Delve into the 1921 census at all Hampshire libraries

Hampshire residents will be able to delve into history now the 1921 census is available to view at all Hampshire County Council libraries.

The council has arranged for access to FindMyPast, which holds the latest available census data for England and Wales, and it is making it available free of charge.

Highlights from the census include Alice Hargreaves, the inspiration for Alice in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, George Edward Marston, the artist who twice accompanied Sir Ernest Shackleton on expeditions to the Antarctic, and Flora Thompson, the author who wrote Lark Rise to Candleford.

The 1921 census is particularly important because the 1931 census records were destroyed in the Blitz and no census was taken in 1941 because of the Second World War, so it is the last census release until the release of the 1951 census, which is due in 2052.