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OF THE the Reign of His Majesty King GEORGE IV, INTITULED, Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed, THE ACT which was carried into effect in the Year 1801, "for taking an "Account of the POPULATION of Great Britain, and of the Increase or Diminution thereof,"-having now been repeated in the Years 1811 and 1821, a Comparison of the Results of these National Investigations seems to be required, not only as the Population Abstracts of 1803, 1811, and 1821, may hereafter be referred to in connection with each other, but because a large volume, consisting chiefly of Names and Figures, cannot be readily and effectually consulted without such previous Explanation as may serve to shew the Method and Order pursued in digesting and connecting the Subject-matter of the ENUMERATION Abstract and of the PARISH-REGISTER Abstract; and in so doing on the present occasion, the OBSERVATIONS prefixed to the volume of 1811 will be repeated, with such alterations and additions as have become necessary from another Repetition of the "Population Act, which affords a further Comparison of Results, and contains a new Enquiry regarding the AGES of PERSONS. ABSTRACT
ANSWERS AND RETURNS
Made pursuant to an ACT, passed in the First Year of
"An ACT for taking an Account of the Population
"of GREAT BRITAIN, and of the Increase or
"Diminution thereof."Preliminary Observations
Enumeration Abstract
Parish Register Abstract
M. DCCC. XXI.
2 July
1822.
PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS
I. ENUMERATION ABSTRACT
p. V
II. PARISH REGISTER ABSTRACT
p. XXI
III. INCREASE OF THE POPULATION
p. XXVII
IV. TABLES OF THE SEVERAL COUNTIES
pp. XXXII to XXXV
ENUMERATION ABSTRACT:
COUNTY OF
Page
COUNTY OF
Page
BEDFORD
1
LANCASTER
150
SUMMARY AND AGES
4
SUMMARY p.160 AGES
161
BERKS
5
LEICESTER
162
SUMMARY AND AGES p.11 AGES
12
SUMMARY p.169 AGES
170
BUCKINGHAM
13
LINCOLN PARTS OF HOLLAND
171
SUMMARY AND AGES
18
LINCOLN PARTS OF KESTEVEN
172
CAMBRIDGE
19
LINCOLN PARTS OF LINDSEY
177
SUMMARY AND AGES p.23 AGES
24
SUMMARY p.187 AGES
188,189
CHESTER
25
MIDDLESEX
190
SUMMARY AND AGES
36
SUMMARY p.196 AGES
197
CORNWALL
37
MONMOUTH
198
SUMMARY p.41 AGES
42
SUMMARY p.202 AGES
203
CUMBERLAND
43
NORFOLK
204
SUMMARY p.50 AGES
51
SUMMARY p.219 AGES
220, 221
DERBY
52
NORTHAMPTON
222
SUMMARY p.59 AGES
60
SUMMARY p.230 AGES
231
DEVON
61
NORTHUMBERLAND
232
SUMMARY p.71 AGES
72,73
SUMMARY p.244 AGES
245
DORSET
74
NOTTINGHAM
246
SUMMARY p.82 AGES
83
SUMMARY p.252 AGES
253
DURHAM
84
OXFORD
254
SUMMARY p.91 AGES
92
SUMMARY p.261 AGES
262
ESSEX
93
RUTLAND
263
SUMMARY p.102 AGES
103
SUMMARY p.264 AGES
265
GLOUCESTER
104
SALOP
266
SUMMARY p.117 AGES
119
SUMMARY p.274 AGES
275
HEREFORD
120
SOMERSET
276
SUMMARY p.126 AGES
127
SUMMARY p.289 AGES
290, 291
HERTFORD
128
SOUTHAMPTON
292
SUMMARY p.131 AGES
132
SUMMARY p.301 AGES
302
HUNTINGDON
133
STAFFORD
303
SUMMARY p.135 AGES
136
SUMMARY p.311 AGES
312
KENT
137
SUFFOLK
313
SUMMARY p.148 AGES
149
SUMMARY p.323 AGES
325
-
-
SURREY
326
-
-
SUMMARY p.330 AGES
331
SUSSEX
332
WORCESTER
368
SUMMARY p.341 AGES
342
SUMMARY p.374
375
WARWICK
343
YORK EAST RIDING
376
SUMMARY p.349 AGES
350
SUMMARY p.389
390, 391
WESTMORLAND
351
NORTH RIDING
392
SUMMARY AND AGES
354
SUMMARY p.406
407
WILTS
355
WEST RIDING
408
SUMMARY p.365 AGES
366,367
SUMMARY p.425
426
SUMMARY OF ENGLAND
427
ANGLESEY
431
FLINT
459
SUMMARY p.433 AGES
434
SUMMARY AND AGES
461
BRECON
435
GLAMORGAN
462
SUMMARY p.438 AGES
439
SUMMARY p.467 AGES
468
CARDIGAN
440
MERIONETH
469
SUMMARY p.443 AGES
444
SUMMARY p.470 AGES
471
CARMARTHEN
445
MONTGOMERY
472
SUMMARY p.448 AGES
449
SUMMARY p.475 AGES
476
CARNARVON
450
PEMBROKE
477
SUMMARY p.452 AGES
453
SUMMARY p.480 AGES
481
DENBIGH
454
RADNOR
482
SUMMARY p.457 AGES
458
SUMMARY p.484 AGES
485
SUMMARY OF WALES
486
SHIRE OF
Page
SHIRE OF
Page
ABERDEEN
489
-
-
SUMMARY p.491 AGES
492
-
-
ARGYLL
493
KINCARDINE AGES
516
SUMMARY p.494 AGES
495
KINROSS
517
AYR
496
STEWARTRY OF KIRKCUDBRIGHT AGES
518
SUMMARY p.497 AGES
498
LANARK
519
BANFF AGES
499
SUMMARY AND AGES
521
BERWICK AGES
500
LINLITHGOW AGES
522
BUTE AGES
501
NAIRN
523
CAITHNESS AGES
ibid
ORKNEY AND SHETLAND
524
CLACKMANNAN AGES
502
Summary, p.525 Ages
526
DUMBARTON AGES
503
PEEBLES; AGES
527
DUMFRIES
IBID
PERTH
528
AGES
504
SUMMARY AND AGES
530
EDINBURGH
505
RENFREW AGES
531
SUMMARY AND AGES
506
ROSS AND CROMARTY AGES
532
ELGIN AGES
507
ROXBURGH
533
FIFE
508
SUMMARY AND AGES
534
SUMMARY AND AGES
510
SELKIRK AGES
535
FORFAR
511
STIRLING AGES
536
AGES
512
SUTHERLAND AGES
537
HADDINGTON AGES
513
WIGTOWN AGES
538
INVERNESS
514
-
-
AGES
515
-
-
SUMMARY OF SCOTLAND
539
GENERAL SUMMARY of GREAT BRITAIN
542
APPENDIX
ISLANDS in the BRITISH SEAS
545
METROPOLIS
550
CONTENTS
PARISH REGISTER ABSTRACT:
COUNTY OF
PAGE
COUNTY OF
PAGE
BEDFORD
1
MIDDLESEX
71
SUMMARY
2
SUMMARY
73
BERKS
3
MONMOUTH
74
SUMMARY
7
SUMMARY
75
BUCKS
8
NORFOLK
76
SUMMARY
10
SUMMARY
82
CAMBRIDGE
11
NORTHAMPTON
83
SUMMARY
14
SUMMARY
86
CHESTER
15
NORTHUMBERLAND
87
SUMMARY
16
SUMMARY
88
CORNWALL
17
NOTTINGHAM
89
SUMMARY
19
SUMMARY
91
CUMBERLAND
20
OXFORD
92
-
21
SUMMARY
94
DERBY
22
RUTLAND
95
SUMMARY
23
SUMMARY
96
DEVON
24
SALOP
97
SUMMARY
29
SUMMARY
99
DORSET
30
SOMERSET
100
SUMMARY
33
SUMMARY
107
DURHAM
34
SOUTHAMPTON
108
SUMMARY
36
SUMMARY
110
ESSEX
37
STAFFORD
111
SUMMARY
41
SUMMARY
112
GLOUCESTER
42
SUFFOLK
113
SUMMARY
47
SUMMARY
117
HEREFORD
48
SURREY
118
SUMMARY
50
SUMMARY
120
HERTFORD
51
SUSSEX
121
SUMMARY
52
SUMMARY
123
HUNTINGDON
53
WARWICK
124
SUMMARY
54
SUMMARY
125
KENT
55
WESTMORLAND
126
SUMMARY
57
SUMMARY
127
LANCASTER
58
WILTS
128
SUMMARY
61
SUMMARY
133
LEICESTER
62
WORCHESTER
134
SUMMARY
63
SUMMARY
135
LINCOLN PARTS OF HOLLAND
64
YORK EAST RIDING
136
LINCOLN PARTS OF KESTEVEN
ibid
SUMMARY
138
LINCOLN PARTS OF LINSEY
66
YORK NORTH RIDING
139
SUMMARY
70
SUMMARY
141
-
-
YORK WEST RIDING
142
-
-
SUMMARY
144
SUMMARY OF ENGLAND
145
ANGLESEY; SUMMARY
147
FLINT; SUMMARY
150
BRECON; SUMMARY
ibid
GLAMORGAN; SUMMARY
ibid
CARDIGAN; SUMMARY
148
MERIONETH; SUMMARY
151
CARMARTHEN; SUMMARY
ibid
MONTGOMERY; SUMMARY
ibid
CARNARVON; SUMMARY
149
PEMBROKE; SUMMARY
152
DENBIGH; SUMMARY
ibid
RADNOR; SUMMARY
ibid
SUMMARY OF ENGLAND AND WALES
154
APPENDIX
ISLAND IN THE BRITISH SEAS
156
THE METROPOLIS
157
PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS:
I. Enumeration Abstract.
PAGE
QUESTIONS addressed to Overseers in England; and to Schoolmasters in Scotland
v
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT of the Enumerations of 1801; 1811; and 1821
viii
ARRANGEMENT of Counties and Hundreds
ix
ARRANGEMENT of Cities and Towns
x
ARRANGEMENT of Parishes and Townships
xi-xii
ARRANGEMENT of Extra-parochial Places, and Liberties
xiii
COMPLETION of Returns
xiv
AGES of Persons
ibid.
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT of the Ages of Persons in the several Counties of England, Wales, and Scotland; in the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, &C.; and in The Metropolis
xv-xx
II. Parish Register Abstract
.
QUESTIONS addressed to Officiating Ministers in England
xxi
Number of Baptisms, Burials, and Marriages
xxiii
Concerning the Registry of Marriages
xxiv
Concerning the Registry of Burials
xxv
Concerning the Registry of Baptisms
xxvi
III. Increase of Population
TABLE OF POPULATION throughout the last Century, England and Wales
xxix
TABLES of the several Counties
xxxii-xxxv
PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS