Corfe Castle And District 1790 Census

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Information about Corfe Castle And District 1790 Census

The Corfe Castle & District 1790 census contains 1,237 entries from William Morton Pitt’s private census of Corfe Castle and District, Dorset in 1790. Morton Pitt was the MP for Poole 1780-1790, and for Dorset 1790-1826. He was especially interested in the problem of poverty, trying to interest other landowners in possible solutions and making many improvement to local conditions himself.