GRIFFYDAM HISTORY

1901 CENSUS

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Summary

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Households = 46 (plus 5 unoccupied).

People: Total 210  (Males=112, Females=98)

Ages: 15 & Under = 89, Over 60 = 16

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80 people are listed as having a profession or trade and it is assumed all were employed at the time.

 

The Waggon & Horses and adjacent house are still not included by the enumerator for some reason. Also houses on Vinegar Hill should have been included in this census.

 

• There was a 41% reduction in inhabited properties from 1851.

• 49 out of the 80 people listed as having a trade or profession are connected with the coal mining industry. We can see from the census breakdowns, that without the local coal mining  industry, Griffydam could not have survived as a hamlet, as people would have needed to migrate elsewhere to seek work in order to support their families.

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There are no paupers listed.

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Professions and trades: