Births by legitimacy

Year	Legitimate	Illegitimate
31 Dec 1850	990	38
31 Dec 1851	1,058	45
31 Dec 1852	1,155	35
31 Dec 1853	1,206	42
31 Dec 1854	1,361	57
31 Dec 1855	1,488	59
31 Dec 1856	1,585	61
31 Dec 1857	1,603	56
31 Dec 1858	1,650	57
31 Dec 1859	1,762	56
31 Dec 1860	1,834	62
31 Dec 1861	1,904	76
31 Dec 1862	2,061	72
31 Dec 1863	2,311	73
31 Dec 1864	2,355	88
31 Dec 1865	2,592	82
31 Dec 1866	2,782	95
31 Dec 1867	2,826	112
31 Dec 1868	3,064	92
31 Dec 1869	3,116	91
31 Dec 1870	3,414	84
31 Dec 1871	3,507	102
31 Dec 1872	4,006	108
31 Dec 1873	4,218	98
31 Dec 1874	4,639	97
31 Dec 1875	5,064	127
31 Dec 1876	5,463	106
31 Dec 1877	5,757	126
31 Dec 1878	6,222	151
31 Dec 1879	6,795	154
31 Dec 1880	7,350	172

Date:	Source:
1850 - 1880	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office) ,

This website exists to help people doing personal research projects on particular areas within a locality. So long as you are using our data for only a small number of units, you are not making money out of what you are doing, and you are not systematically re-publishing our data, you do not need to request permission from us, but you do need to acknowledge us as your source with the wording:

"This work is based on data provided through www.VisionofBritain.org.uk and uses historical material which is copyright of the Great Britain Historical GIS Project and the University of Portsmouth".

Where the above statement is included in a web page or similar online resource, the reference to "www.VisionofBritain.org.uk" must be a working hyperlink.

nCube definition