The population soared after the amalgamation in 1921 of West Retford, North Retford and Ordsall Civil Parishes into the Civil Pariush of East Retford.

Year	Inhabitants
1801	1,948
1811	2,030
1821	2,465
1831	2,491
1841	2,601
1851	2,943
1871	3,194
1881	3,414
1891	3,438
1901	3,436
1911	3,614

Year	Inhabitants
1801	152,573
1811	175,966
1821	203,939
1831	243,605
1841	270,731
1871	319,758
1901	596,705

• The book: E.A. Wrigley and R.S. Schofield, (Eds.). The Population History of England, Cambridge Univ. Press, 1989, is the standard text on the historical demography of England, based on many years of work by the Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure. A book which draws very usefully on this research, in order to study family and community in England after the Middle Ages and before the changes brought about by the Industrial Revolution, is: P. Laslett. The World We Have Lost: Further explored, London, Routledge, 1983, 353 p.
• The Vision of Brtain site has a number of population graphs and charts. Note the site has undergone changes, you may need to hunt!

• Statistics on the population of the British Isles (archived copy).
• Histpop, the online historical population reports website, in its census section provides access to all the published population reports for Britain and Ireland from 1801 - 1937. The site has a huge amount of statistical information both at a county level and at a parish or district level. There is no personal information on the site.
• Comparative Account of the Population of Great Britain in the years 1801, 1811, 1821, and 1831. House of Commons (19 October 1831) 432pp. (Provides parish-level population counts, for England, Wales and Scotland.)