ENGLAND 



2908 



ENGLAND 



population of England in 1920 was 

 about the same as it was in 1914. 

 The losses of the war had been 

 made good, but that was all. 



The following table gives, ac- 

 cording to the census of 1921, the 

 population of the various counties. 

 It includes that of the county 

 boroughs which are within their 

 areas, although not under the 

 control of the county councils : 



Bedford (34) 206,478 



Berkshire (28) 294,807 



Buckingham (32) .. . 236,200 

 Cambridge (35) . . . 

 Cheshire (9) . . . 

 Cornwall (27) .. ., 

 Cumberland (30) 



Derby (15) 



Devon (16) 



Dorset (33) . . 

 Durham (3) .. .. 



Essex (4) 



Gloucester (12) ,. ., 

 Hampshire (10) . . 

 Hereford (37) .. ., 

 Hertford (26) . . 

 Huntingdon (39) 



Kent (8) 



Lancashire (1) 

 Leicester (20) . . 

 Lincoln (18) .. .. 

 Middlesex (7) . . 

 Monmouth (22) .. ., 

 Norfolk (19) . . 

 Northampton (25) 

 Northumberland (13) . . 

 Nottingham (17) 

 Oxford (36) . . 

 Rutland (40) . . 

 Shropshire (31) . . 

 Somerset (21) . . 

 Stafford (6) .. .. 

 Suffolk (24) . . 



Surrey (11) 

 Sussex (14) 

 Warwick (5) . . 

 Westmorland (38) 

 Wiltshire (29) . . 

 Worcester (k3) . . 

 Yorkshire (2) E.E. .. 



N.E. .. 



W.IJ. .. 



203,312 



1.025,425 

 320,559 

 273.037 

 714,539 

 709,488 

 228,258 



1,478,506 



1,468,341 

 757,668 



1,005,030 

 113,118 

 333,236 

 54,748 



1,141,867 



4,928,359 

 494,522 

 602,105 



1,253,164 

 450,700 

 504.277 

 349^84 

 746,138 

 641,134 

 189,558 

 18,368 

 242,959 

 465,682 



1,349,225 

 399,988 

 930,377 

 728,001 



1,390,092 

 65,740 

 292,213 

 405,876 

 544,769 

 456,312 



3,181,654 



From this table, too, London is 

 excluded. Its population was 

 4,483,249. 



In 1921 there were in England 

 42 towns and urban districts with 

 populations estimated as in excess 

 of 100,000. This excludes London. 

 There were in addition a further 52 

 places with populations in excess 

 of 50,000. The population figures 

 for the largest towns were : 



Birmingham 

 Liverpool 

 Manchester 

 Sheffield . . 



Leeds 



Bristol . . . . 

 West Ham . 



Hull 



Bradford . . . . 

 Newcastle-oi: -T. e 

 Nottingham >. . . 

 Portsmouth . . 

 Stoke-on-Trent . . 

 Leicester 



Salford 

 Plymouth . . 

 Croydon 

 Bolton . . 

 Willesden . . 

 Southampton 

 Sunderland . . 

 Tottenham . . 

 Birkenhead . . 

 Oldham 



919,438 

 803,118 

 730,551 

 490,724 

 458,320 

 377,061 

 300,905 

 287,013 

 285,979 

 274,955 

 262,658 

 247,343 

 240,440 

 234,190 

 234,150 

 209,857 

 > 190,877 

 ' 178,678 

 165,669 

 160,997 

 159,100 

 146,695 

 145,592 

 145,001 



ENGLAND & WALES 



(GEOLOGICAL) 



England. Map showing the general geological formation of England and Wales 



East Ham ... . 143,304 



Brighton ... . 142,427 



Middlesbrough . . 131,103 



Derby 129,836 



Leyton . . . 128,432 



Coventry . . . 128,205 



Walthamstow . . 127,441 



Blackburn . . . 126,630 



Gateshead . . . . 124,514 



Stockport 123,315 



Norwich 120,653 



Preston 117,426 



South Shields . .. 116,667 



Huddersfleld . .. 110,120 



Southend-on-Sca . . 106,021 



Burnley 103,175 



St. Helens 102,675 



Wolverhampton . . 102,373 



Blackpool 99,640 



Halifax 99.129 



Walsall 96,964 



Reading 92.274 



These populous centies fall into 

 three groups : the manufacturing 

 towns on the coalfields of Durham, 

 Lancashire, Yorkshire, and the Mid- 

 lands ; the seaports such as 

 Portsmouth, Plymouth, and South- 

 ampton ; and the outer suburbs of 

 London, urban districts such as 

 Leyton, Tottenham, Walthamstow, 

 and Willesden, with Brighton put 

 in this category. Norwich is the 

 only large centre outside this 

 classification. A . w . Holland 



DESCRIPTION. England is the 

 largest of the four countries which 

 compose the United Kingdom, 

 comprising two-fifths of the total 

 area. 



The situation of England with 

 reference to France and the conti- 

 nent of Europe is of supreme im- 

 portance. The E. and S. coasts 

 make an angle with its vertex just 

 where the British seas are narrow- 

 est. Through this S.E. corner conti- 

 nental civilization reached Britain, 

 and through it Britain maintains 

 its closest ties with modern Europe. 

 The English people, as distinct from 

 the Scots, Welsh, and Irish, com- 

 prise diverse elements, and similarly 

 the English land consists of rocks 

 representative of many more geo- 

 logical ages than are encountered 

 elsewhere in the British Isles. 



THE GEOLOGICAL FORMATION. 

 From the modern alluvium of the 

 Wash to the oldest rocks present in 

 Cumberland and Cornwall the geo- 

 logical series is almost complete. 

 England has been gradually built 

 up by successive additions to the 

 older Cumbrian and Cornish lands 



