{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7224096599","doi":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23727126","title":"Did the Railway Invent the Seaside? Census Growth of British Resorts Before and After the Line Arrived, 1801 to 1911","display_name":"Did the Railway Invent the Seaside? Census Growth of British Resorts Before and After the Line Arrived, 1801 to 1911","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-10-28","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7224096599","doi":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23727126"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.5281/zenodo.23727126","doi":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23727126","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23727126","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400562","display_name":"Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I67311998","host_organization_name":"European Organization for Nuclear Research","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I67311998"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by-sa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-sa","version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Preprint"},"volume":null,"type":"preprint","indexed_in":["datacite"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"green","oa_url":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23727126","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5081266831","display_name":"Tristan Hotham","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4931-9349","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4931-9349"]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Hotham, Tristan","raw_affiliation_strings":["Independent researcher"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4931-9349","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Independent researcher","institution_ids":[]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":0,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5081266831"],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":null,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":null,"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10605","display_name":"Historical Economic and Social Studies","score":0.836899995803833,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2002","display_name":"Economics and Econometrics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/20","display_name":"Economics, Econometrics and Finance"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10605","display_name":"Historical Economic and Social Studies","score":0.836899995803833,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2002","display_name":"Economics and Econometrics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/20","display_name":"Economics, Econometrics and Finance"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12670","display_name":"Urbanism, Landscape, and Tourism Studies","score":0.10859999805688858,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3316","display_name":"Cultural Studies"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11014","display_name":"Agglomeration and Urban Systems","score":0.00839999970048666,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2002","display_name":"Economics and Econometrics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/20","display_name":"Economics, Econometrics and Finance"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/seaside-resorts","display_name":"seaside resorts","score":0.8960000276565552},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/railway-stations","display_name":"railway stations","score":0.6819999814033508},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/population-growth","display_name":"population growth","score":0.6050000190734863},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/census-population","display_name":"census population","score":0.41100001335144043},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/tourism-history","display_name":"tourism history","score":0.6169999837875366},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/industrial-cities","display_name":"industrial cities","score":0.5120000243186951},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/coastal-towns","display_name":"coastal towns","score":0.4099999964237213},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/event-study","display_name":"event study","score":0.44999998807907104},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/britain","display_name":"Great Britain","score":0.34200000762939453}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C52130261","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39825","display_name":"Census","level":3,"score":0.8799999952316284},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C205649164","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1071","display_name":"Geography","level":0,"score":0.6182000041007996},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C141441539","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1970908","display_name":"Boom","level":2,"score":0.6068999767303467},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C198531522","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q485146","display_name":"Sample (material)","level":2,"score":0.365200012922287},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C198352243","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37105","display_name":"Line (geometry)","level":2,"score":0.35569998621940613},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C136264566","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q159810","display_name":"Economy","level":1,"score":0.3163999915122986},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779662365","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5416694","display_name":"Event (particle physics)","level":2,"score":0.31380000710487366},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2908647359","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2625603","display_name":"Population","level":2,"score":0.2784999907016754},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2992377917","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2341962","display_name":"Railway line","level":2,"score":0.2759999930858612},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C148383697","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1781695","display_name":"Regional science","level":1,"score":0.25450000166893005}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.5281/zenodo.23727126","doi":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23727126","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23727126","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400562","display_name":"Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I67311998","host_organization_name":"European Organization for Nuclear Research","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I67311998"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by-sa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-sa","version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Preprint"},{"id":"doi:10.5281/zenodo.23727127","doi":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23727127","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23727127","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400562","display_name":"Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I67311998","host_organization_name":"European Organization for Nuclear Research","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I67311998"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by-sa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-sa","version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Preprint"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.5281/zenodo.23727126","doi":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23727126","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23727126","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400562","display_name":"Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I67311998","host_organization_name":"European Organization for Nuclear Research","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I67311998"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by-sa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-sa","version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Preprint"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Industry, innovation and infrastructure","score":0.651199996471405,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/9"}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":0,"referenced_works":[],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W3217781731","https://openalex.org/W1501830627","https://openalex.org/W4248419429","https://openalex.org/W4232841949","https://openalex.org/W2048357312","https://openalex.org/W2387737509","https://openalex.org/W606746908","https://openalex.org/W6926233007","https://openalex.org/W4234333767","https://openalex.org/W2029029484"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"The":[0,176,209],"British":[1],"seaside":[2,26],"resort":[3,107,121],"is":[4,157,228],"often":[5],"told":[6],"as":[7,36,194],"a":[8,41,93,110,130,225],"railway":[9,35,101,183,210],"story.":[10],"I":[11,32,70,89],"test":[12],"it":[13,216],"with":[14,92,149],"an":[15],"event":[16],"study.":[17],"For":[18,64],"the":[19,29,34,37,62,105,134,136,141,154,182,189,202,214,231],"205":[20],"places":[21],"on":[22,85],"Wikipedia's":[23],"list":[24],"of":[25,40,58,96],"resorts":[27,66,177,218],"in":[28,61,67,133,140],"United":[30],"Kingdom":[31],"date":[33],"earliest":[38],"opening":[39],"station":[42],"within":[43],"3":[44],"km":[45],"(Wikidata,":[46],"checked":[47],"against":[48,112],"each":[49],"resort's":[50],"article):":[51],"177":[52],"had":[53,184],"one":[54],"by":[55],"1911,":[56],"51":[57],"them":[59,91],"first":[60],"1840s.":[63],"68":[65],"Great":[68],"Britain":[69],"assemble":[71],"parish":[72],"or":[73],"township":[74],"census":[75],"populations":[76],"from":[77,165],"1801":[78],"to":[79,103,147,174],"1911":[80],"and":[81,88,122,197,223,230,239],"measure":[82],"decade":[83,123,135,142],"growth":[84,126],"unchanged":[86],"boundaries,":[87],"compare":[90],"random":[94],"sample":[95],"inland":[97,115,162],"towns.":[98],"Before":[99],"any":[100],"(1801":[102],"1831)":[104],"typical":[106],"grew":[108,179],"1.63%":[109],"year,":[111],"1.43%":[113],"for":[114],"towns":[116,205],"(p":[117],"=":[118],"0.34).":[119],"With":[120],"fixed":[124],"effects,":[125],"was":[127],"1.33":[128],"points":[129],"year":[131],"higher":[132],"line":[137],"opened":[138],"than":[139,161],"before":[143,187],"(95%":[144],"interval":[145,172],"0.24":[146],"2.42),":[148],"no":[150],"build-up":[151],"beforehand.":[152],"But":[153],"after-railway":[155],"gain":[156,164],"not":[158,212],"clearly":[159],"larger":[160],"towns'":[163],"their":[166],"own":[167],"lines":[168],"(difference":[169],"0.08":[170],"points,":[171],"-1.20":[173],"1.36).":[175],"that":[178,219],"most":[180],"after":[181],"been":[185],"slow":[186],"it;":[188],"pre-railway":[190],"boom":[191],"towns,":[192],"such":[193],"Weston-super-Mare,":[195],"Torquay":[196],"Brighton,":[198],"slowed.":[199],"Resorts":[200],"nearer":[201],"large":[203],"industrial":[204],"were":[206,220],"reached":[207,217],"first.":[208],"did":[211],"invent":[213],"seaside:":[215],"already":[221],"growing":[222],"added":[224],"burst.":[226],"Coverage":[227],"partial":[229],"results":[232],"are":[233],"associations.":[234],"Interactive":[235],"version:":[236],"https://tristan-hotham.github.io/seaside-railways/.":[237],"Data":[238],"code:":[240],"https://github.com/Tristan-Hotham/seaside-railways.":[241],"Blog":[242],"post:":[243],"https://blog.tristanhotham.com/2026/10/28/seaside-railways/.":[244]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-11-04T10:54:05.112534","created_date":"2026-10-29T00:00:00"}