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This machine-readable version of John Williams' Digest of Welsh Historical Statistics is the result of a collaboration between the Statistical Directorate of the National Assembly for Wales, the History Data Service and the Centre for Data Digitisation and Analysis at Queen's University Belfast.
John Williams' Digest of Welsh Historical Statistics is intended to provide a service for those working on the history of modern Wales. It arises from a belief that the quantitative element is a necessary and important part of the historical record; from an awareness that it was an aspect that was particularly inaccessible for scholars of Welsh history; and from a conviction that some encouragement in the use of quantitative material was necessary. It is modelled on the two volumes dedicated to British historical statistics: Mitchell, B.R. and Deane, P. (1962) Abstract of British historical statistics and Mitchell, B.R. and Jones, H.G. (1971) Second abstract of British historical statistics.
Main Topics:
The main tables are:


Number of houses, inhabited, uninhabited (and building, 1811-1921), by county, 1801-1971
(a) Number of private households, by county, 1801-1901; (b) number of private households, dwellings, rooms and density of occupation, by county, 1911-1971
Number of rooms occupied by private households, by county, 1911-1971
Brick production: (a) return of duties paid on bricks, by region, 1829-1849; (b) number of bricks and amount of duty paid, by county, 1836-1846
Number of house plans approved, by town, South Wales, 1851-1914
Estimated costs of building plans passed by Urban Districts, by type of building, 1909-1939
Total number of houses built in inter-war years, by county, 1919-1940
Number of houses authorised, under construction and completed, local authority and private enterprise, 1919-1939 and 1946-1974; by county 1919-1939; by county borough 1919-1939; number of houses demolished 1947-1974
Decisions on planning applications, by type of development, 1962-1972
Houses completed, by number of bedrooms, public and (from 1963) private sectors, houses and flats, 1945-1974
Government financial contributions, new houses and improvement grants, 1950-1974
Number of conversions and improvements, approved for grant, by public and private sector, 1955-1974
Prices and costs, 1958-1974

Please note: this study does not include information on named individuals and would therefore not be useful for personal family history research.

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.

This machine-readable version of John Williams' Digest of Welsh Historical Statistics is the result of a collaboration between the Statistical Directorate of the National Assembly for Wales, the History Data Service and the Centre for Data Digitisation and Analysis at Queen's University Belfast.
John Williams' Digest of Welsh Historical Statistics is intended to provide a service for those working on the history of modern Wales. It arises from a belief that the quantitative element is a necessary and important part of the historical record; from an awareness that it was an aspect that was particularly inaccessible for scholars of Welsh history; and from a conviction that some encouragement in the use of quantitative material was necessary. It is modelled on the two volumes dedicated to British historical statistics: Mitchell, B.R. and Deane, P. (1962) Abstract of British historical statistics and Mitchell, B.R. and Jones, H.G. (1971) Second abstract of British historical statistics.
Main Topics:
The main tables are:


Total population and intercensal change by sex by county, 1801-1971
Number of females per 1000 males by county, 1801-1971
Age and marital condition by sex, 1841-1971
Area/acreage by county, 1841-1971
Population of Registration Counties as constituted at the time of each Census, 1841-1911
Comparative area and population of Registration, Ancient and Administrative Counties, 1891
Parish Register returns of baptisms, burials and marriages, 1700-1840
Estimated mid-year population by sex, 1841-1974
Estimated mid-year population totals by county, 1903-1974
Number of deaths by sex, crude death-rates and infant mortality, 1838-1974
Number of births and birth-rates, 1839-1974
Number of marriages and rate per 1000 population, 1839-1974
Population of towns, 1801-1971
Net migration and natural increase, number and per cent for each, inter-censal period, by county, 1841-1971
Number born in Wales and living in United States, 1850-1970
Number of Welsh speakers by sex, by county and county borough, 1891-1971
Welsh speakers as a percentage of total population over three years of age, by county and county borough, 1891-1971
Welsh-speaking population by age, 1901-1971

Please note: this study does not include information on named individuals and would therefore not be useful for personal family history research.