XLIII. An Extract of the Register of the Parish of Great Shefford, near Lamborne, in Berkshire, for Ten Years: With Observations on the same: In a Letter to Tho. Birch, D. D. Secret. R. S. from the Rev. Mr. Richard Forster, Rector of Great Shefford.
Great Shefford, near Lamborne, Berks, July 8. 1757.
Rev. Sir,
Read Nov. 17, 1757.
WHEN I settled in the country, abundant leisure enabled me to keep an exact parish-register. I have now finished ten years, I trust, with sufficient care, having examined every thing accurately myself. The sight of three letters, lately published in the Transactions, upon the subject of political arithmetic, put me upon overlooking and methodizing my own account; which I here send you, to make what use you think proper of it.
From Lady-day 1747. to Dº. 1757.
| Baptized- | { Males | 73 } | ——— | 148 |
| { Females | 75 } | |||
| Buried- | { Males | 44 } | ——— | 83 |
| { Females | 39 } | |||
| Increase- | 65 |
| Buried | ||||
| Under | 2 years of age | —— | 25 | |
| Between | 2 & 5 | —— | 4 | |
| 5 - 10 | —— | 3 | ||
| 10 - 20 | —— | 4 | ||
| 20 - 30 | —— | 5 | ||
| 30 - 40 | —— | 9 | ||
| 40 - 50 | —— | 4 | ||
| 50 - 60 | —— | 4 | ||
| 60 - 70 | —— | 9 | ||
| 70 - 80 | —— | 11 | ||
| 80 - 87 | —— | 5 | ||
| 83 |
And but one alive above 87, who is 91.
The Number of People 425.