As near as can be judged, the population of England and Wales did not exceed 2,000,000 at the close of the Saxon period. Yet, strangely, there were nearly as many inhabited towns, villages, and hamlets then as at the present time. The towns of that day were not only ver> r much smaller than even those of least importance .in modem times, but their populations bore a less ratio to that of the country at large. The Saxon population of England was devoted chiefl\’ to and pasturage. Like all such populations, it was widely scattered.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 19267, 2 January 1931, Page 16
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