Microform copies of the 1881 census transcription and index and street indexes are available or can be ordered at LDS Family History Centres.
If the address has been obtained from a birth, marriage, or death certificate from the Office for National Statistics (General Register Office), then the RD will be stated on the certificate. The accompanying table gives the names and numbers of the RDs for which street indexes are available, and the volume number of the street index for each RD. The county in which the address was located must also be known.
If the RD is not known, a useful finding aid is the Register of towns indexed by streets for the 1841 - 1881 census of England and Wales (LDS Family History Library Catalog number 6026692). From this index, for the place in question, get the county name, RD name (listed under "Indexed under"), and volume number.
Note that some streets span registration districts, so it may be necessary to check the index of more than one RD.
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