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UNITED KINGDOM


TABLE II. English and Welsh Counties.

Area in


Increase

Statute


(+) or

Acres

Popula-

Popula-

decrease

Name

(Land and Inland

tion 1911

tion 1921

.(-) between

Water)


1911 and 1921

England :


Bedford .

302,942

194,588

206,478

+ 11,890

Berkshire

454,725

193,101

202,533

+9,432

Buckingham .

479,36o

219,551

236,209

+ 16,658

Cambridge

315,168

128,322

129.594

+ 1,272

Isle of Ely .

238,073

69,752

73.778

+4,026

Cheshire

640,791

597,771

625,001

+27,230

Cornwall

868,167

328,098

320,559

-7,539

Cumberland .

968,598

213,521

220,437

+6,916

Derbyshire .

645,097

560,013

584.703

+24,690

Devonshire

1,660,948

433.162

440,021

+6,861

Dorsetshire .

625,612

223,266

228,258

+4,992

Durham .

633,058

871,886

943.670

+7L784

Essex

964,443

857,688

918,111

+60.423

Gloucester

785,088

328,964

329.277

+313

Hereford

538,924

114,269

113,118

-1,151

Hertford

404,523

311,284

333.236

+21,952

Huntingdon .

233,985

55,577

54.748

829

Kent

971,990

1,020,965

1,118,129

+97.164

Lancashire

1,054,741

1,699.938

1,746,418

+46,480

Leicester

524-197

249,331

260,332

+ 11,001

Lincoln:


Holland .

263,355

82,280

85.225

+2,945

Kesteven .

469,142

107,832

108,237

+405

Lindsey

963,800

237-843

260,294

+22,451

London . .

74,850

4,521,685

4,483,249

-38,436

Middlesex

148,692

1,126,465

1,253,164

+ 126,699

Monmouth

345,048

312,028

358,331

+46,303

Norfolk .

1.303,568

321.721

322,914

+ I.I93

Northants

581,679

213.733

211,507

2,226

Soke of Peter-


borough

53-464

44-718

46,954

+2,236

Northumber-


land

1,278,691

371,474

407,397

+35,923

Nottingham .

529,188

344.197

378,476

+34-279

Oxfordshire .

474,501

136,435

132,506

-3,930

Rutland .

97-273

20,346

18,368

-1,978

Shropshire

861,800

246,307

242.959

-3.348

Somerset

1,032,442

388,836

397.034

+8,198

Southampton Isle of Wight .

935,195 94,146

404,541 88,186

410,223 94.697

+5-682 +6,511

Stafford .

707-177

670,380

711,003

+40,623

Suffolk, East .

549-241

203,223

211,623

+8,400

Suffolk, West

390,916

116,905

108,982

7,923

Surrey

452,821

676,027

739.500

+63,473

Sussex, East .

517,040

242,146

261,253

+ 19,107

Sussex, West .

401,916

176,308

'95-795

+ 19,487

Warwick

557,527

300,867

342,449

+41,582

Westmorland

504,917

63,575

65-740

+2,165

Wiltshire

864,101

286,822

292,213

+5,391

Worcester

451,144

287,456

301,120

+ 13,664

Yorkshire :


E. Riding .

741.073

154,768

173,704

+ 18,936

N. Riding .

1,357-899

299,636

325,209

+25,573

W. Riding . Wales:

1,652,647

1,415,248

1,508,610

+93,362

Anglesey

176,630

50,928

51,695

+767

Brecknock

469,281

59,287

61,257

+ 1.970

Cardigan

443,189

59,879

61,292

+I.4I3

Carmarthen . Carnarvon Denbighshire

588,472 366,005 426,080

160,406 125,043

144,783

175,069 131.034 154,847

+ 14,633 +5,991 + 10,064

Flintshire

163,707

92,705

106,466

+ I3,76l

Glamorgan

474.607

713,664

814,717

+ 101,053

Merioneth

422,372

45,565

45-450

-"5

Montgomery .

510,110

53,146

51.317

1,829

Pembroke

393,003

89,960

92,056

+2,096

Radnorshire .

301,165

22,590

23,528

+938

Total for 62 coun-


ties . . .

36,700,304

24,150,992

25,302,076

+1,152,132

TABLE III. English and Welsh County Boroughs.

82 County Boroughs

640,034

11,919,500

12,583,166

663,666

'Barnsley Barrow-in- Furness . Bath . Birkenhead Birmingham

2,385

II.OO2 5,152 3,909 43,6oi

50,614

63,770 69,173 130,794 840,202

53,670

74,254 68,648 145,592 919,438

+3,056

+ 10,484 -525 + 14,798 +79,236

TABLE III. (Continue.

Name of Towns

Area in Statute Acres

Popula- tion 1911

Popula- tion 1921

Increase (+)or decrease (-) be- tween 1911 and 1921

Blackburn .

7,420

133,052

126,630

6,422

Blackpool .

5,i89

60,746

99,640

+38,894

Bolton

15,280

180,851

178,678

-2,173

Bootle

1,947

69,876

76,508

+6,632

Bournemouth Bradford .

6,545 22,881

79,183 288,458

91,770 285,979

+ 12,587 -2,479

Brighton . .

2,545

131,237

142,427

+ 11,190

Bristol

18,436

357,114

377,o6i

+ 19,947

Burnley . .

4,620

106,765

103,175

-3,590

Burton-upon-


Trent .

4,203

48,266

48,927

+661

Bury .

5,925

59,040

56,426

2,614

Canterbury

3,975

24,626

23,738

-888

'Carlisle . .

4,488

52,225

52,600

+375

Chester

2,863

39,028

40,794

+ 1,766

Coventry .

4.H7

106,349

128,205

+21,856

Croydon

9,012

169,551

190,877

+21,326

'Darlington .

4,614

57,328

65,866

+8,538

Derby

5,272

123,410

129,836

+6,426

'Dewsbury .

6,720

53,351

54,165

+814

Dudley

3,546

51,079

55,908

+4,829

'Eastbourne .

6,474

52,542

62,030

+9,488

East Ham .

3,324

133.487

143,304

+9,8i7

Exeter .

4,705

59,092

59,6o8

+516

Gateshead .

3,132

116,917

I24,5M

+7,597

Gloucester .

2,318

50,035

51,330

+ 1,295

Great Yarmouth

3,598

55,905

60,710

+4,805

Grimsby

2,868

74,659

82,329

+7,670

Halifax

13,984

101,553

99,129

-2,424

Hastings

4,496

61,145

66,496

+5,351

Huddersfield

n,875

107,821

110,120

+2,299

Hull .

9,042

277,991

287,013

+9,022

Ipswich

8,112

73,932

79,383

+5,451

Leeds .

28,090

454,155

458,320

+4,165

Leicester .

8,582

227,222

234,190

+6,968

Lincoln

6,128

61,346

66,020

+4,674

Liverpool .

21,242

753,353

803,118

+49,765

Manchester

21,690

7H,385

730,55'

+ 16,166

Middlesbrough .

4.159

119,910

131,103

+ 11,193

Newcastle-upon-


Tyne

8,452

266,603

274,955

+8,352

Newport (Mon.)

4.504

83,691

92,369

+8,678

Northampton .

3,469

90,064

90,923

+859

Norwich

7,898

121,490

120,653

-837

Nottingham

io,935

259,901

262,658

+2,757

Oldham

4,735

147,483

145,001

-2,482

Oxford

4,7J9

53,048

57,052

+4.004

Plymouth .

5,7"

207,449

209,857

+2,408

Portsmouth

7,964

233,573

247,343

+ 13,770

Preston

3,964

117,088

117,426

+338

Reading

9,105

87.693

92,274

+4,58i

Rochdale .

6,446

91,428

90,807

-621

Rotherham

5,957

62,483

68,045

+5,562

St. Helen's

7,284

96,551

102,67=

+6,124

Sal ford

5,202

231,357

234,150

+2,793

Sheffield . .

24,930

460,183

490,724

+30,541

Smethwick

1,929

70,694

75,757

+5,063

Southampton

9,192

145,096

160,997

+ 15,901

'Southend-on-Sea

7,082

70,676

106,021

+35.345

Southport .

9,728

69,643

76,644

+7,ooi

South Shields .

2,399

108,647

116,667

+8,020

Stockport .

7,063

119,870

123,315

+3,445

Stoke-on-Trent .

11,142

234.534

240,440

+5.906

Sunderland

3,357

151,159

159,100

+7,94'

Tynemouth 'Wakefield .

4,372 4,060

58,816 51,5"

63,786 52,892

+4,970 + 1,381

'Wallasey .

3,324

78,504

90,721

+ 12,217

Walsall

7,483

92,115

96,964

+4,849

Warrington

3,057

72,166

76,811

+4,645

West Bromwich

5,859

68,332

73,76i

+5,429

West Ham

4,683

289,030

300,905

+ 11,875

West Hartlepool

2,684

63,923

68,689

+4,766

Wigan

5,083

89,152

89,447

+295

Wolverhampton

3,525

95,328

102,373

+7,045

Worcester .

3,662

49,153

48,848

-305

York .

3,730

82,282

84,052

+ 1,770

Wales


Cardiff

6,489

182.259

200,262

+ 18,003

Merthyr Tydfil .

17,760

80,990

80,161

-829

Swansea

21,600

143,997

157,561

+ 13,564

1 County boroughs created since 1911.