[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.
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 -- 10
" Cambs. 440 439 -- 1
Bassingbourn part 445 472 27 --
The Workhouse 145 101 -- 44
Kneesworth part 461 682 221 --
Melbourn part 190 213 23 --
Therfield part 183 150 -- 33
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Totals 3136 3319 183 --