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A History of the County of Oxford
… Congregations increased at a time when the parish's population was static or falling, and there were regularly …
A History of the County of Oxford
… £500 were not uncommon. 78 From the later 18th century, as population increased, there was an increase in the number of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1956 to take the two upper junior classes. 69 Increasing population led to the construction on the Rutten Lane site in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1086, 84 and in 1279 there were 48, 85 probably implying a population larger than any subsequently recorded until the … poll tax was paid by only 112 adults, suggesting a loss of population, although less heavy than in some other … 70 adults were reported, 90 indicating that the parish's population remained relatively low; the impression is …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the end of the French wars. Expenditure per head of population was higher in Yarnton than elsewhere, even when …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… the respective seasons, nearly the whole of the male population are engaged. The nearest market-town is Lerwick, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Yatesbury had 55 poll-tax payers in 1377. 32 In 1801 the population was 234. It had fallen to 218 by 1811 and had … 61 In 1879 there were 57 houses in the parish. 62 As the population fell sharply in the 1880s 63 some were demolished; …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and the substratum abounds with good building-stone. The population is mostly employed in the manufacture of … district, consisting of half the town, and containing a population of about 3000, then became an ecclesiastical … of Yeovil comprises 35 parishes or places, containing a population of 27,894. In the hamlets of Kingston, Marsh, and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… weekly services in view of Yelford's remoteness, lack of population, and proximity to other churches. 43 From the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to College Farm. 8 Yelford's recorded early 19th-century population of 16 or 17 people excluded the College Farm site. 9 On census day in 1851 the recorded population (17) was artificially high because both the … cottage) in a field towards Home wood, bringing Yelford's population effectively to over 30. 10 Before 1871 a pair of …