Digest of Welsh Historical Statistics : Transport, 1700-1975

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P>This machine-readable version of John Williams' &lt;i&gt;Digest of Welsh Historical Statistics&lt;/i&gt; is the result of a collaboration between the Statistical Directorate of the National Assembly for Wales, the History Data Service and the Centre for Data Digitisation and Analysis at Queen's University Belfast.<br>
John Williams' &lt;i&gt;Digest of Welsh Historical Statistics&lt;/i&gt; is intended to provide a service for those working on the history of modern Wales. It arises from a belief that the quantitative element is a necessary and important part of the historical record; from an awareness that it was an aspect that was particularly inaccessible for scholars of Welsh history; and from a conviction that some encouragement in the use of quantitative material was necessary. It is modelled on the two volumes dedicated to British historical statistics: Mitchell, B.R. and Deane, P. (1962) &lt;i&gt;Abstract of British historical statistics&lt;/i&gt; and Mitchell, B.R. and Jones, H.G. (1971) &lt;i&gt;Second abstract of British historical statistics&lt;/i&gt;.<br><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR> The main tables are:<br>
<br><br>Canals. Mileage and costs at opening, South Wales and North Wales, 1700-1945<br>
Canals. Iron carried on the Monmouthshire, 1820-1840, and Glamorganshire, 1817-1840, canals<br>
Railways. Mileage, traffic and capital, 1848-1938<br>
Roads. Mileage, 1860-1974<br>
Road vehicles. Licences current, by type, 1926-1974<br>
Ports. Total tonnage of coasting vessels belonging to main ports, 1709-1751<br>
Ports. Foreign trade, value of imports and exports, main ports, 1857-1972; shipping registered at main ports, 1814, 1815, 1829<br>
Ports. Cargo traffic through main ports, 1911-1974<br>
Ports. Cargo traffic, by type of cargo, main ports, 1922-1974<br>
Ports. Shipping movements: Cardiff, arrivals and departures, 1841-1886; main ports, arrivals 1911-1938, arrivals and departures, foreign and coastal, 1946-1971<br>
Civil aviation. Movement, by type, passengers and freight carried, Welsh air ports, 1938-1974<br>
Communication. Number of letters and parcels posted, 1938-1975; number of broadcast receiving licences in force, 195 4-1975<br>
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Please note: this study does not include information on named individuals and would therefore not be useful for personal family history research.<br>