| Census figures for Llangenny parish | ||
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the year 1841 - 427 people In the year 1851 - 455 In the year 1861 - 470 In the year 1871 - 483 In the year 1881 - 505 In the year 1891 - 471 In the year 1901 - 347 Llangenny is a rural border parish with a small population. The figure for 1841 includes 7 poor people living in tents on common land. Other luckier people in the parish would have worked on the farms or as servants in one of the great houses. |
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the overall trend with that of other rural parishes like Partrishow or Llanbedr. Is the overall trend the same? Why do you think the population declined towards the end of the Victorian period? |
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