Digest of Welsh Historical Statistics : Housing, 1801-1974

UKDA study number:4101

Principal Investigators

Williams, J.
University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. Department of Economics
National Assembly for Wales. Statistical Directorate
University of Essex. History Data Service
Queen's University of Belfast. Centre for Data Digitisation and Analysis

Sponsor

Higher Education Funding Councils. Joint Information Systems Committee

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UK Data Archive, University of Essex, Colchester.

July 2001

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Williams, J. et al. , Digest of Welsh Historical Statistics : Housing, 1801-1974 [computer file]. Colchester, Essex: UK Data Archive [distributor], July 2001. SN: 4101, http://dx.doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-4101-1

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4101 . Digest of Welsh Historical Statistics : Housing, 1801-1974

Depositor:

Swires-Hennessy, E. , National Assembly for Wales. Statistical Directorate

Principal Investigators:

Williams, J. , University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. Department of Economics

National Assembly for Wales. Statistical Directorate

University of Essex. History Data Service

Queen's University of Belfast. Centre for Data Digitisation and Analysis

Sponsor:

Higher Education Funding Councils. Joint Information Systems Committee

Abstract:

This machine-readable version of John Williams' Digest of Welsh Historical Statistics 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.
John Williams' Digest of Welsh Historical Statistics 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) Abstract of British historical statistics and Mitchell, B.R. and Jones, H.G. (1971) Second abstract of British historical statistics.

Main Topics:

The main tables are:

Number of houses, inhabited, uninhabited (and building, 1811-1921), by county, 1801-1971
(a) Number of private households, by county, 1801-1901; (b) number of private households, dwellings, rooms and density of occupation, by county, 1911-1971
Number of rooms occupied by private households, by county, 1911-1971
Brick production: (a) return of duties paid on bricks, by region, 1829-1849; (b) number of bricks and amount of duty paid, by county, 1836-1846
Number of house plans approved, by town, South Wales, 1851-1914
Estimated costs of building plans passed by Urban Districts, by type of building, 1909-1939
Total number of houses built in inter-war years, by county, 1919-1940
Number of houses authorised, under construction and completed, local authority and private enterprise, 1919-1939 and 1946-1974; by county 1919-1939; by county borough 1919-1939; number of houses demolished 1947-1974
Decisions on planning applications, by type of development, 1962-1972
Houses completed, by number of bedrooms, public and (from 1963) private sectors, houses and flats, 1945-1974
Government financial contributions, new houses and improvement grants, 1950-1974
Number of conversions and improvements, approved for grant, by public and private sector, 1955-1974
Prices and costs, 1958-1974

Please note: this study does not include information on named individuals and would therefore not be useful for personal family history research.

Coverage:

Time Period Covered: 1801 - 1974 The dataset consists of 13 tables which cover different periods: see Main Topics below.
Country: Wales
Spatial Units: (A)Countries; (B)Counties
Observation Units: Administrative units (geographical/political)
Kind of Data: Textual data; Numeric data

Universe Sampled:

Location of Units of Observation: National
Population: Administrative units in Wales

Methodology:

Time Dimensions: Time Series
Sampling Procedures: No sampling (total universe)
Method of Data Collection: Transcription of existing materials; Compilation or synthesis of existing material
Data Sources: Williams, J. (1985) Digest of Welsh historical statistics The Welsh Office (2 vols.)

Books and Theses:

; M. Bowley (1945) Housing and the state, 1919-1944
H. Carter (1965) The towns of Wales: a study in urban geography, Cardiff
W.V. Hole and M.T. Pountney (1971) Trends in population, housing and occupancy rates, 1861-1961
M.G. Kendall ed. The sources and nature of the statistics of the United Kingdom (chapter on 'Housing statistics' by M. Bowley)
J. Parry Lewis (1965) Building cycles and Britain's growth
R.C.O. Matthews (1954) A study in the trade cycle history
H.W. Richardson and D.H. Aldcroft (1968) Building in the British economy between the wars
J.H. Richards (1956) 'Fluctuations in house-building in the South Wales coalfield' MA thesis, University of Wales

Articles:

M. Bowley (1937) 'Fluctuations in house-building and the trade cycle' in Review of Economic Studies IV
M. Bowley (1937-1938) 'Some regional aspects of the building boom' in Review of Economic Studies V
M. Bowley (1950) 'The housing statistics of Great Britain' in J.R.S.S.
J. Parry Lewis (1961) 'Indices of house-building in the Manchester conurbation, South Wales and Great Britain, 1851-1931' in Scottish Journal of Political Economy VIII
J.L. Marshall (1968) 'The pattern of house-building in the inter-war period in England and Wales' in Scottish Journal of Political Economy XV
J. Hamish Richards and J. Parry Lewis (1956) 'House-building in the South Wales coalfield, 1851-1913' in The Manchester School XXXIV
H.A. Shannon (1934) 'Bricks - a trade index, 1785-1849' in Economica 8
J.C. Spensky (1918) 'Urban housing problems' in J.R.S.S.
P.M. Tillot (1972) 'Sources of inaccuracy in the 1851 and 1861 Censuses' in E.A. Wrigley ed. Nineteenth century society, Cambridge

Government and Official Publications:

Reports of the Census of Great Britain 1801-1851
Abstracts of the Census of Great Britain 1801-1851
Reports of the Census of England and Wales, 1861-1971
Tables of the Census of England and Wales, 1861-1971
Reports of Bricks Duties, 1838, vol.XLV; 1839, vol.XLVI; 1846, vol.XXV; 1847-1848, vol.XXXIX; 1849, .XXX; 1850, vol.XXXIII
Labour Gazette, 1910-1939
Ministry of Health Housing, house production, slum clearance 1934-1939
Ministry of Housing and Local Government/Welsh Office Housing returns for England and Wales Appendix B, 1946-1965
Ministry of Housing and Local Government/Welsh Office Local housing statistics 1966-
Ministry of Housing and Local Government Statistics of decisions on planning applications 1962-
Welsh Office Digest of Welsh statistics 1954-
Welsh Housing and Development Association Welsh housing and development year book 1916-1935
Royal Commission on the distribution of the industrial population 1940

Language(s) of Written Materials:

Study Description: English
Study Documentation: English and Welsh

Access:

Access Conditions: The depositor has specified that registration is required. Available to all registered users. The depositor may be informed about usage.
Availability: History Data Service, UK Data Archive
Contact: Help desk: hds@essex.ac.uk

Date of First Release:

31 July 2001

Copyright:

Crown copyright held jointly with the History Data Service. Crown copyright material reproduced by permission of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office

File last updated:

4 January 2012