THERE WERE 10 HOUSEHOLDS IN THE PARISH IN 1428, AND 18 TAXPAYERS IN 1524 IN LEGSBY AND BLEASBY. THERE WERE 27 OR 29 HOUSEHOLDS IN THE GROUP OF SETTLEMENTS IN 1563. THERE WERE 90 COMMUNICANTS IN 1676. IN THE EARLY EIGHTEENTH CENTURY THE PARISH HAD 30-40 HOUSEHOLDS. THIS WAS THE LEVEL MAINTAINED DURING THE FIRST THREE DECADES OF THE NEXT CENTURY, BUT THE LEAP FROM 37 HOUSES IN 1831 TO 62 IN 1841 (OF WHICH LEGSBY'S SHARE WAS 35) APPARENTLY OWES MOST TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DISTINCT COMMUNITIES AT BLEASBY MOOR AND LITTLE LONDON BUT ALSO TO THE BUILDING BY THE NELTHORPE ESTATE, HAS BEEN APPROXIMATELY SINCE. IT WAS THIS PERIOD OF GROWTH, RATHER THAN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY THAT SAW THE REBUILDING OF ST THOMAS'S AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NON-CONFORMIST CHAPEL. {1}, HTM 38M