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Offline Annie65115

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Census in 1695!
« on: Tuesday 06 September 22 19:26 BST (UK) »
Apologies if this has been posted before.

I've just come across this:

http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~brett/genealogy/census/melb1695_index.htm

Melbourne, Derbyshire, seems to be one of the very few places where records survive from a census held in 1695. I've found my families on it, and it's helpfully confirmed the wife's name in one instance.
Bradbury (Sedgeley, Bilston, Warrington)
Cooper (Sedgeley, Bilston)
Kilner/Kilmer (Leic, Notts)
Greenfield (Liverpool)
Holyland (Anywhere and everywhere, also Holiland Holliland Hollyland)
Pryce/Price (Welshpool, Liverpool)
Rawson (Leicester)
Upton (Desford, Leics)
Partrick (Vera and George, Leicester)
Marshall (Westmorland, Cheshire/Leicester)