Newspaper readership in south west England:
an analysis of the Flindell's Western Luminary subscribers list of 1815.
Table 3. Market penetration of Flindell's Western Luminary
N.B. An allowance of 4.64 people per household is made in these calculations.
| 1. | By registration district | |||
| No. | District | Pop 1811 | Subs | Penetration |
| 279 | Axminster | 15931 | 10 | 0.3% |
| 280 | Honiton | 17212 | 47 | 1.3% |
| 281 | St Thomas | 27193 | 147 | 2.5% |
| 282 | Exeter | 22558 | 264 | 5.4% |
| 283 | Newton Abbot | 29719 | 165 | 2.6% |
| 284 | Totnes | 27484 | 54 | 0.9% |
| 285 | Kingsbridge | 16774 | 27 | 0.7% |
| 286 | Plympton S Mary | 14381 | 8 | 0.3% |
| 287 | Plymouth | 20825 | 57 | 1.3% |
| 288 | East Stonehouse | 5174 | 8 | 0.7% |
| 289 | Stoke Damerel | 30083 | 12 | 0.2% |
| 287-289 | Three Towns | 56082 | 77 | 0.6% |
| 290 | Tavistock | 16011 | 42 | 1.2% |
| 291 | Okehampton | 15845 | 28 | 0.8% |
| 292 | Crediton | 18812 | 34 | 0.8% |
| 293 | Tiverton | 28844 | 54 | 0.9% |
| 294 | South Molton | 5070 | 25 | 0.8% |
| 295 | Barnstaple | 22730 | 82 | 1.7% |
| 296 | Torrington | 12804 | 23 | 0.8% |
| 297 | Bideford | 13619 | 37 | 1.2% |
| 298 | Holsworthy | 8466 | 5 | 0.3% |
| 299 | Stratton | 7153 | 5 | 0.3% |
| 300 | Camelford | 5229 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 301 | Launceston | 11608 | 25 | 1.0% (0.99) |
| 302 | St Germans | 15092 | 9 | 0.3% |
| 303 | Liskeard | 19175 | 30 | 0.7% |
| 304 | Bodmin | 13781 | 21 | 0.7% |
| 305 | St Columb | 11177 | 25 | 1.0% (1.03) |
| 306 | St Austell | 15943 | 29 | 0.8% |
| 307 | Truro | 23193 | 60 | 1.2% |
| 308 | Falmouth | 15369 | 63 | 1.9% |
| 309 | Helston | 20385 | 18 | 0.4% |
| 310 | Redruth | 25835 | 17 | 0.3% |
| 311 | Penzance | 28164 | 45 | 0.7% |
| 312 | Scilly Isles | 2465 | 2 | 0.3% |
| 2. | By town | |||
| Name of town | Pop 1811 | Subs | Penetration | |
| Exeter | 22558 | 264 | 5.4% | |
| Plymouth | 20803 | 57 | 1.3% | |
| Falmouth | 5307 | 47 | 4.1% | |
| Truro | 2482 | 45 | 8.4% | |
| Barnstaple | 4019 | 45 | 5.2% | |
| Teignmouth | 2893 | 43 | 6.9% | |
| Dawlish | 1882 | 31 | 10.1% | |
| Bideford | 3244 | 31 | 4.4% | |
| Exmouth | 3160 | 30 | 4.4% | |
| Penzance | 4022 | 28 | 3.2% | |
| Tavistock | 4723 | 28 | 2.7% | |
| Newton Abbot | 1627 | 23 | 6.6% | |
| Tiverton | 6732 | 22 | 1.5% | |
| Starcross & Kenton | 1793 | 21 | 5.4% | |
| Topsham | 2871 | 21 | 3.4% | |
| Kingsbridge | 1242 | 19 | 7.1% | |
| Launceston | 1758 | 19 | 5.0% | |
| Crediton | 5178 | 19 | 1.7% | |
| Sidmouth | 1688 | 18 | 4.9% | |
| Totnes | 2773 | 18 | 3.1% | |
| Bodmin | 2383 | 15 | 2.9% | |
| Dartmouth | 3595 | 15 | 1.7% | |
| Chudleigh | 1832 | 14 | 3.5% | |
| Ilfracombe | 1934 | 14 | 3.4% | |
| [Great] Torrington | 2151 | 14 | 3.0% | |
| Helston | 2297 | 14 | 2.8% | |
| St Austell | 3686 | 13 | 1.6% | |
| Torquay | 1350 | 12 | 4.1% | |
| Dock | 30083 | 12 | 0.2% | |
| St Columb | 2070 | 11 | 2.4% | |
| Honiton | 2735 | 11 | 1.8% | |
| Cullompton | 2917 | 11 | 1.7% | |
| Ashburton | 3053 | 11 | 1.7% | |
| Redruth | 5903 | 11 | 0.8% | |
| Callington | 938 | 10 | 5.0% | |
| Fowey | 1319 | 10 | 3.5% | |
| South Molton | 2739 | 10 | 1.7% | |
| Lympstone | 963 | 9 | 4.3% | |
| Marazion | 1022 | 9 | 4.1% | |
| Okehampton | 1554 | 9 | 2.7% | |
| Penryn | 2713 | 9 | 1.5% | |
| Liskeard | 2884 | 9 | 1.4% | |
| Alphington | 911 | 8 | 4.1% | |
| Padstow | 1498 | 8 | 2.5% | |
| Ottery St Mary | 2880 | 8 | 1.3% | |
| Stonehouse | 5174 | 8 | 0.7% | |
| Budleigh Salterton | 1190 | 7 | 2.7% | |
| Bradninch | 1321 | 7 | 2.5% | |
| Chulmleigh | 1340 | 6 | 2.1% | |
| Brixham | 4341 | 6 | 0.6% | |
| 3. | Main towns outside Devon and Cornwall | |||
| Name of town | Subs | |||
| London | 36 | |||
| Oxford | 15 | |||
| Dorchester | 5 | |||
| Bristol | 3 | |||
| Bath | 3 | |||
| Taunton | 3 |
Page last updated 29 Jan 2007
© Ian Maxted, 2001