534  Statiftical Account of the Parifh of Crofbyravenfworth. [July 1, 
the 2ppointment of a new direétory, com- . 
pofed of perfons belonging to three reli- 
gious parties. The Reading: foctety, firft 
eftablifhed 12 years ago, has been re-orga- 
nifed, under the active co-dire&tion of 
Schwarzkopf. Onaccount of the great 
number of ftrangers, they are fitting up 
a cafino in a new edifice, where the Free- 
mafon’s club is hkewife to meet. M. 
von Schwarzhopf is certainly the central 
point of the literary circle of Frankfort. 
He has married a daughter of the rich 
Banker Bethmann ; and at his houfe one 
generally meets with a moft feleét foviety 
6f literati, both natives and foreigners. 
Mr. §’s favourite fludy is the hiftory of 
newfpapers in every language, and of 
every country in and out of Europe. 
For the Monthly Magazine. 
STATISTICAL ACCOUNT of the PARISH 
of CROSBYRAVENSWORTH, 7m thé 
COUNTY of WESTMORELAND. 
(Continued from Page 422.) . 
“HE following is the number of acres 
in tillage, and exhibits the quantity 
and value of each f{pecies of crop; and 
though the fotal worth of the produce of 
the parifh cannot be known by this table, 
as the meadow and pafture ground, of 
which the diftri€&t principally confifts, is 
not included; it may neverthelefs ferve,. 
in fome meafure, as a comparative ftate- 
ment, by which to form an eftimate of the 
whole. 
Grain, &e. Acres. | Produce per Acre. Price per Boll. Total Value. 
Oe us ete Dei? aes 
Oats. © 2 LN dag Te go: Bells 0 60 4905 0 0 
Wheat - - - 68 12 —— 0 150 612 oo 
Barley - = - 39 10 ——— ° 10 0 1 195 0.0 
Rye - - - 4 iz— 0140 23112.) S 
Potatoes - - 33 Iso —— oN n’ Mel PAG). eo 
Peafe ire etl 9 10 ——= o 80 26 /" Benen, 
Turnips - - - 62 2 0 oOperdcre. 124 0 © 
Rape 2 ei 4 eae A. 050 2° @ -gipet ao. z0 0 O 
ee om ero teeens =—a 
Total ‘ide 7obR 12 "9 
Table of Population. 
Town{pips. 
a ra 
) 131 
| Mauldifmeaburne -. — - 145 
| Reagill BE ik eset ee AACS 7A. 
Birkbéeck Felis - - - 42 
Total 492 
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Crofby —  - net : 
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The above is a copy of the report of the 
parith officers, relative to the population 
in 1801, There are few of the prefent 
inhabitants who have reached the age of 
go; but in 1722, tvo men died at Odden- 
dele, each of whom was 100 years old. 
Phe people are chiefly employed in 
agriculture, with the exception only of 
a few handicraft tradefmen, viz. four car- 
peaters, five mafons, fowr biackimiths, 
Inhabited \ Uninhabit- 
Total. Houfes. | ed Houfes. 
134 265 
153 298 
67 141 
44 85 
397 739 126 3 
fix weavers, five taylors, and five fhoe- 
makers. 
Of the population of this parifh in for 
mer times we have no certain and authen- 
tic account; but the ojd parifh regifter | 
fufficiently demonftrates, that from the 
year 2600, to the commencement of the 
laft century, there was a great diminution — 
in the annual number of baptifms, buri- 
als, and marriages; and ence we are led 
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