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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Area in Statute Acres
[1]
Houses
Population
1871
1881
Persons
Males
Females
Inhabited
[2]
Uninhabited
[3]
Building
[4]
Inhabited
[5]
Uninhabited
[6]
Building
[7]
1871
[8]
1881
[9]
1871
[10]
1881
[11]
1871
[12]
1881
[13]
Barnstaple SubD Total   12,711 Show data context 2,233 Show data context 63 Show data context 18 Show data context 2,391 Show data context 93 Show data context 7 Show data context 11,272 Show data context 11,583 Show data context 5,186 Show data context 5,342 Show data context 6,086 Show data context 6,241 Show data context
Swimbridge CP/AP 7,280 Show data context 311 Show data context 12 Show data context 0 Show data context 279 Show data context 9 Show data context 0 Show data context 1,422 Show data context 1,218 Show data context 694 Show data context 627 Show data context 728 Show data context 591 Show data context
Landkey CP/Ch 3,162 Show data context 141 Show data context 9 Show data context 0 Show data context 137 Show data context 12 Show data context 0 Show data context 671 Show data context 597 Show data context 328 Show data context 295 Show data context 343 Show data context 302 Show data context
Barnstaple CP/AP 1,102 Show data context 1,717 Show data context 40 Show data context 18 Show data context 1,919 Show data context 68 Show data context 7 Show data context 8,918 Show data context 9,518 Show data context 4,041 Show data context 4,302 Show data context 4,877 Show data context 5,216 Show data context
Goodleigh CP/AP 1,167 Show data context 64 Show data context 2 Show data context 0 Show data context 56 Show data context 4 Show data context 0 Show data context 261 Show data context 250 Show data context 123 Show data context 118 Show data context 138 Show data context 132 Show data context

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

Rate Date
Houses under Construction as Percentage of All Houses 1881
Population Density (Persons per Acre) 1881
Rate of Population Change (% over previous 10 years) 1881

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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