| Census figures for Carno parish | ||
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| The actual recorded figures for the population of the parish were:- | ||
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the year 1841 - 995 people In the year 1851 - 908 In the year 1861 - 969 In the year 1871 - 1001 In the year 1881 - 876 In the year 1891 - 772 In the year 1901 - 717 |
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| Besides the
people of Carno parish who were upland sheep farmers or weavers the other
main group were the lead miners and
their families. The government report which published the figures of the
1851 census said that the population had declined in the 1840s because because
local people had emigrated or moved to mining districts. The graph reveals that the population rose slightly at the middle of the Victorian period and then fell sharply. Compare these figures with Llanwnog and Trefeglwys. Is the overall trend the same? Why did the population fall away at the end of Victoria's reign? What else was going on in the area which might account for the increase in population in the middle of her reign? |
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