• Introductory note; Related publications; Preface to the first edition; Introduction; Part I. From Parish Register Data to National Vital Series: 1. The basic data; 2. The representativeness of the date; 3. Inflation to national frequencies; 4. From baptisms and burials to births and deaths: corrections for nonconformity and late baptism; 5. From baptisms and burials to births and deaths: final inflation ratios: offsetting other causes of non-registration; Part II. English Population History: 6. Secular trends: some basic patterns; 7. Secular trends: back-projection estimates of population characteristics and vital rates; 8. Short-term variations: some basic patterns; 9. Short-term variation: vital rates, prices, and weather; 10. The economic setting of long-term trends in English fertility and mortality; 11. Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.

'The Population History of England is important, not only to English historians, but to students of population in other countries as well. As a result, the study of the economic history of all European countries before the late nineteenth century will never be quite the same again.' The Times Higher Education Supplement