8.5 Hitchin and Slapton

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  • Near place - Hitchin
  • History of hitchin:
    • saxon hicce tribe
    • wealthy on grain, sheep and cattle
    • 1349, black death 1/2 population died
    • old free school founded in 1639
    • 1801, first census (3,161)
    • william ransem first UK independent pharmaceutical
    • 1927 Hermitage road
    • 1996, market place cobbled
  • Qualitative sources:
    • Cathy Smale, Painting of market square (2017)
    • James Bay, interview
    • Review
  • Quantitative sources:
    • 2001 census = 30,850, 2021 census = 35,221
    • crime rate 25% lower than east england