Category Archives: Official data

Digital Domesday Book

Posted on March 23, 2010 by Clive D. Field

The National Archives issued the following press release on 22 March 2010. Obviously, it is too soon to say how valuable a resource this will be for those of us interested in British religion in numbers. THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES TO … Continue reading →

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UFOs

Posted on March 17, 2010 by Clive D. Field

UFOs (unidentified flying objects) have been in the news a lot over the past few weeks. This is partly because of the recent revelations that the Ministry of Defence is closing its UFO desk, staffed by a single case officer, … Continue reading →

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Jews and the 2011 Census

Posted on March 8, 2010 by Clive D. Field

The Jewish Chronicle of 5 March 2010 reports that, following a lengthy process of consultation with the Board of Deputies of British Jews and the Institute for Jewish Policy Research, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has agreed to make … Continue reading →

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Religion and Community Cohesion

Posted on February 20, 2010 by Clive D. Field

The Department for Communities and Local Government published 2008-09 Citizenship Survey: Community Cohesion Topic Report by Cheryl Lloyd on 18 February 2010. It runs to 196 pages and is available for free download at: http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/statistics/pdf/1473353.pdf This is the first of … Continue reading →

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Marriages in England and Wales

Posted on February 12, 2010 by Clive D. Field

The Office for National Statistics released the provisional marriage data for England and Wales for 2008 in a Statistical Bulletin published on 11 February 2010. The report, with accompanying Excel spreadsheets, will be found at: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/Product.asp?vlnk=14275 The principal religious information … Continue reading →

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Religious Census 1851 Online

Posted on January 22, 2010 by Siobhan McAndrew

For interested historians: the Census of Religious Worship of 1851 has been digitised and is available from two sources. First, there is the Online Historical Population Reports Website. The Report is indexed and can be viewed page-by-page, with each page … Continue reading →

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Launch of data.gov.uk

Posted on January 21, 2010 by Siobhan McAndrew

Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, today launched a major government web portal drawing together official data sources. data.gov.uk is still in beta version, but already offers a massive array of public data – 2879 data sources and … Continue reading →

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