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    THE CENSUS 1811

    Dec 15, 2020 4 minutes
    ‘The nation’s turbulence seemed to be embodied in the sickness of George III’

    The 1811 census was conducted in a country undergoing ferocious change. Britain was still in the Napoleonic Wars, engaged in an ongoing war with Russia, and was about to embark on a war with the USA. The census showed that the number of men in the Army and Navy was greater than the population of Wales.

    British exports were failing because of Napoleon’s blockade of the English Channel; five banks collapsed and the Bank of England was criticised for a recklessly inflationary policy of issuing paper money. Concurrent with this economic crisis was the

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