The man who wasn't there
Despite its detail, the census can throw up inconsistencies and loose ends. An accurate snapshot taken on a given day can result in its share of missing persons.
The 1910 and 1911 electoral registers show him at Wistowe. But an online search of the 1911 census for the same address brings up the name Jane Cay instead - and only on the enumeration book's index. Her name does not appear on any census return.
So where is Benjamin Edwards, and who was Jane Cay? The answer lies 10 years earlier. Edwards' sister-in-law Jennie Clay was living with him at the time. Searching the 1911 census under her name reveals her as 'head' of household at Wistowe. Jane Cay, it turns out, is no more than a misspelling, however misleading.
As for Edwards - like many people missing in the census, he was probably away from home on the day the census was taken.