Vision of Britain | 1891 Census: Population tables 2

1891 Census of England and Wales, Area, Houses and Population: Registration Areas and Sanitary Districts, Table 2 : " Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes".

List for top level	Lewes	List for Sussex RegC

click on unit name for its home page If appears click for more detailed statistics	Area in Statute Acres [1]	Houses						Population
		Inhabited				Uninhabited				Building				Persons	Males	Females
		1881 [2]	1881 [3]	1881 [4]	1891 [5]	1891 [6]	1891 [7]	1881 [8]	1891 [9]	1881 [10]	1891 [11]	1881 [12]	1891 [13]
Lewes RegD Total	85,468	5,874	264	62	6,251	314	38	32,896	33,549	17,138	16,763	15,758	16,786
Ditchling SubD	17,990	789	51	1	821	60	0	5,198	5,167	2,524	2,447	2,674	2,720
Chailey SubD	18,687	1,016	37	2	1,005	68	5	5,175	4,931	2,755	2,538	2,420	2,393
Lewes SubD	6,407	2,183	58	14	2,334	102	10	11,547	11,476	5,745	5,496	5,802	5,980
West Firle SubD	15,328	474	26	0	490	18	0	2,369	2,438	1,246	1,274	1,123	1,164
Newhaven SubD	10,726	918	56	42	1,088	49	18	5,558	6,530	3,275	3,500	2,283	3,030
Rottingdean SubD	16,330	494	36	3	513	17	5	3,049	3,007	1,593	1,508	1,456	1,499

Notes:

The following notes to the table appeared in the original report.

1	The Registration Districts of this Division are co-extensive with Poor Law Unions, except ...
2	Where the name of a Registration County in which a Parish is situated differs from that of the Administrative County to which it belongs, the name of the latter is added in italics. [further information on special cases in the specific division.]
3	(W) or (W.S.) denotes that a Workhouse or Workhouse School belonging to the District is situated within the limits of the Parish; (w) or (w.s.) that one of these institutions not belonging to the District is situated therein. A statement of the number of persons enumerated in Public Institutions in each District will be found in Table 8.
4	The places named in footnotes as being included in Civil Parishes are Hamlets, Villages, etc, or localities having no defined boundaries.
5	Under the Divided Parishes Acts of 1876, 1879 and 1882 numerous detached parts of Civil Parishes have been amalgamated with other Civil Parishes, and a statement of such transferences is given in Table 14.
6	Revised areas of Civil Parishes and parts of Parishes have been furnished by the Ordnance Survey Department.
7	The areas marked thus (w) either include water or relate to Parishes to which a portion of the tidal water or foreshore of contiguous rivers or creeks has been allotted. Such tidal water or foreshore is, however, not included in the areas. For details see Table 11.
8	Persons who, on the night of 5th April, 1891, were on board barges or boats employed in inland navigation, and those who were on board sea-going and coastal vessels in harbours, rivers and creeks, are included in the general population. For details see Table 9.

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