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1901 Census Data
Table of Growth of Chief Towns |
Towns of over 50,000 Inhabitants, arranged
according to Population of 1901,
and showing comparative growth since 1861
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1861
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1881
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1901
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London:
Administrative County (including City)
Registration County
Parliamentary Bors
|
2,803,888
2,465,973 |
3,816,483
3,963,307 |
4.535,541
4,536,541
4.519.838
|
Glasgow
Municipal and Suburban
Parliamentary Burgh
|
446,007
394,864
|
674,095
511,415
|
829,859
622,372
|
Liverpool
County Bor.
Parliamentary Bor.
|
443,938
443,938
|
552,508
60x.050
|
684,858
626,634
|
Manchester
County Bor.
Parliamentary Bor.
|
338,722
357,979
|
341,414
424,224
|
543,872
475,356
|
Birmingham:
County Bor.
Parliamentary Bor
|
296,076
286,076
|
400,774
437,076
|
522,204
522,204
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| Leeds |
207,465
|
309,119
|
428,968
|
| Sheffield |
185,172
|
284,508
|
409,071
|
| Belfast |
121,602
|
208,122
|
349,480
|
| Bristol |
154,093
|
206,874
|
328,915
|
Edinburgh:
Municipal Burgh
|
168,121
|
236,032
|
316,887
|
Dublin:
County Borough
|
254,808
|
248,602
|
280,638
|
| Bradford |
106,218
|
194,495
|
279,767
|
West Ham:
County Borough
|
383,311
|
128,953
|
267,358
|
| Hull |
97,661
|
165,690
|
240,259
|
| Nottingham |
74,693
|
186,575
|
239,743
|
| Salford |
1,102,449
|
1,176,235
|
220,957
|
| Newcastle-on-Tyne |
109,108
|
1,145,359
|
215,328
|
| Leicester |
68,056
|
122,376
|
211,579
|
| Portsmouth |
94,799
|
127,989
|
188,133
|
| Bolton |
70,395
|
105,414
|
168,215
|
| Cardiff |
32,954
|
82,761
|
167,592
|
| Dundee |
90,417
|
140,239
|
161,173
|
| Aberdeen |
73,805
|
105,189
|
153,503
|
| Sunderland |
78,211
|
116,452
|
146,077
|
| Oldham |
72,333
|
1,111
|
137,246
|
| Croydon |
30,240
|
78,953
|
133,895
|
| Blackburn |
63,126
|
104,014
|
129,216
|
| Brighton |
77,698
|
107,456
|
123,478
|
| Derby |
43,091
|
81,168
|
114,848
|
| Preston |
82,885
|
96,537
|
112,989
|
| Norwich |
74,891
|
87,842
|
111,733
|
| Birkenhead |
51,649
|
84,006
|
110,915
|
| Gateshead |
33,587
|
65,803
|
108,888
|
| Plymouth |
62,588
|
73,794
|
107,636
|
| Halifax |
18,992
|
55,934
|
104,936
|
| Southampton |
46,960
|
60,051
|
104,824
|
| South Shields |
35,239
|
56,875
|
100,858
|
| Burnley |
28,700
|
58,751
|
97,043
|
| East Ham |
2,264
|
9,713
|
96,018
|
| Walthamstow |
7,137
|
21,715
|
95,131
|
| Huddersfield |
34,877
|
81,841
|
95,047
|
| Swansea |
44,606
|
65,597
|
94,537
|
| Wolverhampton |
60,860
|
131,587
|
94,187
|
| Stockport |
54,68x
|
59,553
|
92,832
|
| Northampton |
32,813
|
51,881
|
87,021
|
| Walsall |
37,760
|
58,795
|
86,430
|
| St. Helens |
18,396
|
57,403
|
84,410
|
| Rochdale |
38,184
|
68,866
|
83,114
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| Paisley |
47,406
|
55,627
|
79,363
|
| York |
40,433
|
60,683
|
77,914
|
| Leith |
33,628
|
59,485
|
77,439
|
| Aston Manor |
*
|
53,842
|
77,326
|
| Cork |
80,121
|
80,124
|
76,122
|
| Beading |
9,812
|
42,054
|
72,217
|
| Hornsey |
11,082
|
37,078
|
72,056
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| Coventry |
40,936
|
44,800
|
69,978
|
| Greenock |
42,088
|
66,704
|
68,142
|
| Newport
(Mon.) |
24,756
|
35,313
|
67,270
|
| Ipswich |
37,950
|
50,546
|
66,630
|
| Hastings |
22,837
|
42,258
|
65,528
|
| West Bromwich |
41,795
|
56,295
|
65,175
|
| Warrington |
26,431
|
41,452
|
64,242
|
| West Hartlepool |
12,603
|
28,523
|
62,627
|
| Manley |
31,953
|
48,361
|
61,599
|
| Wigan |
37,658
|
48,194
|
60,764
|
| Bournemouth |
6,507
|
18,600
|
59,672
|
| Bootle |
16,247
|
27,374
|
58,556
|
| Bury |
37,563
|
52,213
|
58,028
|
| Barrow-in-Furness |
*
|
47,300
|
57,586
|
| Smethwick |
13,379
|
25,084
|
54,539
|
| Rotherham |
7,598
|
34,782
|
54,349
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| Wallasey |
10,723
|
21,192
|
53,579
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| Handsworth |
10,398
|
22,896
|
52,921
|
| Stockton-on-Tees |
13,357
|
41,015
|
51,478
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| Tynemonth |
34,021
|
44,118
|
51,366
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| Great Yarmouth |
34,810
|
46,159
|
51,316
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| Burton-on-Trent |
13,671
|
38,288
|
50,386
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