Llanidloes Britain
was divided into parishes (shown on the map) and the figures record how
many people lived in the parish. The parish usually consists of the village
around the parish church and the area around it. Some parishes
contain several small communities. Choose from the list
below to view graphs of the population of local places in the
Victorian period.
Population graphs
Census
figures for the area
The
population of the Upper Severn Valley
changed throughout the Victorian period as industries did well or faded
and people moved about to earn a living. Information about the local population
was recorded in the censuses which were
taken every ten years. Men were employed to travel round the district recording
who lived in which house and what they did. The population figures are taken
from these records.