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BEDFORDSHIRE:
Bedfordshire Census Statistics
The following statistics show the various growths and contractions over the period 1801-1991. This purely for information only. | Parish | other information | 1801 | 1851 | 1901 | 1951 | 1991 | 1801 to 1851 +- | 1851 to 1901+- | 1901 to 1951 +- | 1951 to 1991+- |
| Ampthill | 1,234 | 1,961 | 2,177 | 2,783 | 6,099 | 727 | 216 | 606 | 3,316 | |
| Arlesey | 404 | 1,095 | 2,221 | 2,962 | 4,263 | 691 | 1,126 | 741 | 1,301 | |
| Aspley Guise | includes Aspley Heath in 1801 and 1851 | 679 | 1,303 | 1,261 | 1,533 | 2,171 | 624 | -42 | 272 | 638 |
| Aspley Heath | included under Aspley Guise in 1801 and 1851 | - | - | 462 | 460 | 507 | -2 | 47 | ||
| Astwick | included under Stotfold in 1991 | 81 | 81 | 62 | 39 | - | 0 | -19 | -23 | |
| Great Barford | 431 | 865 | 681 | 760 | 1,718 | 434 | -184 | 79 | 958 | |
| Little Barford | included under Roxton in 1991 | 80 | 112 | 137 | 88 | - | 32 | 25 | -49 | |
| Barton-le-Clay | 448 | 915 | 816 | 1,125 | 3,447 | 467 | -99 | 309 | 2,322 | |
| Battlesden | included under Milton Bryan in 1991 | 133 | 160 | 72 | 71 | - | 27 | -88 | -1 | |
| Bedford, St.Cuthbert | no separate figures kept after 1931 | 351 | 663 | 4,905 | - | - | 312 | 4,242 | ||
| Bedford, St.John | no separate figures kept after 1931 | 254 | 453 | 671 | - | - | 199 | 218 | ||
| Bedford, St.Mary | no separate figures kept after 1931 | 616 | 1,670 | 5,615 | - | - | 1,054 | 3,945 | ||
| Bedford, St.Paul | no separate figures kept after 1931 | 2,150 | 6,709 | 17,753 | - | - | 4,559 | 11,044 | ||
| Bedford, St.Peter | no separate figures kept after 1931 | 577 | 2,198 | 6,200 | - | - | 1,621 | 4,002 | ||
| Bedford | TOTAL | 3,948 | 11,693 | 35,144 | 53,075 | 71,802 | 7,745 | 23,451 | 17,931 | 18,727 |
| Biddenham | part of Biddenham transferred to Bedford in 1934 | 252 | 373 | 325 | 503 | 1,183 | 121 | -48 | 178 | 680 |
| Biggleswade | 1,794 | 4,460 | 5,120 | 7,431 | 12,734 | 2,666 | 660 | 2,311 | 5,303 | |
| Billington | 200 | 456 | 263 | 287 | 432 | 256 | -193 | 24 | 145 | |
| Bletsoe | 321 | 407 | 286 | 265 | 236 | 86 | -121 | -21 | -29 | |
| Blunham | 376 | 667 | 598 | 598 | 899 | 291 | -69 | 0 | 301 | |
| Bolnhurst | combined figures for Bolnhurst & Keysoe from 1951 | 225 | 378 | 188 | - | - | 153 | -190 | ||
| Bolnhurst & Keysoe | combined figures from 1951 | - | - | - | 588 | 667 | 79 | |||
| Brogborough | became a Civil Parish in 1990 | - | - | - | - | 318 | ||||
| Bromham | 297 | 343 | 321 | 1,220 | 3,825 | 46 | -22 | 899 | 2,605 | |
| Caddington | includes Beds and Herts figures until 1901 when Herts portion transferred to Beds | 1,073 | 1,866 | 1,515 | 2,296 | 5,463 | 793 | -351 | 781 | 3,167 |
| Campton | includes Chicksands figures from 1991 | 316 | 548 | 437 | 381 | 2,293 | 232 | -111 | -56 | 1,912 |
| Cardington | part of Cardington transferred to Bedford in 1934 | 509 | 574 | 433 | 333 | 249 | 65 | -141 | -100 | -84 |
| Carlton | figures given for Carlton & Chellington from 1951 | 376 | 432 | 351 | - | - | 56 | -81 | ||
| Carlton & Chellington | separate figures given for Carlton and Chellington until 1951 | - | - | - | 517 | 921 | 404 | |||
| Chalgrave | part of Chalgrave was transferred to Hockliffe in 1929 | 534 | 952 | 593 | 364 | 447 | 418 | -359 | -229 | 83 |
| Chellington | figures included in Carlton & Chellington from 1951 | 112 | 138 | 87 | - | - | 26 | -51 | ||
| Chicksands | figures included with Campton from 1991 | 42 | 74 | 62 | 687 | - | 32 | -12 | 625 | |
| Clapham | part of Clapham was transferred to Bedford in 1934 | 157 | 445 | 788 | 2,203 | 3,411 | 288 | 343 | 1,415 | 1,208 |
| Clifton | 329 | 1,053 | 1,283 | 1,161 | 2,580 | 724 | 230 | -122 | 1,419 | |
| Clophill | 706 | 1,186 | 893 | 844 | 1,648 | 480 | -293 | -49 | 804 | |
| Colmworth | 347 | 543 | 297 | 271 | 375 | 196 | -246 | -26 | 104 | |
| Cople | 403 | 552 | 377 | 479 | 744 | 149 | -175 | 102 | 265 | |
| Cranfield | 961 | 1,515 | 1,239 | 2,160 | 4,405 | 554 | -276 | 921 | 2,245 | |
| Dean | figures given for Dean & Shelton from 1951 | 385 | 547 | 344 | - | - | 162 | -203 | ||
| Dean & Shelton | figures given separately for Dean and Shelton before 1951 | - | - | - | 333 | 371 | 38 | |||
| Dunstable | part of Houghton Regis was transferred to Dunstable in 1907 | 1,296 | 3,589 | 5,157 | 17,109 | 33,202 | 2,293 | 1,568 | 11,952 | 16,093 |
| Dunton figures | include Edworth from 1991 | 336 | 467 | 392 | 450 | 604 | 131 | -75 | 58 | 154 |
| Eastcotts | part of Eastcotts was transferred to Bedford in 1934 | 504 | 881 | 871 | 3,675 | 1,853 | 377 | -10 | 2,804 | -1,822 |
| Eaton Bray | 583 | 1,455 | 1,117 | 1,165 | 2,300 | 872 | -338 | 48 | 1,135 | |
| Eaton Socon | partly transferred to Huntingdonshire in 1965, Staploe figures for 1991 were 333 | 1,625 | 2,802 | 871 | 3,032 | 11,820 | 1,177 | -1,931 | 2,161 | 8,788 |
| Edworth | figures included with Dunton from 1991 | 90 | 104 | 86 | 66 | - | 14 | -18 | -20 | |
| Eggington | 206 | 431 | 239 | 228 | 266 | 225 | -192 | -11 | 38 | |
| Elstow | part of Elstow was transferred to Bedford in 1934 | 475 | 581 | 479 | 417 | 608 | 106 | -102 | -62 | 191 |
| Eversholt | 715 | 982 | 574 | 441 | 388 | 267 | -408 | -133 | -53 | |
| Everton | 141 | 246 | 221 | 279 | 475 | 105 | -25 | 58 | 196 | |
| Eyworth | 86 | 141 | 121 | 93 | 61 | 55 | -20 | -28 | -32 | |
| Farndish | figures included with Podington from 1891 | 68 | 82 | - | - | - | 14 | |||
| Felmersham | 329 | 520 | 395 | 362 | 723 | 191 | -125 | -33 | 361 | |
| Flitton | 292 | 656 | 449 | 583 | 1,059 | 364 | -207 | 134 | 476 | |
| Flitwick | 436 | 732 | 1,029 | 2,522 | 10,833 | 296 | 297 | 1,493 | 8,311 | |
| Goldington | figures included under Bedford from 1931 | 339 | 606 | 587 | - | - | 267 | -19 | ||
| Gravenhurst | includes Upper and Lower Gravenhurst | 249 | 415 | 364 | 387 | 504 | 166 | -51 | 23 | 117 |
| Harlington | 344 | 597 | 530 | 620 | 2,278 | 253 | -67 | 90 | 1,658 | |
| Harrold | 763 | 1,083 | 909 | 1,019 | 1,118 | 320 | -174 | 110 | 99 | |
| Cockayne Hatley | figures included under Wrestlingworth from 1991 | 102 | 112 | 84 | 116 | - | 10 | -28 | 32 | |
| Haynes | 588 | 937 | 746 | 796 | 1,097 | 349 | -191 | 50 | 301 | |
| Heath & Reach | part of the parish was transferred to Leighton Buzzard in 1934 | 541 | 925 | 1,062 | 816 | 1,316 | 384 | 137 | -246 | 500 |
| Henlow | 552 | 970 | 905 | 4,186 | 3,268 | 418 | -65 | 3,281 | -918 | |
| Higham Gobion | figures included under Shillington from 1991 | 91 | 134 | 59 | 27 | - | 43 | -75 | -32 | |
| Hockliffe | part of Chalgrave was transferred to Hockliffe in 1929 | 256 | 439 | 267 | 477 | 735 | 183 | -172 | 210 | 258 |
| Holwell | transferred to Hertfordshire in 1897 | 113 | 189 | 197 | - | - | 76 | 8 | ||
| Houghton Conquest | 507 | 786 | 571 | 1,000 | 1,290 | 279 | -215 | 429 | 290 | |
| Houghton Regis | part transferred to Dunstable in 1907 and part to Luton in 1939 | 784 | 2,213 | 2,608 | 2,826 | 15,762 | 1,429 | 395 | 218 | 12,936 |
| Hulcote | figures included under Hulcote & Salford from 1951 | 65 | 62 | 45 | - | - | -3 | -17 | ||
| Hulcote & Salford | separate figures for Hulcote and Salford before 1951 | - | - | - | 233 | 182 | -51 | |||
| Husborne Crawley | figures exclude Brogborough from 1991 | 543 | 614 | 397 | 317 | 246 | 71 | -217 | -80 | -71 |
| Hyde | figures included under Luton before 1901 | - | - | 557 | 611 | 395 | 54 | -216 | ||
| Kempston | after 1901 figures broken down into Urban and Rural Parishes | 1,035 | 1,962 | - | - | - | 927 | |||
| Kempston (Urban Area) | figures before 1901 are under Kempston | - | - | 4,729 | 8,645 | 17,938 | 3,916 | 9,293 | ||
| Kempston Rural | figures before 1901 are under Kempston | - | - | 719 | 1,171 | 1,163 | 452 | -8 | ||
| Kensworth | transferred to Bedfordshire in 1897 | 510 | 1,033 | 516 | 817 | 1,516 | 523 | -517 | 301 | 699 |
| Keysoe | figures under Bolnhurst & Keysoe from 1951 | 370 | 1834 | 525 | - | - | 1,464 | -1,309 | ||
| Knotting | figures from 1951 under Knotting & Souldrop | 105 | 187 | 107 | - | - | 82 | -80 | ||
| Knotting & Souldrop | figures before 1951 separately under Knotting and Souldrop | - | - | - | 281 | 246 | -35 | |||
| Langford | 458 | 986 | 1,187 | 1,142 | 2,688 | 528 | 201 | -45 | 1,546 | |
| Leagrave | a parish from 1896 to 1928, figures otherwise under Luton | - | - | 801 | - | - | ||||
| Leighton Buzzard | town [not parish] until 1891 then Urban District; from 1965 includes Linslade | 1,963 | 4,465 | 6,331 | 9,025 | 31,889 | 2,502 | 1,866 | 2,694 | 22,864 |
| Lidlington | 559 | 853 | 515 | 853 | 1,069 | 294 | -338 | 338 | 216 | |
| Limbury | a parish from 1896 to 1928, figures otherwise under Luton | - | - | 377 | - | - | ||||
| Luton Civil Parish | figures until 1901 then Borough figures | 3,095 | 12,787 | 36,404 | 110,381 | 167,009 | 9,692 | 23,617 | 73,977 | 56,628 |
| Marston Moretaine | 709 | 1,183 | 973 | 1,836 | 2,605 | 474 | -210 | 863 | 769 | |
| Maulden | 738 | 1,457 | 1,147 | 1,521 | 2,586 | 719 | -310 | 374 | 1,065 | |
| Melchbourne | figures for Melchbourne & Yielden from 1951 | 229 | 290 | 174 | - | - | 61 | -116 | ||
| Melchbourne & Yielden | figures for Melchbourne and Yielden listed separately until 1951 | - | - | - | 292 | 294 | 2 | |||
| Meppershall Hertfordshire | portion of the parish transferred to Bedfordshire in 1844 | 309 | 503 | 655 | 657 | 1,382 | 194 | 152 | 2 | 725 |
| Millbrook | 327 | 500 | 218 | 146 | 117 | 173 | -282 | -72 | -29 | |
| Milton Bryan | figures include Battlesden and Potsgrove from 1991 | 333 | 376 | 182 | 158 | 198 | 43 | -194 | -24 | 40 |
| Milton Ernest | 300 | 445 | 367 | 380 | 608 | 145 | -78 | 13 | 228 | |
| Mogerhanger | 345 | 455 | 432 | 618 | 659 | 110 | -23 | 186 | 41 | |
| Northill | part transferred to Sandy in 1933 | 715 | 1,364 | 1,348 | 1,298 | 2,127 | 649 | -16 | -50 | 829 |
| Oakley | 265 | 457 | 299 | 478 | 2,333 | 192 | -158 | 179 | 1,855 | |
| Odell | 361 | 538 | 281 | 235 | 249 | 177 | -257 | -46 | 14 | |
| Pavenham | 447 | 556 | 333 | 380 | 655 | 109 | -223 | 47 | 275 | |
| Pertenhall | 190 | 405 | 252 | 185 | 221 | 215 | -153 | -67 | 36 | |
| Podington | figures include Farndish from 1891 | 415 | 612 | 529 | 737 | 388 | 197 | -83 | 208 | -349 |
| Potsgrove | included under Milton Bryan from 1991 | 157 | 262 | 114 | 85 | 105 | -148 | -29 | -85 | |
| Potton | 1,103 | 1,922 | 2,033 | 2,042 | 4,162 | 819 | 111 | 9 | 2,120 | |
| Pulloxhill | 317 | 688 | 395 | 403 | 729 | 371 | -293 | 8 | 326 | |
| Ravensden | 218 | 371 | 375 | 429 | 640 | 153 | 4 | 54 | 211 | |
| Renhold | 245 | 484 | 425 | 571 | 1,103 | 239 | -59 | 146 | 532 | |
| Ridgmont | figures from 1991 exclude Brogborough | 581 | 999 | 591 | 983 | 408 | 418 | -408 | 392 | -575 |
| Riseley | 576 | 949 | 735 | 525 | 1,296 | 373 | -214 | -210 | 771 | |
| Roxton | 465 | 622 | 349 | 607 | 1,264 | 157 | -273 | 258 | 657 | |
| Salford | included under Hulcote and Salford from 1951 | 210 | 309 | 147 | - | - | 99 | -162 | ||
| Sandy | part of Northill transferred to Sandy in 1933 | 1,115 | 1,946 | 3,110 | 3,667 | 8,797 | 831 | 1,164 | 557 | 5,130 |
| Sharnbrook | 585 | 888 | 685 | 765 | 1,898 | 303 | -203 | 80 | 1,133 | |
| Shefford | figures include Shefford Hardwick | 474 | 1,115 | 936 | 1,873 | 3,234 | 641 | -179 | 937 | 1,361 |
| Shelton | figures under Dean & Shelton from 1951 | 100 | 124 | 96 | - | - | 24 | -28 | ||
| Shillington | includes Lower Stondon 1951-1981 and Higham Gobion from 1991 | 899 | 1,598 | 1,629 | 2,278 | 1,711 | 699 | 31 | 649 | -567 |
| Silsoe | 447 | 755 | 528 | 726 | 1,559 | 308 | -227 | 198 | 833 | |
| Souldrop | figures under Knotting & Souldrop from 1951 | 188 | 267 | 171 | - | - | 79 | -96 | ||
| Southill | 985 | 1,400 | 1,054 | 1,078 | 1,022 | 415 | -346 | 24 | -56 | |
| Stagsden | 492 | 727 | 429 | 368 | 355 | 235 | -298 | -61 | -13 | |
| Stanbridge | 262 | 597 | 342 | 416 | 710 | 335 | -255 | 74 | 294 | |
| Staploe Civil Parish | created from Eaton Socon in 1965, part transferring to Huntingdonshire | - | - | - | - | 335 | ||||
| Little Staughton | 272 | 521 | 267 | 218 | 434 | 249 | -254 | -49 | 216 | |
| Steppingley | 264 | 365 | 273 | 221 | 220 | 101 | -92 | -52 | -1 | |
| Stevington | 415 | 586 | 536 | 409 | 555 | 171 | -50 | -127 | 146 | |
| Stewartby | parish created in 1937 from Kempston and Wootton | - | - | - | 1,638 | 964 | -674 | |||
| Upper Stondon | figures include Lower Stondon [previously Shillington] from 1991 | 29 | 66 | 58 | 62 | 1,531 | 37 | -8 | 4 | 1,469 |
| Stopsley | separate parish from 1896, lost part to Luton in 1928 and the rest in 1933 | - | - | 787 | - | - | ||||
| Stotfold | includes Astwick from 1991 | 494 | 1,395 | 2,768 | 5,153 | 6,434 | 901 | 1,373 | 2,385 | 1,281 |
| Streatley | part transferred to Luton in 1964 | 209 | 385 | 279 | 1,621 | 609 | 176 | -106 | 1,342 | -1,012 |
| Studham | partly in Hertfordshire until 1897 | 334 | 668 | 317 | 591 | 1,160 | 334 | -351 | 274 | 569 |
| Sundon | part transferred to Luton in 1964 | 315 | 464 | 390 | 2,357 | 481 | 149 | -74 | 1,967 | -1,876 |
| Sutton | 301 | 449 | 242 | 271 | 304 | 148 | -207 | 29 | 33 | |
| Swineshead | transferred from Huntingdonshire in 1896 | 214 | 267 | 160 | 115 | 137 | 53 | -107 | -45 | 22 |
| Tempsford | 409 | 622 | 434 | 481 | 474 | 213 | -188 | 47 | -7 | |
| Thurleigh | 411 | 698 | 485 | 460 | 603 | 287 | -213 | -25 | 143 | |
| Tilbrook | transferred to Huntingdonshire in 1896 | 219 | 359 | 296 | - | - | 140 | -63 | ||
| Tilsworth | 195 | 337 | 218 | 227 | 337 | 142 | -119 | 9 | 110 | |
| Tingrith | 116 | 196 | 151 | 132 | 134 | 80 | -45 | -19 | 2 | |
| Toddington | 1,143 | 2,438 | 1,962 | 2,275 | 4,424 | 1,295 | -476 | 313 | 2,149 | |
| Totternhoe | 332 | 753 | 525 | 884 | 1,272 | 421 | -228 | 359 | 388 | |
| Turvey | 758 | 1,028 | 782 | 733 | 1,043 | 270 | -246 | -49 | 310 | |
| Old Warden | 455 | 627 | 413 | 343 | 248 | 172 | -214 | -70 | -95 | |
| Westoning | 410 | 782 | 501 | 788 | 1,797 | 372 | -281 | 287 | 1,009 | |
| Whipsnade | 140 | 183 | 125 | 251 | 470 | 43 | -58 | 126 | 219 | |
| Wilden | 300 | 483 | 319 | 334 | 429 | 183 | -164 | 15 | 95 | |
| Willington | 229 | 249 | 204 | 475 | 762 | 20 | -45 | 271 | 287 | |
| Wilshamstead | 477 | 923 | 689 | 880 | 2,300 | 446 | -234 | 191 | 1,420 | |
| Woburn | 1,563 | 2,049 | 1,129 | 864 | 776 | 486 | -920 | -265 | -88 | |
| Wootton | partly transferred to Stewartby in 1937 | 732 | 1,204 | 1,252 | 1,330 | 3,693 | 472 | 48 | 78 | 2,363 |
| Wrestlingworth | includes Cockayne Hatley from 1991 | 330 | 588 | 456 | 391 | 736 | 258 | -132 | -65 | 345 |
| Wymington | 226 | 296 | 509 | 652 | 833 | 70 | 213 | 143 | 181 | |
| Yielden | figures under Melchbourne & Yielden from 1951 | 209 | 328 | 197 | - | - | 119 | -131 |
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