The census records of England and Wales
My plan for this page is to trawl as much free information as I can from the 1841 to 1901 decennial censuses of England and Wales,
made available on line by www.ancestry.co.uk
The first available census dates from 1841, and the latest 1901.
I will start catching up from the beginning.
It's worth mentioning two excellent surname-research resources.
The National Trust
now runs the 'Spacial Literacy' project originated by University College London and the universities of Nottingham and Leicester.
Essentially, they use surnames to map social status and mobility.
From their site, you can run a search on 'Aylmer' and see where they lived in 1881 and 1998,
as well as getting an idea of the jobs we did/do. It is restricted to the UK though.
Less detailed, but more up-to-date and world-wide,
is the Public Profiler site.
Both are fascinating, though they may use different databases.
National Trust reckons on less than 300 UK Aylmers, while Public Profiler estimates around 400.
Where we lived
The maps in the sidebar show the distribution of Aylmers in 1841 and 1901 according to the then county boundaries.
It's notable how tiny numbers of Aylmers spread away from their Norfolk and south-eastern bases.
Future maps will trace this migration in more detail.
I've also shown the distribution of 1901 Aylmers in what has now become Greater London,
according to the post-1965 borough boundaries (which makes sense if like me you're a Londoner).
Since the maps are tiny they are clickable for greater detail.
There's more information to be mined here, and it will trickle on to the site from time to time.
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