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".

Show top level table	Bedford and Cardington	Show Bedford RegD/PLU table

Click on the 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]
Bedford and Cardington SubD Total	19,497	3,047	148	32	3,525	142	8	14,845	17,028	6,911	8,004	7,934	9,024
Wootton AP/CP	3,788	279	16	0	268	30	0	1,302	1,253	642	636	660	617
Bedford St Peter CP/AP	560	786	31	7	939	35	17	3,976	4,698	1,732	2,105	2,244	2,593
Bedford St Paul AP/CP	799	2,002	85	10	2,730	161	46	10,121	14,451	4,380	6,183	5,741	8,268
Bedford St Mary CP/AP	535	695	38	14	995	46	5	3,565	4,878	1,726	2,346	1,839	2,532
Bedford St John CP/AP	29	120	2	8	143	2	0	537	672	267	337	270	335
Elstow AP/CP	1,617	107	1	0	105	1	0	558	478	278	245	280	233
Wilshamstead AP/CP	3,131	190	23	0	190	4	0	820	787	417	392	403	395
Cardington CP/AP	2,523	107	6	0	104	6	0	512	438	233	207	279	231
Eastcotts CP/Tn	2,816	162	7	0	185	7	0	713	830	348	409	365	421
Cople CP/AP	2,132	97	1	0	94	2	0	459	424	213	205	246	219
Willington CP/AP	1,660	55	1	0	56	1	0	248	234	117	110	131	124
Goldington CP/AP	2,588	127	12	0	127	12	0	579	587	276	284	303	303
Renhold AP/CP	2,211	103	0	0	105	1	2	516	481	252	238	264	243
Ravensden AP/CP	2,290	95	4	0	99	3	0	465	440	248	222	217	218
Wilden AP/CP	2,266	109	10	0	89	23	0	443	388	224	199	219	189
Roxton CP/AP	2,941	120	17	0	113	10	0	551	441	270	221	281	220
Great Barford AP/CP	2,868	196	10	1	172	30	0	788	746	371	359	417	387

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Using data from this table, Vision of Britain can map the following rates for within Bedford and Cardington SubD:

Rate	Date
Houses under Construction as Percentage of All Houses	1891
Population Density (Persons per Acre)	1891
Rate of Population Change (% over previous 10 years)	1891

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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