Satchell, M. and Shaw-Taylor, L.M.W.S. and Wrigley, E.A. and Kitson, P.K. and Newton, G.H. (2023). 1851 England and Wales ancient counties. [Data Collection]. Colchester, Essex: UK Data Archive. 10.5255/UKDA-SN-852942
These data were created as part of a research program directed by Leigh Shaw-Taylor and Tony Wrigley, which aims ultimately to reconstruct the evolution of the occupational structure of Britain from the late medieval period down to the early twentieth century.
Data description (abstract)
ArcGIS shapefile of 244 polygons providing boundary and attribute data for the fifty-five ancient counties of England and Wales as given in the 1851 census for England and Wales.
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Sponsors: | Economic and Social Research Council, The Leverhulme Trust , The British Academy | ||||||||||||||||||
Grant reference: | RES-000-23-1579 | ||||||||||||||||||
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History Demography (population, vital statistics and censuses) |
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Keywords: | maps, digitized map data, boundaries, attributes, census data, 1851, GIS | ||||||||||||||||||
Project title: | The changing occupational structure of nineteenth century Britain | ||||||||||||||||||
Grant holders: | Dr Leigh Shaw-Taylor, Professor E. A. Wrigley | ||||||||||||||||||
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Date published: | 06 Apr 2018 15:44 | ||||||||||||||||||
Last modified: | 31 Aug 2023 10:18 | ||||||||||||||||||
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