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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and 10 girls at the village school out of a total child population of 49, of which about two-thirds required free … Newton, like other marshland parishes, had an increasing population, and by 1916 the school was so crowded that the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… They also form a very large village community. In 1931 the population of the four constituent parishes was just under … but in its present form is mainly a modern settlement. Its population increased from 265 in 1801 to 1,019 in 1921, a … of market-gardens and small-holdings led to an increase in population and great pressure on the schools. The situation …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… one of the smallest areas in England, as regards both population and rateable value, 5 it had up to 1939 provided … boys, girls, and infants. 74 In all, 284 children (in a population of 2,159) were being taught, about a quarter of … 35 in number, from Knarr Fen. 81 3,936 acres, with a 1931 population of 330, were transferred from Whittlesey under the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… in a net loss to Tydd St. Giles of 230 acres and 17 population (1931 Census). Previously, owing to the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… of Wisbech town. But this accounts for less than half the population, and there are other considerable villages at … spite of the dispersed settlement pattern, the density of population (26 per 100 acres) is high; it is surpassed only … of 3,409 in the seating capacity of churches to the population of Wisbech borough (H.L. 93 (1818), xviii). The …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… beautiful spectacle', and about 3,600 (two-thirds of the population of the town) sat down to dinner. 'It was a … for a town with about 230 entitled to vote, and a population of some 6,000. The principal changes introduced by …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 1875, for the town was experiencing a temporary decline in population. In the 1880's, a writer referred to the … a corporate town in the middle of the 16th century, its population at the time seems to have been small, even … respectively. It may perhaps be inferred that the total population of the borough (St. Peter's parish) was about …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the rates had greatly diminished since 1817 although the population had increased by 1,500. There was a professional …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… in 1858-9 took up 'field work'-even in a town of 10,000 population. Two became pupil-teachers. 88 These British … a school in Norwich Road. 98 By this time most of the population was concentrated in New Walsoken on the Wisbech … however, did not keep pace with the increase in the population. The Norwich Road site was too small for any …
A History of the County of Sussex
… building called Malthouse Cottages. The old centres of population had meanwhile been replaced by new ones further … only 64 adult inhabitants were recorded in 1676. 48 The population rose from 258 in 1801 to 296 in 1831, and 341 in … despite the further enlargement of the area, the population declined to 249 in 1971. 49 Wiston House was …