Integrated Census Microdata (I-CeM) Names and Addresses, 1851-1911: Special Licence Access

  <p>This Special Licence access dataset contains names and addresses from the Integrated Census Microdata (I-CeM) dataset of the censuses of Great Britain for the period 1851 to 1911. These data are made available under Special Licence (SL) access conditions due to commercial sensitivity.<br><br>The anonymised main I-CeM database that complements these names and addresses is available under SN 7481. It comprises the Censuses of Great Britain for the period 1851-1911; data are available for England and Wales for 1851-1861 and 1881-1911 (1871 is not currently available for England and Wales) and for Scotland for 1851-1901 (1911 is not currently available for Scotland). The database contains over 180 million individual census records and was digitised and harmonised from the original census enumeration books. It details characteristics for all individuals resident in Great Britain at each of the included Censuses. The original digital data has been coded and standardised; the I-CeM database has consistent geography over time and standardised coding schemes for many census variables. <br><br>This dataset of names and addresses for individual census records is organised per country (England and Wales; Scotland) and per census year. Within each data file each census record contains first and last name, street address and an individual identification code (RecID) that allows linking with the corresponding anonymised I-CeM record. The data cannot be used for true linking of individual census records across census years for commercial genealogy purposes nor for any other commercial purposes. The SL arrangements are required to ensure that commercial sensitivity is protected. For information on making an application, see the Access section.</p>
<p>The data were updated in February 2020, with some files redeposited with longer field length limits. Users should note that some name and address fields are truncated due to the limits set by the LDS project that transcribed the original data. No more than 10,000 records out of some 210 million across the study should be affected. Examples include:</p>
<ul><li>England and Wales:
<ul><li>1851 - truncated at the 24th character (maximum I-CeM field length 95 characters)</li><li>1881 - truncated at the 16th character (maximum I-CeM field length 50 characters).</li></ul>
</li><li>Scotland: for 1851‐71, truncations affect less than 0.01% of all addresses and for 1851 around 1% at most
<ul><li>1851 - truncated at the 70th character</li><li>1861 - truncated at the 76th character</li><li>1871 - truncated at the 82th character</li><li>1881 - truncated at the 50th character.</li></ul>
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<p>Further information about I-CeM can be found on the <a href="https://www1.essex.ac.uk/history/research/icem/">I-CeM Integrated Microdata Project</a> and <a href="https://www1.essex.ac.uk/history/research/icem/documentation.html">I-CeM Guide</a> webpages.</p>