The 1799 Willmott census survives today in several partial and derivative forms, but the version presented here represents the most complete digital reconstruction of the original material to date.
This archive is based on Michael Coady’s DataEase transcription and preserves the full structure of the source: households, individuals, places, assets, occupations, spellings, and recorded ambiguities. No attempt has been made to modernise, correct, or reinterpret the data. The aim is faithful preservation and transparent access, rather than editorial revision.
Relationship to other published versions
Other transcriptions and summaries of the 1799 Willmott census exist in print and online, often as extracts or household-level lists. These versions are valuable but typically incomplete, simplified, or normalised. This project differs in that it preserves the full scope and internal structure of the surviving material, with explicit provenance and without silent alteration.