Curious Question: When was the first census held?
Country Life Trending: March 6, 2021 Fifties' film star Julie Wilson fills in the 1951 census in her kitchen Credit: Ron Case/Keystone/Getty Images As the UK prepares to compile this decade's census, Martin Fone retraces its history. On Sunday, March 21st, all residents in England and Wales will be legally obliged, under the amended Census Act of 1920, to complete a census form for the Office for National Statistics or face a fine of up to £1,000. Northern Ireland will hold its own census at the same time, but the Scots have deferred theirs until 2022. A decennial event, it pro...
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