The
population of this upland
area of Western Breconshire changed throughout the Victorian
period as 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 graphs were put together
from these records.
Britain was divided into parishes (shown on the map) and the figures record
how many people lived in the parish.
Choose from the list below to see graphs of the population of local parishes in the Victorian period.
