The 1861 census in many cases is the first to apply the full address as the 1841 and 1851 in many returns just use the district name only. The reality was in small areas every family was known; therefore, no address was deemed necessary. A good place to start with.
cen 12 1901 census Ball Green, Stoke on Trent
£3.00Ballgreen was a mining village in a quite rural district to the north of Stoke-on-Trent. As a result, the vast majority of residents were employed within the mining industry. In many families three generations were employed including grandparents.
In this census of 1901, there have been huge increases in the number of residents over the previous ten years amounting to 449. The whole community has changed with the demand for coal increasing but how many other occupations have arrived and what about the community facilities such as schoolteachers, shop keepers and publicans. How have these changed the community landscape.
It is an interesting document to use along with other census returns to both follow families throughout and also to obtain a visual of how and when other occupations started to appear in the village. Make a good project for a local history group or local school to draw conclusions.
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