| Census figures for Manafon parish | ||
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| The actual recorded figures for the population of the parish were:- | ||
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the year 1841 - 795 people In the year 1851 - 766 In the year 1861 - 701 In the year 1871 - 671 In the year 1881 - 627 In the year 1891 - 486 In the year 1901 - 501 Like Llanerfyl, Llangyniew and Llanwyddelan, this parish is an upland area of small farms with sheep on the hills. In Victorian times just about everbody in the parish would have been involved in working on the land or like the miller and the blacksmith providing a service to the farmer. Many of the farmers were tenants of the Powis estate. |
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this graph with those of other rural parishes in the area. Is the overall trend the same? Why do you think the population declined in the later Victorian period? |
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