Rhayader
and district Britain was divided into parishes
(shown on the map) and the figures record
how many people lived in the parish.
Population graphs
Census
figures for the area
The population
of this part of Radnorshire
and north 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
figures are taken from these records.
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 see graphs of the population of local places in the
Victorian period.