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1871 census
The 1871 census for England and Wales was taken on the night of Sunday the 2nd April 1871.
The total population was declared to be 22,723,000.
In 1871 Parliament passed the Bank Holidays Act giving England, Wales and Ireland four Bank Holidays (five in Scotland). Also, Alice
Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll was published. Lewis Carroll was the pseudonym used by Charles Dodgson. In 1871 he is living
at the University of Oxford and is the deacon of the Church of Christchurch.
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