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History Theses 1901-1970
… Edinburgh Ph.D. 1956. The growth and distribution of white population in South Africa from the second British occupation …
Old and New London
… as it may, a mighty clearance of houses was made, and a population equal to that of ten small boroughs was swept …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… impetus which, thanks to the rapid growth of metropolitan population, was in no way lost from 1815 to 1845. The Free … or finer carriage horses. Here we have the advantage of population; the brewer is sure to have the best heavy horses …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Neolithic times until the later 20th century the county's population was predominantly rural, though long before the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… wheat was 48 s. 7 d., and in 1885 39 s. 9 d., whilst our population has increased from twelve to thirty-six millions …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… down, more were set up and inclosure and the increase of population generally went hand in hand. 8 There was extensive … as in the royal forests, there was also some increase in population. 29 It cannot be said simply that inclosures … common rights was generally accompanied by an increase of population, and in the Chalk Country by a decrease. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… after inclosure. Even there, however, there were falls in population after later consolidations. 44 An examination of … the same could be said of the effect of inclosure upon population, and a study of the same 40 parishes has been made … obvious. First, in 34 parishes there was a clear rise in population between 1801 and 1831. In only 2 of the remaining …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… township comprises by measurement about 1200 acres: the population is chiefly employed in two large cotton-mills and … rise in Malham Tarn, a few miles above the village. The population is chiefly agricultural, but some of the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… were recorded in the later 17th century. 36 In 1801 the population was 136; it rose to a peak of 228 in 1831 and then … 180 in 1871 and more rapidly to 121 in 1881. By 1921 the population of the reduced parish was 60. 37 The poet and …
A History of the County of Somerset
… by 1881, coinciding with a fall of over 30 per cent in the population since 1871. 92 By 1919 farms had been further …