READ ME File For 'Datasets for: The elderly population of England and Wales, 1851-1911: a comparative study of selected counties'

Dataset DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/D1209

This dataset supports the thesis entitled  'The elderly population of England and Wales, 1851-1911: a comparative study of selected counties'
AWARDED BY: University of Southampton
DATE OF AWARD: 2019

DESCRIPTION OF THE DATA
1. 'Life Course of Bentworth and Bishop Monkton Population' - data transcribed from the original census enumerators' books located at Ancestry Online.
 
2. 'Life Course of Outdoor Relief Applicants Alton and Ripon' - names appearing on outdoor relief registers derived from Hampshire Archives and Local Studies and North Yorkshire Record Office. Data transcribed from the original census enumerators' books located at Ancestry Online.
 
3. 'Life Course of Workhouse Register Inmates Ripon and Winchester' - names appearing on workhouse registers derived from North Yorkshire Record Office and Hampshire Archives and Local Studies. Data transcribed from the original census enumerators' books located at Ancestry Online.
 
4. 'Outdoor Relief Applicants Alton Hertford Ripon 1879-1881' - data from outdoor relief registers derived from Hampshire Archives and Local Studies, Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies and North Yorkshire Record Office.
 
5. 'Workhouse Register Admissions Hertford Ripon Winchester 1880-1884 1890-1892' - data from workhouse registers derived from Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies, North Yorkshire Record Office and Hampshire Archives and Local Studies.

Date of data collection: 2015 - 2019

Information about geographic location of data collection: England (Alton, Bentworth, Bishop Monkton, Hertford, Ripon & Winchester)
Licence:
CC BY

Date that the file was created: Jan 2020