Snippets from old Newspapers

5th May 1871, Census Returns,

Inhabited Houses 457, uninhabited Houses 37, Males 1196, Females 1421,  Children age 3-13 attending school 360.  Windowed rooms 2016 “The window tax”

Shops 63.

Population in 1851 3245.

1861 2823.

1871  2617