The Inhabitants of Cardington in 1782

The Inhabitants of Cardington in 1782 The author and purpose of the document entitled ‘The General Account of the number of persons in each house on January 1st, 1782′ in Cardington, Fenlake, Harrowden and Cotton End & Pastors is unknown, although David Baker suggests that it was compiled by Cardington’s schoolmaster, James Lilburne. The transcription of the document itself, the first page of which is illustrated on the frontispiece, has been supplemented from other categories of demographic