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WESTMORLAND - Population

1700 28,600
1750 36,300
1801 41,605
1811 47,500
1821 51,539
1871 65,010
1951 67,383

Statistics for 1873:
Inhabited Houses: 12,671
Number Of Parishes: 109
Number Of Owners Of Land Below An Acre: 1,714
Number Of Owners Of 1 Acre And upwards: 2,662
Extent Of Lands:335,160 Acres
Gross Estimated Rental: £442,320
Estimated Extent Of Commons or Waste Lands: 114,282 Acres
Westmorland with only 65,010 inhabitants had the third lowest population in England  in 1871.

Enumerations abstracts from censuses is available on the Online Historical Population sites.

Present day and historical statistical data is available for the county of Cumbria.


This county is maintained by Dave Huddart with help and information provided by others.
It is part of GENUKI project covering the whole of the British Isles. For more general genealogical information visit the Englandpage.

[Last updated:- June 2004 Dave Huddart]