Meliden Parish (AP/CP) : Total Population

Total Population

Data cube chart.

Year Population 10 years earlier Current Total Population
1801 427 Show data context
1811 427 Show data context 432 Show data context
1821 432 Show data context 569 Show data context
1831 569 Show data context 720 Show data context
1841 720 Show data context 844 Show data context
1851 844 Show data context 1,209 Show data context
1881 1,146 Show data context 1,137 Show data context
1891 1,137 Show data context 1,035 Show data context
1901 388 Show data context 478 Show data context
1911 478 Show data context 560 Show data context
1921 560 Show data context 1,018 Show data context
1931 686 Show data context 918 Show data context
Date Source
1801 - 1851 1851 Census of Great Britain, Population tables 2, Table [1] , 'Population Abstract'
1881 1881 Census of England and Wales, Population tables 2, Table 4 , 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'
1891 1891 Census of England and Wales, Population tables 2, Table 2 , 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'
1901 1901 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 12 , 'Registration County, Districts, and Sub-Districts, with their Constituent Civil Parishes - Area; Houses and Population 1891 and 1901, and Separate Occupiers 1901'
1911 1911 Census of England and Wales, Population tables 2, Table 5 , 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'
1921 1921 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 3 , 'Population, Acreage, Private Families and Dwellings'
1931 1931 Census of England and Wales, County Report Part I, Table 3 , 'Population, Acreage, Private Families and Dwellings'

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This very simplified view of the changing industrial base of communities does identify the traditional sectors of Agriculture, Mining and Manufacturing which dominated many areas in the nineteenth century, but provides no breakdown of the service sector, in which the large majority of us now work.


How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Meliden Parish (AP/CP) through time | Historical Statistics on Population | Total Population, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10243038/cube/TOT_POP

Date accessed: 10th April 2026