Great Britain Historical Database : Census Data : Religion Statistics, 1851

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P><p>The <span style="font-style: italic;">Great Britain Historical Database</span> has been assembled as part of the ongoing Great Britain Historical GIS Project. The project aims to trace the emergence of the north-south divide in Britain and to provide a synoptic view of the human geography of Britain at sub-county scales. Further information about the project is available on <a href="https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/gbhdb/" target="_blank">A Vision of Britain</a> webpages, where users can browse the database's documentation system online.</p><br><p>These data were computerised by the Great Britain Historical GIS Project and its collaborators. They form part of the Great Britain Historical Database, which contains a wide range of geographically-located statistics, selected t<span>o trace the emergence of the north-south divide in Britain and to provide a synoptic view of the human geography of Britain, generally at sub-county scales.</span></p>
<p>The 1851 Census of Religious Worship was a separate census from the 1851 Census of Population, gathering data on church attendance on Sunday 30th March 1851. These data are taken from the published reports, which for England and Wales assemble data by Registration District, and for Scotland by counties and burghs. The data for England and Wales were computerised by Paul Ell as part of his doctoral research, and include some changes to the tabulated numbers based on information in the footnotes to the tables. The Scottish data were computerised later for the GBHDB, with funding from the ESRC and the UK National Lottery.</p>
<p>The data list, for each religious denomination within each area, the number of churches, the number of &quot;sittings&quot; (total seats available across all services on the census Sunday) and the number of &quot;attendances&quot;, i.e. persons attending services. The only non-Christian group included were Jews.<br>
</p><br><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR><br>Data taken from the 1851 Census of Religious Worship for Great Britain.<br>
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Please note: this study does not include information on named individuals and would therefore not be useful for personal family history research.<br>
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