Rhayader
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  Census figures for Rhayader parish  
 

Rhayader population graph

 
  The actual recorded figures for the population of the parish were:-  
  In the year 1841 - 742 people
In the year 1851 - 829
In the year 1861 - 846
In the year 1871 - 802
In the year 1881 - 890
In the year 1891 - 788
In the year 1901 - 1215
 
  The parish of Rhayader includes the town and a little land around it. Because it was the only town in the area and was a market and a base for local tradesmen, the population remained roughly the same except for the big change at the end of Queen Victoria's reign.

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