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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 edition. Excerpt: ...in density. The increase over I901 was I 1'9 per cent., a rate excelled only between 1811 and 1821, when it was 13': per cent. In the near future East Lothian will probably become one of the few Scottish counties having more males than females. At present the deficiency is only 361. The three causes at work are the increasing development in the mining industry, the absence of textile manufactures, the great demand in Edinburgh for domestic servants, and the diminishing use of female labour in agriculture. Of the 24 parishes, II show an increase and 13 a decrease. Of the latter all except Gladsmuir are purely agricultural parishes, and many of them are very small in area. The largest increases are in Ormiston, 34-3 per cent., Prestonpans, 39'6 per cent., and Tranent, 41-9 per cent., in all of which coal is king. Dirleton parish has advanced by I4 per cent., which is entirely due to the rapid rise of Gullane as a summer resort. The population of43,253 may be divided into inhabitants of municipal and police burghs, 20,302, and inhabitants of rural districts, 22,951. But there are several villages connected with mining, such as Ormiston, Pencaitland, Elphingstone, and Cuthill, which, along with the outlying suburbs of the burghs themselves, reduce the number of really rural inhabitants. Of the seven burghs five show an increase and two a decrease---Dunbar and East Linton. Of the five increasing, Tranent with a rise of 58 per cent. is the most remarkable. It should be noted that since I901 the boundaries of East Linton, North Berwick, and Tranent have been extended. As regards density of population East Lothian has 162 persons per square mile, slightly above the average for Scotland, but eleventh in order of the counties. Lanark has 1633,...
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The Cambridge County Geographies were designed to provide a series of concise guides to British regions. This guide to East Lothian by T. S. Muir was first published in 1915 and contains numerous illustrative figures as well as a list of the chief towns and villages within the county.
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- PublisherTheClassics.us
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 1230861157
- ISBN 13 9781230861159
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages26
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