Town Growth

Ten Year Intervals	Population (In Thousands) Of Selected Towns						% Increase 1801-1851
Ten Year Intervals	1801	1811	1821	1831	1841	1851	% Increase 1801-1851
England & Wales	8,893	10,165	12,000	13,897	15,914	17,928	202%
Birmingham Bradford Leeds Liverpool Manchester Preston Sheffield Wolverhampton	71 13 53 82 75 12 46 13	83 16 63 104 89 17 53 15	102 26 84 138 126 25 65 18	144 44 123 202 182 34 92 25	183 67 152 286 235 51 111 36	233 104 172 376 303 70 135 50	228% 700% 225% 359% 304% 483% 193% 285%

Inner London approximates to the area of the County Of London, as defined by the London Government Act 1888. This boundary definition shows a population of London in 1801 of 959,310. In 1851 it was 2,363,341 and in 1901 it was 4,536,267.

Fifty Year Intervals	Population (In Thousands) Of Selected Towns			Percentage Increase
	1801	1851	1901	Percentage Increase
	1801	1851	1901	1801-1851	1851-1901	1801-1901
England & Wales	8,893	17,928	32,528	102%	81%	266%
Birmingham Brighton Bristol Cardiff Leeds Liverpool	71 7 61 2 53 82	233 66 137 18 172 376	523 123 329 164 429 704	228% 843% 125% 800% 225% 359%	124% 86% 140% 811% 149% 87%	637% 1657% 439% 8100% 709% 759%
London * London (Inner) London (Greater) *	1,088 959 1,097	2,491 2,363 2,651	4,563 4,536 6,507	129% 146% 142%	83% 92% 145%	319% 373% 493%
Manchester Newcastle Norwich Preston Wakefield York	75 33 36 12 11 17	303 88 68 70 22 36	544 215 114 113 41 78	304% 167% 89% 483% 100% 112%	80% 144% 68% 61% 86% 117%	625% 552% 217% 842% 273% 359%

* The population of London is hard to define, as the boundary can be drawn in different ways.

** Inner London approximates to the area of the County Of London, as defined by the London Government Act 1888.

*** Greater London, as defined by the London Government Act 1963.