A HISTORY OF BEDFORDSHIRE 



actually resident at a particular time) and not the de jure (i.e. the population really belonging 

 to any particular place at a particular time). This principle has been sustained throughout 

 the censuses. 



The Army at home (including militia), the men of the Royal Navy ashore, and the registered 

 seamen ashore were not included in the population of the places where they happened to be, 

 at the time of the census, until 1841. The men of the Royal Navy and other persons on board 

 vessels (naval or mercantile) in home ports were first included in the population of those places 

 in 1851. Others temporarily present, such as gipsies, persons in barges, &c. were included in 

 1 841 and perhaps earlier. 



General 



Up to and including 1 831 the returns were mainly made by the overseers of the poor, 

 and more than one day was allowed for the enumeration, but the 1841-1901 returns were 

 made under the superintendence of the registration officers and the enumeration was to be 

 completed in one day. The Householder's Schedule was first used in 184 1. The exact dates 

 of the censuses arc as follows : — 



10 March, 1801 30 May, 1831 8 April, 1861 6 April, 1891 



27 May, 181 1 7 June, 1841 3 April, 1871 I April, 1901 



28 May, 1821 31 March, 1851 4 April, 1881 



Notes Explanatory of the Table 



This table gives the population of the ancient county and arranges the parishes, &c. under the 

 hundred or other sub-division to which they belong, but there is no doubt that the constitution of 

 hundreds, &c. was in some cases doubtful. 



In the main the table follows the arrangement in the 1841 census volume. 



The table gives the population and area of each parish, &c. as it existed in 1801, as far 

 as possible. 



The areas are those supplied by the Ordnance Survey Department, except in the case of those 

 marked ' e,' which are only estimates. The area includes inland water (if any), but not tidal water 

 or foreshore. 



t after the name of a civil parish indicates that the parish was affected by the operation 

 of the Divided Parishes Acts, but the Registrar-General failed to obtain particulars of every 

 such change. The changes which escaped notification were, however, probably small in area 

 and with little, if any, population. Considerable difficulty was experienced both in 1891 and 

 1 90 1 in tracing the results of changes effected in civil parishes under the provisions of these 

 Acts ; by the Registrar-General's courtesy, however, reference has been permitted to certain 

 records of formerly detached parts of parishes, which has made it possible approximately to 

 ascertain the population in 1901 of parishes as constituted prior to such alterations, though the 

 figures in many instances must be regarded as partly estimates. 



* after the name of a parish (or place) indicates that such parish (or place) contains a union 

 workhouse which was in use in (or before) 1851 and was still in use in 1901. 



% after the name of a parish (or place) indicates that the ecclesiastical parish of the same name 

 at the 1 90 1 census is co-extensive with such parish (or place). 



O in the table indicates that there is no population on the area in question. 



— in the table indicates that no population can be ascertained. 



The word 'chapelry ' seems often to have been used as an equivalent for 'township* in 1841, 

 which census volume has been adopted as the standard for names and descriptions of areas. 



The figures in italics in the table relate to the area and population of such subdivisions of 

 ancient parishes as chapelries, townships, and hamlets. 



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