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
By the 1851 census Douglas contained some 19% of the Island population, in 1891 35%, whilst the total population had only grown by 6%, showing both the great inward migration to Douglas as well as a considerable net emigration from the Island.
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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