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street, &c.; the principal streets south of the railway being
Bangor-street, St. Ann's-road, St. Katherine's-road, Stoneleighstreet,
William-street, Crescent-street, St. Clement's-road,
Tobin-street, the western section of Lancaster-road, &c.
The Central District, in the South Kensington division,
comprises the area between High-street, Notting Hill, and
Holland-park-avenue on the north, and Kensington High-street
and Kensington-road on the south.
The South-East and South-West Districts divide the
remainder of the Parish south of Kensington High-street and
Kensington-road, the line of demarcation being Marloes-road
and Lexham-gardens to Cromwell-road, crossing the latter
road and then running down Colliugham-road, the Boltons and
Gilston-road to the north side of Fulham-road : the Inspector
for the South-East district taking both sides of Collinghamroad,
the Boltons, and Gilston-road; the Inspector for the
South-West district taking the whole of Marloes-road and
Lexham-gardens.
Population, Inhabited Houses, etc.—For the purposes
of this Report it is estimated that at the middle of 1895 the
population comprised 167,600 persons (males 66,348 and
females 101,252; excess of females 35,152); of whom 119,150
resided in the Town sub-district, which includes the whole of the
Northern division of the Borough, and much of the Southern
division south of Kensington High-street and Kensington-road.
The population of Brompton is estimated at 48,450. The
subjoined figures illustrate the development of the parish in
population (and in wealth,) since the beginning of the century.
The year. Population
1801 8,556
1821 14,428
1841 26,834
1851 44,053
1861 70,108
1871 120,209
1881 163,15
1891 166,308
1895 167,600
Rateable value of Property. The Tear.
£75.916 1823
93,397 1833
142,772 1843
257,103 1853
444,030 1863
975,046 1873
1,711,495 1883
2,037,221 1893
2,063,709 (April) 1895
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