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Title:
Parish Register Aggregate Analyses, 1662-1811; 404 Data
(Population History of England, 1541-1871)

Subject Categories:
Administrative history - History
Local history - History
Population history - History
Population censuses - Population, vital statistics and censuses
Vital statistics - Population, vital statistics and censuses

Depositor(s):
Schurer, K., Local Population Studies

Principal Investigator(s):
Schofield, R.S., Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure
Wrigley, E.A., Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure

Sponsor(s):
Social Science Research Council

Other Acknowledgements:
The monthly totals of events were tabulated with the assistance of a large number of local historians, who are listed in Wrigley, E.A. and Schofield, R.S. (1981) The population history of England, 1541-1871: a reconstruction, pp.490-492.

Abstract:
These data formed the basis of a reconstruction of English population history from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century, published as The population history of England, 1541-1871: a reconstruction (1981) by E.A. Wrigley and R.S. Schofield.
Main Topics:
The data comprise aggregated monthly totals of baptisms, marriages and burials for 404 English parishes from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century. For each parish monthly and annual totals are provided, along with monthly and annual totals by decade. There are also monthly seasonality indexes by half-century. Where defective data have been replaced with corrected frequencies, the original data have also been reproduced.

Summary information has also been provided about periods of epidemic mortality crisis in each parish, and the severity of the epidemic.

There is also information about the characteristics of each of the parishes included in the study. These characteristics include: the parish's location, altitude, population in 1811, main farming and soil types, occupational structure, proximity to towns, representation in Parliament, and indicators of poverty, religious activity and the provision of education.

Please note: this study does not include information on named individuals and would therefore not be useful for personal family history research.

Coverage:
Time Period Covered: 1662-1811
Years for which there are data vary according to register survival. All parishes have uninterrupted data for the period 1662 to 1811, and many have data for earlier years. The last year that data is given for is 1839.
Country: England
Geography: Bedfordshire; Berkshire; Buckinghamshire; Cambridgeshire; Cheshire; Cumberland; Derbyshire; Devon; Dorset; Essex; Gloucestershire; Hampshire; Herefordshire; Hertfordshire; Huntingdonshire; Kent; Lancashire; Leicestershire; Lincolnshire; Middlesex; Norfolk; Northamptonshire; Northumberland; Nottinghamshire; Oxfordshire; Rutland; Shropshire; Somerset; Staffordshire; Suffolk; Surrey; Sussex; Warwickshire; Wiltshire; Yorkshire East Riding; Yorkshire North Riding; Yorkshire West Riding
Spatial Units: Parishes
Observation Units: Administrative units (geographical/political)
Kind of Data: Textual data; Numeric data; Individual (micro) level; Aggregate (macro) level

Universe Sampled:
Location of Units of Observation:Subnational
Population:Baptisms, marriages and burials recorded in the parish registers of 404 parishes in England, 1662-1811.

Methodology:
Time Dimensions: Time Series
Sampling Procedures: No sampling (total universe)
Number of Units: 404 (obtained) Parishes
Method of Data Collection: Transcription of existing materials; Compilation or synthesis of existing material
Data Sources: Parish registers

Language(s) of Written Materials:
Study Description: English
Study Documentation: English

Access:
Access Conditions: The depositor has specified that registration is required. Available to all registered users. The depositor may be informed about usage.
Availability: History Data Service, UK Data Archive
Contact: Help desk: hds@essex.ac.uk

Date of Release:
First Edition: 24 April 2003

Copyright:
Copyright Local Population Studies

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