... may arise through presentation and any abbreviations used. Census' first started in 1801 and have taken place every 10 years since, apart from 1941 as it was a virtual impossible with the war going on. Some people say the first census was The Doomsday Book, this was when William I carried out a survey on his new kingdom to find out about it. 'A census is ... know how much tax we should be paying. The country is split into Enumeration Districts; an Enumerator was given the responsibility for overseeing the census in his district. He (always a man) would deliver a census to each house and...

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