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Portsmouth, Whitechapel CP through time | Census tables with data for the Parish-level Unit, A Vision of Britain through Time.
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Portsmouth, Stepney CP through time | Census tables with data for the Parish-level Unit, A Vision of Britain through Time.
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300:
298:
273:
223:Civil parish
50:
18:
1602: /
1559:Potters Bar
1281:East Barnet
1248:Walthamstow
1165:Westminster
1145:St. Pancras
1085:Hammersmith
915:18 February
497:mural crown
450:Whitechapel
225:(1927—1965)
220:(1900—1965)
35:The former
1617:Categories
1587:51°31′08″N
1494:Carshalton
1408:Wood Green
1388:Twickenham
1228:Hornchurch
1160:Wandsworth
1130:Shoreditch
1120:Paddington
1105:Kensington
1050:Camberwell
1040:Bermondsey
802:References
722:Parliament
643:Population
573:Population
489:St Dunstan
454:St Dunstan
230:Government
89:Population
1590:0°02′34″W
1553:Transfers
1544:Wimbledon
1461:Orpington
1431:Beckenham
1403:Willesden
1383:Tottenham
1378:Southgate
1291:Middlesex
1213:Chingford
1135:Southwark
1100:Islington
1090:Hampstead
1075:Greenwich
1035:Battersea
759:Limehouse
710:Limehouse
446:Limehouse
1539:Richmond
1534:Surbiton
1451:Crayford
1393:Uxbridge
1373:Southall
1333:Finchley
1318:Edmonton
1258:West Ham
1223:East Ham
1218:Dagenham
1207:Chigwell
1170:Woolwich
1115:Lewisham
1065:Finsbury
1060:Deptford
785:See also
764:Mile End
670:Politics
603:285,225
353:Ratcliff
339:(part),
152:127/acre
142:158/acre
1648:Stepney
1565:Staines
1524:Mitcham
1504:Croydon
1441:Bromley
1398:Wembley
1363:Hornsey
1328:Feltham
1323:Enfield
1243:Romford
1202:Barking
1150:Stepney
1110:Lambeth
1095:Holborn
1080:Hackney
1055:Chelsea
779:Stepney
687:South.
663:92,000
655:225,238
652:249,657
649:279,804
646:298,600
600:282,676
597:275,467
594:257,497
591:238,910
588:203,802
585:175,088
582:153,749
579:131,606
576:113,281
507:motto:
493:Stepney
458:Stepney
442:St Anne
422:Aldgate
307:in the
171:History
162:52/acre
130:Density
111:225,238
101:279,804
24:Stepney
1484:Barnes
1476:Surrey
1436:Bexley
1353:Hendon
1343:Harrow
1313:Ealing
1276:Barnet
1238:Leyton
1233:Ilford
1209:(part)
1125:Poplar
1070:Fulham
1021:London
911:. 1919
660:98,858
456:, for
303:was a
214:Status
121:92,000
1466:Penge
1456:Erith
1303:Acton
1194:Essex
684:wards
638:1961
617:Year
568:1891
538:Year
505:Latin
257:Motto
1423:Kent
917:2015
635:1951
632:1941
629:1931
626:1921
623:1911
620:1901
565:1881
562:1871
559:1861
556:1851
553:1841
550:1831
547:1821
544:1811
541:1801
460:and
402:and
379:and
327:and
299:The
193:1965
183:1900
58:Area
878:at
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1295:CC
1293:,
1026:CC
953:.
452:,
444:,
413:.
411:E1
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398:,
394:,
383:.
375:,
371:,
367:,
363:,
359:,
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