This site has some statistical information from the early censuses http://www.staffs.ac.uk/schools/humanities_and_soc_sciences/census/cen1831.h tm POP1811 POP1821 POP1831 POP1841 POP1851 Leigh 20855 24229 26841 28552 32734 Bolton 53625 66510 83369 97529 114712 Bury 39406 47699 62599 77497 88815 I don't know how they define Bolton Martin Briscoe Fort William M&LFHS | Gwynedd FHS -----Original Message----- From: Valerie Lirakis [mailto:v.lirakis@ntlworld.com] Sent: 09 May 2006 17:45 To: ENG-LAN-BOLTON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ENG-LAN-BOLTON] Population of Bolten le moors 1831 1841 1851 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark & Karen Hodges" <hodgs@bigpond.com> To: <ENG-LAN-BOLTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2006 6:15 AM Subject: [ENG-LAN-BOLTON] Population of Bolton le Moors 1831 1841 1851 > Does anyone know the population of Bolton Le Moor in 1841? Or the census > years either side of this?

Thanks Martin; it was quiet a huge city for these times. Karen This site has some statistical information from the early censuses http://www.staffs.ac.uk/schools/humanities_and_soc_sciences/census/cen1831.h tm POP1811 POP1821 POP1831 POP1841 POP1851 Leigh 20855 24229 26841 28552 32734 Bolton 53625 66510 83369 97529 114712 Bury 39406 47699 62599 77497 88815 I don't know how they define Bolton Martin Briscoe Fort William M&LFHS | Gwynedd FHS > Does anyone know the population of Bolton Le Moor in 1841? Or the census > years either side of this?