TABLE II. English and Welsh Counties.
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Area in
Increase
Statute
(+) or
Acres
Popula-
Popula-
decrease
Name
(Land and Inland
tion 1911
tion 1921
.(-) between
Water)
1911 and
1921
England :
Bedford .
302,942
194,588
206,478
+ 11,890
Berkshire
454,725
193,101
202,533
+9,432
Buckingham .
479,36o
219,551
236,209
+ 16,658
Cambridge
315,168
128,322
129.594
+ 1,272
Isle of Ely .
238,073
69,752
73.778
+4,026
Cheshire
640,791
597,771
625,001
+27,230
Cornwall
868,167
328,098
320,559
-7,539
Cumberland .
968,598
213,521
220,437
+6,916
Derbyshire .
645,097
560,013
584.703
+24,690
Devonshire
1,660,948
433.162
440,021
+6,861
Dorsetshire .
625,612
223,266
228,258
+4,992
Durham .
633,058
871,886
943.670
+7L784
Essex
964,443
857,688
918,111
+60.423
Gloucester
785,088
328,964
329.277
+313
Hereford
538,924
114,269
113,118
-1,151
Hertford
404,523
311,284
333.236
+21,952
Huntingdon .
233,985
55,577
54.748
829
Kent
971,990
1,020,965
1,118,129
+97.164
Lancashire
1,054,741
1,699.938
1,746,418
+46,480
Leicester
524-197
249,331
260,332
+ 11,001
Lincoln:
Holland .
263,355
82,280
85.225
+2,945
Kesteven .
469,142
107,832
108,237
+405
Lindsey
963,800
237-843
260,294
+22,451
London . .
74,850
4,521,685
4,483,249
-38,436
Middlesex
148,692
1,126,465
1,253,164
+ 126,699
Monmouth
345,048
312,028
358,331
+46,303
Norfolk .
1.303,568
321.721
322,914
+ I.I93
Northants
581,679
213.733
211,507
2,226
Soke of Peter-
borough
53-464
44-718
46,954
+2,236
Northumber-
land
1,278,691
371,474
407,397
+35,923
Nottingham .
529,188
344.197
378,476
+34-279
Oxfordshire .
474,501
136,435
132,506
-3,930
Rutland .
97-273
20,346
18,368
-1,978
Shropshire
861,800
246,307
242.959
-3.348
Somerset
1,032,442
388,836
397.034
+8,198
Southampton Isle of Wight .
935,195 94,146
404,541 88,186
410,223 94.697
+5-682 +6,511
Stafford .
707-177
670,380
711,003
+40,623
Suffolk, East .
549-241
203,223
211,623
+8,400
Suffolk, West
390,916
116,905
108,982
7,923
Surrey
452,821
676,027
739.500
+63,473
Sussex, East .
517,040
242,146
261,253
+ 19,107
Sussex, West .
401,916
176,308
'95-795
+ 19,487
Warwick
557,527
300,867
342,449
+41,582
Westmorland
504,917
63,575
65-740
+2,165
Wiltshire
864,101
286,822
292,213
+5,391
Worcester
451,144
287,456
301,120
+ 13,664
Yorkshire :
E. Riding .
741.073
154,768
173,704
+ 18,936
N. Riding .
1,357-899
299,636
325,209
+25,573
W. Riding . Wales:
1,652,647
1,415,248
1,508,610
+93,362
Anglesey
176,630
50,928
51,695
+767
Brecknock
469,281
59,287
61,257
+ 1.970
Cardigan
443,189
59,879
61,292
+I.4I3
Carmarthen . Carnarvon Denbighshire
588,472 366,005 426,080
160,406 125,043
144,783
175,069 131.034 154,847
+ 14,633 +5,991 + 10,064
Flintshire
163,707
92,705
106,466
+ I3,76l
Glamorgan
474.607
713,664
814,717
+ 101,053
Merioneth
422,372
45,565
45-450
-"5
Montgomery .
510,110
53,146
51.317
1,829
Pembroke
393,003
89,960
92,056
+2,096
Radnorshire .
301,165
22,590
23,528
+938
Total for 62 coun-
ties . . .
36,700,304
24,150,992
25,302,076
+1,152,132
TABLE III. English and Welsh County Boroughs.
82 County Boroughs
640,034
11,919,500
12,583,166
663,666
'Barnsley Barrow-in- Furness . Bath . Birkenhead Birmingham
2,385
II.OO2 5,152 3,909 43,6oi
50,614
63,770 69,173 130,794 840,202
53,670
74,254 68,648 145,592 919,438
+3,056
+ 10,484 -525 + 14,798 +79,236
TABLE III. (Continue.
Name of Towns
Area in Statute Acres
Popula- tion 1911
Popula- tion 1921
Increase (+)or decrease (-) be- tween 1911 and 1921
Blackburn .
7,420
133,052
126,630
6,422
Blackpool .
5,i89
60,746
99,640
+38,894
Bolton
15,280
180,851
178,678
-2,173
Bootle
1,947
69,876
76,508
+6,632
Bournemouth Bradford .
6,545 22,881
79,183 288,458
91,770 285,979
+ 12,587 -2,479
Brighton . .
2,545
131,237
142,427
+ 11,190
Bristol
18,436
357,114
377,o6i
+ 19,947
Burnley . .
4,620
106,765
103,175
-3,590
Burton-upon-
Trent .
4,203
48,266
48,927
+661
Bury .
5,925
59,040
56,426
2,614
Canterbury
3,975
24,626
23,738
-888
'Carlisle . .
4,488
52,225
52,600
+375
Chester
2,863
39,028
40,794
+ 1,766
Coventry .
4.H7
106,349
128,205
+21,856
Croydon
9,012
169,551
190,877
+21,326
'Darlington .
4,614
57,328
65,866
+8,538
Derby
5,272
123,410
129,836
+6,426
'Dewsbury .
6,720
53,351
54,165
+814
Dudley
3,546
51,079
55,908
+4,829
'Eastbourne .
6,474
52,542
62,030
+9,488
East Ham .
3,324
133.487
143,304
+9,8i7
Exeter .
4,705
59,092
59,6o8
+516
Gateshead .
3,132
116,917
I24,5M
+7,597
Gloucester .
2,318
50,035
51,330
+ 1,295
Great Yarmouth
3,598
55,905
60,710
+4,805
Grimsby
2,868
74,659
82,329
+7,670
Halifax
13,984
101,553
99,129
-2,424
Hastings
4,496
61,145
66,496
+5,351
Huddersfield
n,875
107,821
110,120
+2,299
Hull .
9,042
277,991
287,013
+9,022
Ipswich
8,112
73,932
79,383
+5,451
Leeds .
28,090
454,155
458,320
+4,165
Leicester .
8,582
227,222
234,190
+6,968
Lincoln
6,128
61,346
66,020
+4,674
Liverpool .
21,242
753,353
803,118
+49,765
Manchester
21,690
7H,385
730,55'
+ 16,166
Middlesbrough .
4.159
119,910
131,103
+ 11,193
Newcastle-upon-
Tyne
8,452
266,603
274,955
+8,352
Newport (Mon.)
4.504
83,691
92,369
+8,678
Northampton .
3,469
90,064
90,923
+859
Norwich
7,898
121,490
120,653
-837
Nottingham
io,935
259,901
262,658
+2,757
Oldham
4,735
147,483
145,001
-2,482
Oxford
4,7J9
53,048
57,052
+4.004
Plymouth .
5,7"
207,449
209,857
+2,408
Portsmouth
7,964
233,573
247,343
+ 13,770
Preston
3,964
117,088
117,426
+338
Reading
9,105
87.693
92,274
+4,58i
Rochdale .
6,446
91,428
90,807
-621
Rotherham
5,957
62,483
68,045
+5,562
St. Helen's
7,284
96,551
102,67=
+6,124
Sal ford
5,202
231,357
234,150
+2,793
Sheffield . .
24,930
460,183
490,724
+30,541
Smethwick
1,929
70,694
75,757
+5,063
Southampton
9,192
145,096
160,997
+ 15,901
'Southend-on-Sea
7,082
70,676
106,021
+35.345
Southport .
9,728
69,643
76,644
+7,ooi
South Shields .
2,399
108,647
116,667
+8,020
Stockport .
7,063
119,870
123,315
+3,445
Stoke-on-Trent .
11,142
234.534
240,440
+5.906
Sunderland
3,357
151,159
159,100
+7,94'
Tynemouth 'Wakefield .
4,372 4,060
58,816 51,5"
63,786 52,892
+4,970 + 1,381
'Wallasey .
3,324
78,504
90,721
+ 12,217
Walsall
7,483
92,115
96,964
+4,849
Warrington
3,057
72,166
76,811
+4,645
West Bromwich
5,859
68,332
73,76i
+5,429
West Ham
4,683
289,030
300,905
+ 11,875
West Hartlepool
2,684
63,923
68,689
+4,766
Wigan
5,083
89,152
89,447
+295
Wolverhampton
3,525
95,328
102,373
+7,045
Worcester .
3,662
49,153
48,848
-305
York .
3,730
82,282
84,052
+ 1,770
Wales
Cardiff
6,489
182.259
200,262
+ 18,003
Merthyr Tydfil .
17,760
80,990
80,161
-829
Swansea
21,600
143,997
157,561
+ 13,564
1 County boroughs created since 1911.