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when viewing addresses on census, some streets/roads etc,don`t give a number,but in the schedule column there is a number.anyone tell me what that number is. best wishes derek

You have actually answered your own question. If the number is under the schedule column then it only refers to the schedule and not a house number. Maureen

Hello! I think -THINK - that it indicates the order that the enumerator went to each house, so the numbers should go up in order. I'm sure someone else on here will correct me if I just made that up! Cheryl :o)

More relevant to the earlier census returns it simply means an entry within a property. Not all streets were numbered, even in a street with numbers there were some properties which had several families living in rooms within the house. It wasn't until the mid 1870's that legislation dictated that the growing towns should have houses numbered, this was done to make it easier to identify houses for the likes of the fire brigade in the rapidly expanding towns where industry swelled the population very quickly. For census purposes each 'family' group could be distinguished from the next each one is recorded under a schedule number. By following the schedule it is possible to follow the route the enumerator took (and in some cases it can help to locate a house today even if there has been redevelopment/renumbering in the road in question). In the early days many streets were numbered consecutively, with number 1 being next to number two, then three and so on, at the far end of the street you might find say number 53 and the house opposite is number 54, as you walked back down the far side of the street the numbers then went 55, 56, 57 etc.