Vision of Britain | 1891 Census: Population tables 2

1891 Census of England and Wales, Area, Houses and Population: Registration Areas and Sanitary Districts, Table 2 : " Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes".

List for top level	Mere	List for Mere RegD/PLU

click on unit name for its home page If appears click for more detailed statistics	Area in Statute Acres [1]	Houses						Population
		Inhabited				Uninhabited				Building				Persons	Males	Females
		1881 [2]	1881 [3]	1881 [4]	1891 [5]	1891 [6]	1891 [7]	1881 [8]	1891 [9]	1881 [10]	1891 [11]	1881 [12]	1891 [13]
Mere SubD Total	34,456	1,691	131	3	1,594	124	7	7,349	6,756	3,594	3,203	3,755	3,553
East Knoyle AP/CP	5,926	220	11	0	215	3	4	915	956	463	473	452	483
West Knoyle AP/CP	2,016	43	2	0	34	7	0	199	158	113	82	86	76
Monkton Deverill CP/Ch	1,813	33	1	0	27	3	0	127	104	64	51	63	53
Kingston Deverill AP/CP	2,738	68	6	0	56	4	0	278	234	142	108	136	126
Mere AP/CP	7,650	646	47	3	644	43	3	2,931	2,749	1,395	1,255	1,536	1,494
Sedgehill CP/Ch	1,185	41	5	0	38	3	0	192	176	88	80	104	96
Maiden Bradley With Yarnfield AP/CP	4,609	129	4	0	131	2	0	591	606	302	296	289	310
Kilmington CP/AP	2,876	117	20	0	101	24	0	477	369	235	179	242	190
Stourton With Gasper CP/AP	3,496	128	7	0	111	10	0	556	410	278	198	278	212
Silton AP/CP	1,225	58	1	0	49	5	0	231	212	122	110	109	102
Bourton Ch/CP	922	208	27	0	188	20	0	852	782	392	371	460	411

Notes:

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

1	The Registration Districts of this Division are co-extensive with Poor Law Unions, except ...
2	Where the name of a Registration County in which a Parish is situated differs from that of the Administrative County to which it belongs, the name of the latter is added in italics. [further information on special cases in the specific division.]
3	(W) or (W.S.) denotes that a Workhouse or Workhouse School belonging to the District is situated within the limits of the Parish; (w) or (w.s.) that one of these institutions not belonging to the District is situated therein. A statement of the number of persons enumerated in Public Institutions in each District will be found in Table 8.
4	The places named in footnotes as being included in Civil Parishes are Hamlets, Villages, etc, or localities having no defined boundaries.
5	Under the Divided Parishes Acts of 1876, 1879 and 1882 numerous detached parts of Civil Parishes have been amalgamated with other Civil Parishes, and a statement of such transferences is given in Table 14.
6	Revised areas of Civil Parishes and parts of Parishes have been furnished by the Ordnance Survey Department.
7	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 11.
8	Persons who, on the night of 5th April, 1891, were on board barges or boats employed in inland navigation, and those who were on board sea-going and coastal vessels in harbours, rivers and creeks, are included in the general population. For details see Table 9.

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