Beer output by English region in 1849

Tables. Dontcha just love 'em? I do. Hence this post. Series of  posts, really. Because the tables were to big to fit into one. I'll be doing the whole of the United Kingdom eventually.

First a word on how I've compiled them. I've used the figures for number of bushels of malt used to calculate the number of barrels. I've assumed 2 bushels to one barrel of beer, which averages out at an OG of around 1056º. The figures for volumes I do have are for the whole of the UK. For the year 1849, it was 14,691,734. My guesstimated total for the UK is 14,626,587. Pretty damn close.

There's one thing that jumps right out. The dominance of London breweries. In 1851, the population of London was 2,362,200 and of England 17,932,400. I make that 13.17% of the English population living in London. But, as you'll see from the table below, London brewers were responsible for 23.14% of English beer output.

That situation was to change. As Porter fell out of fashion in the second half of the 19th century and Burton  became the centre of brewing fro the new, trendy Pale Ale. I wish I knew which collection Burton fell under. Stafford would be my guess, as Burton is in the county of Staffordshire.

Second behind London is Manchester. But it's an awfully long way behind, at just 3.61%. Though its population was just 303,400 or 1.69% of the UK population.

Anyway, here's the table for your delectation, fascination and erudition. And any other tions you fancy.

Estimated beer output in England, year ending October 1849
Collections	Bushels of malt consumed	estimated output (barrels)	% of output
Barnstaple	158,281	79,140.5	0.58%
Bath	679,127	339,563.5	2.50%
Bedford	399,513	199,756.5	1.47%
Bristol	461,372	230,686.0	1.70%
Cambridge	624,064	312,032.0	2.30%
Canterbury	310,169	155,084.5	1.14%
Chester	221,332	110,666.0	0.81%
Cornwall	154,368	77,184.0	0.57%
Coventry	542,648	271,324.0	2.00%
Cumberland	195,148	97,574.0	0.72%
Derby	564,541	282,270.5	2.08%
Dorset	259,871	129,935.5	0.96%
Durham	247,514	123,757.0	0.91%
Essex	286,576	143,288.0	1.05%
Exeter	240,101	120,050.5	0.88%
Gloucester	345,719	172,859.5	1.27%
Grantham	385,106	192,553.0	1.42%
Halifax	488,975	244,487.5	1.80%
Hants	433,576	216,788.0	1.60%
Hereford	113,781	56,890.5	0.42%
Hartford	554,992	277,496.0	2.04%
Hull	208,463	104,231.5	0.77%
Isle of Wight	463,658	231,829.0	1.71%
Lancaster	507,852	253,926.0	1.87%
Leeds	615,724	307,862.0	2.27%
Lichfield	305,345	152,672.5	1.12%
Lincoln	306,665	153,332.5	1.13%
Liverpool	763,123	381,561.5	2.81%
London	6,289,908	3,144,954.0	23.14%
Lynn	640,092	320,046.0	2.36%
Manchester	979,907	489,953.5	3.61%
Newcastle	404,183	202,091.5	1.49%
Northampton	325,441	162,720.5	1.20%
Northwich	392,040	196,020.0	1.44%
Norwich	372,053	186,026.5	1.37%
Oxford	337,695	168,847.5	1.24%
Plymouth	345,250	172,625.0	1.27%
Reading	496,466	248,233.0	1.83%
Rochester	443,088	221,544.0	1.63%
Salisbury	297,956	148,978.0	1.10%
Salop	266,350	133,175.0	0.98%
Sheffield	492,019	246,009.5	1.81%
Stafford	638,268	319,134.0	2.35%
Stourbridge	799,499	399,749.5	2.94%
Suffolk	328,776	164,388.0	1.21%
Surrey	846,841	423,420.5	3.12%
Sussex	465,762	232,881.0	1.71%
Wales, East	375,006	187,503.0	1.38%
Wales, Middle	91,150	45,575.0	0.34%
Wales, North	151,606	75,803.0	0.56%
Wales, South	112,835	56,417.5	0.42%
Worcester	205,813	102,906.5	0.76%
York	241,106	120,553.0	0.89%
total	27,176,714	13,588,357.0	100.00%
Source:
"Statistics of British commerce" by Braithwaite Poole, 1852, page 4.

More in the next few days. If I don't start wittering on about my Bavarian holiday again.