Great Britain Historical Database : Vital Statistics, Marriage Statistics, 1841-1914

<p>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</p>The <i>Great Britain Historical Database</i> has been assembled as part of the ongoing <i>Great Britain Historical GIS Project</i>. 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 at:<br> <a href=http://www.port.ac.uk/research/gbhgis/><br> http://www.port.ac.uk/research/gbhgis/</a><br> <br> The <i>Great Britain Historical GIS Project</i> has also produced digitised boundary data, which can be obtained from the UK Data Service Census Support service. Further information is available at:<br> <br> <a href="http:\\census.ukdataservice.ac.uk" title="UK Data Service Census Support">census.ukdataservice.ac.uk</a><B>Main Topics</B>:<br> The <i>Great Britain Historical Database</i> is a large database of British nineteenth and twentieth-century statistics. Where practical the referencing of spatial units has been integrated, data for different dates have been assembled into single tables.<br> <br> The <i>Great Britain Historical Database</i> currently contains :<br> <br> Statistics from the 1861 Census and the Registrar General's reports, 1851-1861<br> <br> Employment statistics from the census, 1841-1931<br> <br> Demographic statistics from the census, 1841-1931<br> <br> Mortality statistics from the Registrar General's reports, 1861-1920<br> <br> Marriage statistics from the Registrar General's reports, 1841-1870<br> <br> Trade union statistics for the Amalgamated Society of Engineers (ASE), 1851-1918<br> <br> Trade union statistics for the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners (ASCJ), 1863-1912<br> <br> Official poor law statistics, 1859-1915 and 1919-1939<br> <br> Wage statistics, 1845-1906<br> <br> Hours of work statistics, 1900-1913<br> <br> Small debt statistics from county courts, 1847-1913 and 1938<br>There are seven tables in this part of the <i>Great Britain Historical Database</i> :<br> <br> <i>mar_rd</i> holds marriage statistics for each registration district in England and Wales from 1841 to 1870.<br> <br> <i>mar_1840</i> holds marriage statistics for each registration district in England and Wales from 1841 to 1850.<br> <br> <i>mar_1850</i> holds marriage statistics for each registration district in England and Wales from 1851 to 1860.<br> <br> <i>mar_1860</i> holds marriage statistics for each registration district in England and Wales from 1861 to 1870.<br> <br> <i>reg_gen_durham_1871-1914.tab</i> holds marriage statistics for the County of Durham and its registration districts from 1871 to 1914.<br> <br> <i>reg_gen_england_wales_1871-1914.tab</i> holds marriage statistics for each county of England and Wales from 1871 to 1914.<br> <br> <i>reg_gen_lancashire_1871-1914.tab</i> holds marriage statistics for the County of Lancashire and its registration districts from 1871 to 1914.<br> <br> Please note: this study does not include information on named individuals and would therefore not be useful for personal family history research.<br> <br>