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The official government censuses, which have been conducted every ten years since 1841, have provided me with invaluable information about the village. The censuses for Henfield and Woodmancote from 1841 to 1891 have been transcribed by Marion Woolgar and are available in ring-binders in the Henfield Museum. Data from the 1841 to 1911 English censuses are available online through subscription agencies such as Ancestry.co.uk.
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Trade directories and gazetteers are also invaluable sources of information about a locality, often giving individuals and their addresses. The University of Leicester has created a very useful directory database at
http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4 - well worth a look. The section contains complete directory information for Henfield for the years 1851, 1859, 1866, 1878 and 1890. Note the division between "Private Residents" and "Commercial". |