Social History of England - Georgian Society

Georgian Society

Urban-rural distribution, 1600–1801
Year Urban Rural non-farm Farm
1600 8% 22% 70%
1700 17 28 55
1801 28 36 36
Source: E.A. Wrigley, People, Cities and Wealth (1987) p 170

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