 It was not long for people who had returned from the war were to be called up again in 1939 because of the start of World War II and like before many of the men did not return from the war thus left the rural populations of the parishes to decline once more.Britain sent more than 5 million men to fight in the war, consequently having a negative impact on the rural parishes.from Since 1961 the population of the village has stayed in an upward trend.