Project
Street Indexes to the 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871 and 1891 censuses by registration district.
FreeCEN: UK Census Online
Free searchable database of 19th century UK censuses (work in progress)
FamilySearch
Free indexes to Census Returns with links to the records at Findmypast subscription service.

Census Information and access links through subscription services like Ancestry and Find My Past: 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891.

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