o parishes together in
1881.

** Throcking and Broadfield were also taken together, giving a
population of 73, or 20 less than in 1881.

*** Wakeley has ceased to be a separate parish.

[Transcriber's note: there were no entries in the 1841 column.]

The population of the town of Royston can only be arrived at by adding
together the number of the parts of surrounding parishes making up the
township of Royston. At the last two Censuses these parts have been
enumerated separately, but not in the earlier decades, with the
exception of 1801 and 1831, particulars of which are given below.

1801. Houses. Houses empty. Persons.

Royston, Herts. 193 13 975
" Cambs. 77 3 356
Bassingbourn 25 0 120
Kneesworth 3 0 9
Therfield 4 1 24
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Totals 302 17 1484

There were no inhabitants in Melbourn parish, Royston, at the above
Census of ninety years ago, and it will be seen that all the
inhabitants within 153 were in Royston parish proper.

1811.--The Census of this period showed very little difference from the
figures for 1801, and of that of 1821, I have only the particulars for
the two parishes of Royston, Herts., and Cambs., which gave 1,479
persons against 1,331 for these two parishes in 1801.

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The most interesting and complete Census of the town was that of the
year

Houses Houses
1831. Houses. empty. building. Persons.

Royston, Herts. 244 3 4 1272
" Cambs. 102 4 0 485
Bassingbourn 35 1 0 157
Kneesworth 6 1 0 49
Therfield 9 0 0 44
Melbourn 1 0 0 1
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Totals 397 9 4 2008

The following are the Census returns for the township of Royston for
1881 and 1891.

1881. 1891. Increase. Decrease.
Royston, Herts. 1272 1262 --