| Census figures for Talgarth parish | ||
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| The old parish
of Talgarth stretched right over the
Black Mountains and down to the border at Glangrwyne. The population figures
used here do not include this far off Glangrwyne portion but the town and
the area around it. The actual recorded figures for the population of the parish were:- |
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| In
the year 1841 - 1271 people In the year 1851 - 1222 In the year 1861 - 1224 In the year 1871 - 1408 In the year 1881 - 1352 In the year 1891 - 1318 In the year 1901 - 1466 |
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The government report which published the 1871 figures said the population increase was due to the "extension of the Mid-Wales Railway and the establishment of a new market." Compare this graph with those of
other parishes in the area. |
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