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1881 England Census

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All Saints Poplar St Johns Hampstead
All Saints Poplar Poplar Part St Katherine Coleman
Allhallows Precinct of St Katherine St Katherine Cree
Allhallows Barking Putney St Lakes
Allhallows London Wall Ratcliffe St Leaonard Shoreditch
Barnards Inn Rotherhithe St Leaonards
Battersea Saint Benet Fink St Leaonards Shoreditch
Bermondsey Saint Bride St Leonard
Bethnal Green Saint Luke St Leonard Bromley
Bishopsgate Shoreditch St Leonard Shoreditch
Bow Southwark Christchurch St Leonards
Bromley Leonard Southwark St George Martyr St Leonards Shoreditch
Bromley Middle Southwark St John Horsleydown St Leondards
Bromley St Leonard Southwark St Olave St Leornard Shoreditch
Budewell Southwark St Saviour St Luke
Camberwell Southwark St Thomas St Luke Old St
Charlton Next Woolwich Spitalfields St Luke Old Street
Chelsea St Andrew St Lukes
Christ Church St Andrew Undershaft St Margaret
City of London St Andrews St Martin in the Fields
Ciucolus Seur St Andrews Hoxton St Martin Orgur
Clapham St Anne Soho St Martin Ventry
Clerkenwell St Bartholomew the Great St Martins Ludgate
Deptford St Nicholas St Benets St Peters St Pauls St Mary
Deptford St Paul St Botolph St Mary Abbott Kensington
Eltham St Botolph Aldersgate St Mary Abbotts
Fulham St Botolph Aldgate St Mary Bolington
Grays Inn St Botolph Billingsgate St Mary Islington
Greenwich St Botolph Bishopsgate St Mary le Strand
Hackney St Botolph Without Aldgate St Mary Stoke Newington
Hamlet St Christopher le Stocks St Mary Whitechapel
Hampstead St Clement Danes St Marylebone
Hampstead St Johns St Davids Church St Marys Islington
Hampton St Dimpton St Matthew
Harmmersmith St Dunstans St Michael Crooked Lane
Holy Trinity St Ethelbarga St Pancras
Holy Trinity Minories St George St Pancras Islington
Homerton St George Bloomsbury St Pancreas
Islington St George Hannover Square St Paul Covent Garden
Islinston St George Hanover Square St Paul Deptford
Kensington St George Hanover Square Belgravia St Paul Shadwell
Kentington St George in the Earl St Peter Cornhill
Kidbrooke St George in the East St Peter le Poor
Lambeth St George Martyr St Saviour
Lee St Georges Hanover St Sepulchre
Lewisham St Giles Cripplegate St Sepulchre Without
Liberty of Norton Folgate St Giles Cripplegate Without St Stephen
Limehouse St Giles in the Fields St Stephens
Linchouse St Giles Without Cripplegate Stoke Newington
London St Gregory Streatham
Marlebone St Helen Tooting Graveney
Marylebone St James Trinity
Mile End New Town St James Clerkenwell Vessels
Mile End Old Town St James Dukes Place Wandsworth
Newington St John Wapping
Noddington St John Hackney West Plumstead
Old Artillery Ground St John Hampstead White Chapel
Paddington St John Hampton Whitechapel
Pancras St John the Baptist Woolwich
Plumstead St John the Evangelist Woolwich Arsenal

Census Records - Parishes

After separating census records into groups by county, the British Government subdivided these records into civil parish groups. Many times, but not always, the civil parish name is the same as the local ecclesiastical parish. Researchers should also be aware of boundary line or jurisdictional changes through time. These changes may affect where an ancestor was recorded on the census, so it remains important to search the parishes surrounding the area where your ancestor lived.