All data has been derived from the transcriptions in the IGI derived from the official 1911 transcription - thus it is a transcription of a transcription of an earlier transcription !
Based on various Church, Civil and, post 1821, Decennial Census data
The register starts from 1693 but with a gap to 1698 ; the large dip in 1732 might well be confusion over year in the transcription, that in 1802 appears to be genuine.
Several epidemic peaks can be noted
R.A. Houston The Population History of Britain and Ireland 1500-1750, Macmillan Education Studies in Economic and Social History (ISBN 0-333-56564-9) 1992
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