MORLESTON AND LITCHURCH HUNDRED.

This Hundred is bounded on the north by the Scarsdale hundred, on the east by the river Erewash, which separates it from Nottinghamshire, on the south by the river Trent, and the hundreds of Appletree, Repton, and Gresley; and on the west by the Appletree hundred. It comprises an area of 72,451 statute acres. It has generally a strong fertile clay soil on the eastern side, with intermixtures of sand, and a rich red loam on the western extremity. The banks of the rivers have a fine alluvial soil, the Derwent crossing the hundred for a considerable distance. The north and north east parts are rich in coal and iron, and the north west extremity extends into the lead district.

The following is an enumeration of its 27 parishes, shewing their territorial extent, the annual value, and their population, from 1801 to 1851, as returned at the five decennial periods of the Parliamentary Census.

RATEABLE VALUE AND POPULATION. 245

* The letters at the end of the names signify P for Parish, C for Chapelry, and T for Township.

			Rate-	POPULATION.					1851.
Parishes.		Acres	Able
			Value	1801	1811	1821	1831	1841	Hses.	Males.	Fmles.	Total.
Allestree, p . . . . .		1075	1376	350	380	361	501	507	109	268	289	557
Aston-on-Trent, p		1780	3664	467	530	552	620	646	157	346	347	693
Barrow-on-Trent,p		1150	2220	268	287	307	294	306	65	147	139	286
Sinfin&Arleston,t		791	1317	58	71	74	71	85	12	40	29	69
Twyford & Sten- son, c . . . . . . .		1658	3786	157	230	235	219	250	49	121	101	222
Codnor with	{	1894	5430	828	1103	1329	1439	1314	283	749	690	1439
Loscoe, p								424	90	233	218	451
Codnor Park ex par		1400	2592	309	708	693	637	815	132	381	354	735
Crich, p . . . . . . .		3667	4993	1413	1828	2024	2155	2619	595	1286	1276	2562
Tansley, c . . . . .		1155	1500	381	370	449	507	549	126	306	287	593
Wessington, t ..		1250	1405	511	373	488	465	530	111	269	246	515
Dale Abbey, ex par		1760	1625	414	412	418	407	400	90	233	209	442
Denby, p . . . . . ..		2356	2570	881	916	1073	1272	1338	240	656	552	1208
Eggington, p . . .		2293	5150	360	357	319	361	374	74	187	187	374
Elvaston, (a) p .		2303	3678	165	438	493	522	518	108	244	254	498
Hallam, (west) p .		1334	2919	584	639	706	710	677	105	346	291	637
Heanor, p . . . . . .		1533	3764	1061	1912	2354	2672	3058	684	1742	1685	3427
Shipley, t . . . . .		2069	4016	433	563	595	632	671	110	337	328	665
Horsley, p . . . . .		1233	2160	551	537	624	649	571	105	257	250	507
Horsley Wood- house, t . . . . .		609	1532	551	580	592