THE population of Kensington at the recent census was ascertained to be
121,100, and we have seen that the total of accommodation made by all
denominations for public worship is for 49,070 souls, or, in round
numbers, allowing for possible crowding, 50,000. The proportion is,
therefore, above the average in most parishes; and although at no given
time will the full amount of accommodation be taken up, yet the average
attendance on the Lord’s Day at the principal services is good. Out of
the 50,000 that might attend, from 35,000 to 40,000 will be found at the
morning service, and from 30,000 to 35,000 at the evening. If we allow
one-half the number in the evening to be of those who attended in the
morning—and experience shows them to be in larger proportion—we have
still the suggestive fact forced upon us for reflection, that a very
great number never attend at all.
The following table, showing in detail the population of the several
Ecclesiastical divisions of the parish, has been prepared by order of the
Vestry of Kensington, and obligingly sent us by Mr. G. C. Harding, the
Clerk. It will be very useful to refer to in connexion with the
foregoing accounts of the Churches and Chapels situated in the several
wards, parishes, and districts mentioned.
_Summary of the Population of the Parish of St. Mary Abbotts_,
_Kensington_.