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Enumerators routes,1881 census enumerators route for the parish of Bibury

The enumerators were free to collect census returns however they wanted although they did have to record the route that they took.  This information was recorded at the start of each enumeration book in a box entitled ‘Description of Enumeration District’.  Some routes are straightforward, but in rural areas the description might simply read ‘The whole of the parish of …’. This example for Bibury is typical and doesn’t really give the reader an idea of how the enumerator went around the parish.