1741—1837: Protestant Dissenters' Registry A registry for Protestant events was set up at Dr. Williams Library in London, closed 1837 with 50,000 entries.
2
1832
1832: Reform Act Gave the voting franchise to many more people and introduced electoral registers.
3
1834
1834: Poor Law Amendment Act The commencement of the second period of poor relief in England and Wales. The old parish system of poor relief was abolished and the first Boards of Guardians of the poor was introduced.
4
1837
1 Jul 1837: Civil Registration The start of the General Register of Births, Deaths and Marriages in England and Wales.
5
1841
1841: First Nominal Census This census was the first to require the names of all members of a household to be recorded along with a generalized statement of place of birth and the provision for the rounding down of ages over 15 by 5 years to the nearest 0 or 5, e.g. a person aged 59 was to be recorded as aged 55 and a person aged 23 was to be recorded as aged 20. Occupation was also included but no relationships of the individuals within a household to the head of the house was made until 1851. The nominal census returns continued decennially to 1911 being the latest census to be released to the public arena.
Abt 1832 - 1857 (~ 25 years)