Lan, T;
Lansley, G;
Van Dijk, J;
Longley, P;
(2019)
Geocoding historical census records in England and Wales.
In: Fairbairn, David and Robson, Craig, (eds.)
Proceedings of the Geographical Information Science Research UK Conference (GISRUK 2019).
Geographic Information Science Research UK: Newcastle, UK.
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Abstract
This paper describes efforts to geo-reference addresses from the 1901 Census of Population of England and Wales by linking them to the contemporary OS AddressBase. The results indicate that it is feasible to standardise and geocode a large share of unique addresses from the historic database. Roughly 38% of addresses from 1901 could be linked to contemporary address coordinates. A further 25% of records could be allocated to a road. Geographic trends in the proportion of properties that could be matched were then explored to reveal fascinating insights about how housing has changed since 1901.
| Type: | Proceedings paper |
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| Title: | Geocoding historical census records in England and Wales |
| Event: | Geographical Information Science Research UK Conference (GISRUK 2019), 23-26 April 2019, Newcastle, UK |
| Location: | Newcastle |
| Dates: | 23 April 2019 - 26 April 2019 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | http://www.newcastle.gisruk.org/proceedings/ |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | address matching, historical census data, geocoding, geo-demographics |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of Geography |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10075405 |
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