In the 19thC and 20thC Bendings moved out of Devon to London and the growing industrial towns such as Cardiff and Northampton . In 1851 70% of Bendings lived in Devon, by 1881 45%, 1901 36% and 1996 20%.

Information is from the 1851, 1881, 1901 Censuses, the 1996 Electoral Roll, and in the South West distribution map, from Archer Software