| Census figures for Llanbedr parish | ||
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| The actual recorded figures for the population of the parish were:- | ||
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the year 1841 - 290 people In the year 1851 - 286 In the year 1861 - 280 In the year 1871 - 273 In the year 1881 - 272 In the year 1891 - 230 In the year 1901 - 204 |
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| Llanbedr
parish in Victorian times was a mountainous country parish with a very small
population. The report which came with the census returns said that the
population of the parish in 1841 had decreased by 60 from 1831 due to the
"depressed state of the iron trade". This shows us that even in the rural areas men were walking miles to work in the foundries and mines. Compare the overall trend with that of other rural parishes like Partrishow or Llanfihangel Cwmdu. Is the overall trend the same? Why do you think the population declined towards the end of the Victorian period? |
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