Shaftesbury St Peter Parish (CP/AP) through time | Historical Statistics on Population

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Year	Population 10 years earlier	Current Total Population
1801		896
1811	896	1,029
1821	1,029	1,064
1831	1,064	1,114
1841	1,114	1,101
1851	1,101	1,032
1881	1,020	895
1891	886	801

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'

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Shaftesbury St Peter Parish (CP/AP) : Total Population

Total Population