People
Population, Early Residents, Worthies

The number of adult males recorded by the Protestation Return in 1641was 72. A recommended method to estimate the total population is to multiply by 2.8 (to allow for women and children). This would give a population of 202. 

The protestation returns were basically a nationwide survey of every male adult declaring that they were not catholic. So not quite a comprehensive census, but the best we have (exactly) 200 years before the 1841 national census (the first useful one)

https://archives.parliament.uk/.../GB61_HL_PO_JO_10_1_82

I have extracted the 72 Culgaith names, and ranked them:

9 SUELL George, Henry, John, John, John, John, Thomas, Thomas, Wilfred, William

6 ROBINSON Henry, John, John, John, John (jnr), Thomas, William

4 GOWLING John, John, Richard, William  

4 UNTHANKE Christopher, John, John, Robert  

3 JAMES Christopher, John, Robert  

3 RICHARDSON John, John (jnr), Robert  

2 BIRKBECKE George, Richard   

2 CANSFELL George, Robert   

2 GOWLLINGE Christopher, Richard   

2 MOSES John, Peter   

2 PEARSON Robert, Thomas   

2 SEWELL Hugh, Wilfred   

2 SMYTH Cuthbert, Hugh   

2 WATSON Thomas, William   

1 ADDISON Philip   

1 BEWLY Leonard   

1 BOCKE Thomas   

1 BOWERBANKE Richard   

1 BRANSKELL John   

1 BRINSKELL John   

1 BROWNE Thomas   

1 BULIE Thomas   

1 DENISON Anthony   

1 DOBINSON Thomas   

1 HILL John   

1 HOGE William   

1 LAMBERT John   

1 LOUGH Lancelot   

1 LOWICK Alexander   

1 MILLER John (jnr)   

1 MILNER John   

1 NEALSON Richard   

1 ROBINGSON Thomas   

1 SCOTE Thomas   

1 SPEEDING John   

1 THOMPSON Alexander   

1 WABIE John   

1 WARDE George   

1 WATT Edward   

I have not attempted to change to more modern spelling, thus there are 2 versions of SEWELL - the top name!

In 1641, Culgaith comprised 36% of the returns for Kirkland parish. Skirwith and Blencarn listed 126 men, but unfortunately don't give the breakdown by township. 

DJH 2023

The population for 1801 (on the CCHT site) was 254. In 1801, Culgaith contained 40% of the population of Kirkland parish, compared to 30% of each for Skirwith and Kirkland&Blencarn. Thus Culgaith was the largest township.

The following table gives some idea of occupations in Culgaith towards the middle of the last century:

Questions addressed to the Overseers in England and to the Schoolmasters in Scotland, 1831:

Inhabited houses 51. Families 51.

Houses building 1. Houses uninhabitable 2. 

Employed in agriculture 37.

Employed in trade 11.

All other families 3.

Males 133; Females 124 = 257

Males over 20: 77.

Agriculture. Occupiers, 1st Class, 11. Do. 2nd Class, 11.

Farm Labourers 24.

Retail Trade and Handicraft 22.

Wholesale and Capitalists, Clergy, Office Clerks, Professional and other educated men-1. 

Labourers, not agricultural-None.

Other males of 20-None. Upwards of 20 years-None.

Male servants-None.

Female servants, all over 20-15.