1801 1811 1821 1831 1841 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891 Austey 387 371 440 417 465 473 412 391 * Ardeley 484 563 617 599 630 574 563 495 464 Aspeden 364 367 455 560 539 577 671 613 658 Broadfield 31 26 23 10 8 19 26 19 ** Buckland 300 288 343 373 384 385 362 358 367 Cottered 339 343 410 436 437 470 456 379 357 Hormead, Great 467 513 564 576 601 660 631 519 431 Hormead, Little 103 94 112 107 87 103 143 127 116 Layston 799 907 1014 1093 1220 998 1086 1071 889 Meesden 122 138 164 158 185 163 181 189 * Rushden 253 287 333 342 321 291 276 270 225 Sandon 595 580 646 716 770 771 809 763 728 Throcking 58 45 69 76 54 97 63 74 ** Wakeley 7 8 9 7 9 4 4 10 *** Wallington 224 219 210 213 254 238 250 191 133 Westmill 328 365 415 418 380 353 337 361 348 Wyddial 181 175 225 243 245 213 199 202 289 * in the Census of 1891, Anstey and Meesden were taken together, and had a population of 574, or 6 less than the two parishes together in 1881. ** Throcking and Broadfield were also taken together, giving a population of 73, or 20 less than in 1881. *** Wakeley has ceased to be a separate parish. [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 --- -- ---- 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. {197} The most interesting and complete Census of the town was that of the year