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Article: Population and Society in an East Devon Parish. Reproducing Colyton, 1540-1840.(Reviews)(Book Review)
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- Journal of Social History
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- September 22, 2004
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Population and Society in an East Devon Parish. Reproducing Colyton, 1540-1840. By Pamela Sharpe (Exeter: University of Exeter Press, 2002. xv, 408 pp.).
Colyton proved to be a most interesting choice when E.A. Wrigley analysed its parish registers by following the Fleury/Henry method of family reconstitution. The early returns on this work were most exciting: upon the publication of Wrigley's articles on "Family Limitation" and "Mortality", our understanding of the population dynamics of early modern England was transformed. (1) Wrigley's early articles provided systematic evidence of late ages at first marriage for women, fertility control in the late 17th ...