| Census figures for Llanigon parish | ||
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| The actual recorded figures for the population of the parish were:- | ||
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the year 1841 - 547 people In the year 1851 - 518 In the year 1861 - 484 In the year 1871 - 442 In the year 1881 - 410 In the year 1891 - 336 In the year 1901 - 291 |
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| Like
other parishes in the area such as Clyro and Llyswen, this is very much
a rural valley community. The parish did include large empty areas of the
Black mountains though. Most people would have worked on the farms in Victorian times and there would have been shepherds to look after the mountain sheep. The report which published the 1871 census figures said that numbers had fallen in that year because of "migration in search of employment". Compare this graph with those of other parishes in the area. Is the overall trend the same? Which parishes in the area have the same trend? If the trend differs, in what way does it differ? . |