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1911 Census of England and Wales, General Report with Appendices, Table 92 : " Number of Places of Worship and Average Population to each Place of Worship, 1851 and 1911".
| Places of Worship. | Population. | Average Population to each Place of Worship. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1851* | 1911 | 1851 | 1911 | 1851 | 1911 | |
England and Wales | 34,467 | 49,970 | 17,927,609 | 36,070,492 | 520 | 722 |
COUNTIES: | ||||||
Bedfordshire | 327 | 419 | 124,478 | 194,588 | 381 | 464 |
Cumberland | 389 | 514 | 195,492 | 265,746 | 503 | 517 |
Devonshire | 1,297 | 1,547 | 567,098 | 699,703 | 437 | 452 |
Durham | 621 | 1,352 | 390,997 | 1,369,860 | 630 | 1,013 |
Essex | 766 | 1,422 | 369,318 | 1,350,881 | 482 | 950 |
Lancashire | 1,627 | 3,994 | 2,031,236 | 4,767,832 | 1,248 | 1,194 |
Nottinghamshire | 630 | 812 | 270,427 | 604,098 | 429 | 744 |
Shropshire | 679 | 741 | 229,341 | 246,307 | 338 | 332 |
TOWNS: | ||||||
London | 1,097 | 2,030 | 2,362,236 | 4,521,685 | 2,153 | 2,227 |
Dudley | 32 | 33 | 37,962 | 51,079 | 1,186 | 1,548 |
Gateshead | 24 | 67 | 25,568 | 116,917 | 1,065 | 1,745 |
Ipswich | 31 | 51 | 32,914 | 73,932 | 1,062 | 1,450 |
Leeds | 137 | 352 | 172,270 | 445,550 | 1,257 | 1,266 |
Oldham | 29 | 118 | 52,820 | 147,483 | 1,821 | 1,250 |
Plymouth | 38 | 75 | 52,221 | 112,030 | 1,374 | 1,494 |
Tynemouth | 22 | 52 | 29,170 | 58,816 | 1,326 | 1,131 |
Warrington | 15 | 47 | 22,894 | 72,166 | 1,526 | 1,535 |
*The figures for 1851 include places of worship which were not separate buildings; the number of such places in England and Wales was 3,508, but the numbers for the several counties and towns are not available. The figures are, therefore, to this extent not comparable with those for 1911.