Total Population

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Year Population 20 years earlier Population 10 years earlier Current Total Population
1801 12,412 Show data context
1811 12,412 Show data context 12,289 Show data context
1821 12,289 Show data context 14,725 Show data context
1831 14,725 Show data context 17,060 Show data context
1841 17,060 Show data context 17,022 Show data context
1851 17,022 Show data context 19,058 Show data context
1881 16,861 Show data context 15,333 Show data context
1891 15,333 Show data context 14,558 Show data context
1901 131,686 Show data context 146,077 Show data context
1911 146,077 Show data context 151,159 Show data context
1921 151,159 Show data context 159,055 Show data context
1931 182,179 Show data context 185,824 Show data context
1951 49,611 Show data context 181,524 Show data context
1961 181,524 Show data context 189,686 Show data context
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1801 - 1851 1851 Census of Great Britain, Population tables 2, Table [1] , 'Population Abstract'
1881 1881 Census of England and Wales, Population tables 2, Table 4 , 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'
1891 1891 Census of England and Wales, Population tables 2, Table 2 , 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'
1901 1901 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 12 , 'Registration County, Districts, and Sub-Districts, with their Constituent Civil Parishes - Area; Houses and Population 1891 and 1901, and Separate Occupiers 1901'
1911 1911 Census of England and Wales, Population tables 2, Table 5 , 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'
1921 1921 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 3 , 'Population, Acreage, Private Families and Dwellings'
1931 1931 Census of England and Wales, County Report Part I, Table 3 , 'Population, Acreage, Private Families and Dwellings'
1951 1951 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 3 , 'Acreage, Population, Private Households and Dwellings', for 'AC, MB, UD, RD; Wards of CB, MB; CP, NT'
1961 1961 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 3 , 'Acreage, Population, Private Households and Dwellings', for 'LAA, Wards, CP in RD, Con, NT'

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