Between 1801 and 1901 the industrialisation process brought tens of thousands of people into Staffordshire. The population of Cannock rose from 1,359 to 23,974; Wolverhampton from 12,565 to 94,187. During the same period many rural places saw either a gradual increase or loss in population. Eccleshall went up from 3,734 to 4,186 but Gnosall fell from 2,246 to 2,085.
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