Vision of Britain | 1881 Census: Population tables 2

1881 Census of England and Wales, Tables: Area, Houses and Population in Registration Counties, Table 4: " Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881".

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click on unit name for its home page If appears click for more detailed statistics	Area in Statute Acres [1]	Houses: 1871: Inhabited: [2]	Houses: 1871: Uninhabited [3]	Houses: 1871: Building [4]	Houses: 1881: Inhabited: [5]
Wales Total	5,093,728	287,151	15,316	1,849	315,225
Monmouthshire RegC	427,848	41,251	1,902	231	44,483
Glamorgan RegC	576,426	74,638	3,662	636	93,610
Carmarthenshire RegC	485,499	21,035	801	123	22,802
Pembrokeshire RegC	355,530	17,345	957	58	17,224
Cardiganshire RegC	594,883	22,332	996	99	22,176
Brecknockshire RegC	443,133	11,947	976	64	11,409
Radnorshire RegC	221,252	3,767	126	7	3,733
Montgomeryshire RegC	581,221	16,200	672	68	15,867
Flintshire RegC	73,380	9,562	711	46	9,874
Denbighshire RegC	375,977	22,655	1,831	142	23,920
Merionethshire RegC	481,081	13,134	738	184	14,459
Caernarvonshire RegC	354,416	24,899	1,318	150	27,401
Anglesey RegC	123,082	8,386	626	41	8,267

Notes:

The following notes to the table appeared in the original report.

1	Where the name of the Registration County in which a parish is situated differs from that of the County Proper to which it belongs, the name of the latter is stated in italics.
2	(W) or (W S) denotes that a Workhouse or Workhouse School belonging to the District is situated within the limits of the parish, and has been included in the return; (w) or (w s) denotes that a Workhouse or Workhouse School not belonging to the District is situated within the limits of the parish, but has been included in the return. A statement of the number of persons in the principal Public Institutions in each district will be found in Table 6.
3	The AREAS which have been supplied by the Ordnance Survey Department are printed in Script type (e.g. Chessington 1250, sub-district 30 : 2). Those printed in French type (e.g. Charnham Street (Wilts) 2490, sub-district 113 : 3) were assigned to the parishes by the late Tithe Commissioners, and those printed in Arabic type (e.g. Baydon (Wilts) 3060, sub-district 113 : 3) were assigned to the parishes by the late Mr. Rickman, in the Enumeration Abstract for 1831. In these latter cases a more accurate estimate of the area is not at present procurable.
4	The areas marked thus (w) either include water or relate to parishes to which a portion of the tidal water or foreshore of contiguous rivers or creeks has been allotted. Such tidal water or foreshore is, however, not included in the areas. For details see Table 8.
5	Persons who, on the night of the 3rd April 1881, were on board barges or boats employed in inland navigation, and those who were on board sea-going vessels in harbours, rivers and creeks, are included among the general population.
6	In cases where detached parts of parishes have been transferred by Local Government Board Orders under the provisions of the Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act, 39 & 40 Vict. c. 61, the houses and population for 1871 have been corrected, that the figures may be compatible with those for 1881.

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