Throughout the Victorian period most of the people of this rural parish would have been working on the land in some way.
As we can see from the Trade Directories though, most small communities had their own craftsmen providing the things local people needed.

Compare this graph with those of other parishes in the area.
Is the overall trend the same?
If the trend differs, in what way does it differ?
What was happening in the around in the 1860s in Montgomeryshire which might have caused the population to rise?

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