| Census figures for Llanfair Caereinion | ||
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| The actual recorded figures for the population of the parish were:- | ||
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the year 1841 - 2747 people In the year 1851 - 2727 In the year 1861 - 2584 In the year 1871 - 2485 In the year 1881 - 2286 In the year 1891 - 2019 In the year 1901 - 1839 The parish includes the town and a large area of countryside around it. The report that was published with the census said that 19 people from the parish emigrated in the first 3 months of 1841 before the census. A similar report recorded that the drop in population in 1871 was because of "migration of labourers in search of ...employment, and the demolition of dilapidated cottages". |
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graph with those for other parishes in the area. Are the overall trends the same? Why do you think the population declined in the Victorian period? |
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