Abstract
The broad pattern of population change in the rural parts of England during the past century is well known, thanks to several recent studies.1 The details have been less fully analysed,2 and we rarely know the exact process by which change has been brought about in individual parishes and why trends should vary from parish to parish. For instance, how close is the relationship between the decline in population numbers and the decreased labour requirements on the land? Do variations in type of farming help to explain the differences in extent of decline? Is there any significant relationship between the size of villages and population loss? And within individual parishes, has the loss of population been principally from the villages or from the scattered dwellings? Answers to such questions can only be obtained by detailed studies of small areas and the purpose of this study is to elucidate the population trends of three parishes in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
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