ABSTRACT
Figure 6.1 is based on figures in E.A.Wrigley and R.S.Schofield, The Population History of England, 1541-1871: A Reconstruction (London, 1981), B.R.Mitchell and P.Deane, Abstract of British Historical Statistics (Cambridge, 1962), Annual Abstract of Statistics 1938-1981 (London), and Registrar General’s Statistical Review of England and Wales 1941 (London, 1941). Figure 6.2 uses material from Mitchell and Deane, op. cit. and from the Central Statistical Office, Annual Abstract of Statistics (London, 1983). Maps 6.3-6.5 are based on figures in Mitchell and Deane, op. cit.; Map 6.6 utilizes Census 1981: Historical Tables and Surveys (London, 1982) and Census 1981: Key
Statist ics for Local Authorit ies, Great Britain (London, 1984). Figure 6.7 uses statistics from Mitchell and Deane, op. cit. Figure 6.8 is based on Population Trends, 41 (London, 1985). Maps 6.9-6.11 are based on the Census of 1851. Figure 6.12 is based on Decennial Census Returns and on the Annual Report of the Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages in England. Maps 6.13-6.16 use data contained in the Census: County Reports for Lancashire and Cheshire, 1801, 1851, 1901, 1951, while Maps 6.17-6.18 use data contained in the Census 1981: County Reports for Lancashire, Merseyside, Greater Manchester and Cheshire (London, 1982).
