The population
of this mountainous area of the heart
of Breconshire changed throughout the Victorian period as people moved
about to earn a living.
While the town of Brecon changed to
exploit the opportunities offered by the canal and the railway, many of
the poorest people working in the remoter areas moved
out of Breconshire altogether.
Information about the local population
was recorded in the censuses which
were taken every ten years.
Men were employed to travel round the district recording who lived in
which house and what they did. The population figures are taken from these
records.
