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• Total Population 1801 to 1911: Population grew from 11,947 in 1801 to 20,238 in 1911.
• Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1911: In 1851, only 6.18 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 7.07 per cent were.
• Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 102.56 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1891, and the lowest was 56.34 in 1911.
• Occupational Structure in 1881:

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Alternative names

We know of no alternate names.

Unit associations

We know of no associations with other units.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
BERKSHIRE	Poor Law/Registration County	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 564.
BERKSHIRE	Administrative County			Ministry of Health, Persons in Receipt of Poor-Law Relief (England and Wales) (H.M.S.O.)

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
01 Jan 1879	was enlarged by gaining part of	BASINGSTOKE RegD/PLU	Bramley lost the tything of Beach Hill to the sub-district of Mortimer	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Nov 1879	was reduced to enlarge	BASINGSTOKE RegD/PLU	Mortimer lost the tything of Mortimer West End to the sub-district of Bramley	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Jan 1889	was reduced to enlarge	READING RegD/PLU		Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 May 1912	was reduced to enlarge	READING RegD/PLU	Area: 1763 acres. Population in 1921: 3238.	1921 Census of England and Wales, Table 6, 'Intercensal Changes in Boundaries, 1911-21'.; Registrar General's Order

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
BUCKLEBURY	Registration sub-District			1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'.
MORTIMER	Registration sub-District		01 Jan 1891	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
TILEHURST	Registration sub-District			1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'.
ALDERMASTON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 14.
ASHAMPSTEAD Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 15.
BASILDON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 15.
BEECH HILL Ch/CP/Tg	Parish-level Unit	01 Jan 1879		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 15.
BEENHAM CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 15.
BRADFIELD AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 16.
BUCKLEBURY AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 16.
BURGHFIELD CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 16.
ENGLEFIELD AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 18.
FRILSHAM CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 18.
GORING AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 397.
GRAZELEY Tg/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 19.
MAPLEDURHAM CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 401.
MORTIMER WEST END CP/Tg	Parish-level Unit		After 1871	1871 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1861 and 1871, in the Parishes and Places comprised in each Superintendent Registrar's District'.
PADWORTH AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 21.
PANGBOURNE CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 21.
PURLEY AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 22.
SALTNEY MEAD ExP	Parish-level Unit			1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 12, 'Registration County, Districts, and Sub-Districts, with their Constituent Civil Parishes - Area; Houses and Population 1891 and 1901, and Separate Occupiers 1901'.
STANFORD DINGLEY CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 24.
STRATFORD MORTIMER AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 24.
STREATLEY AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 24.
SULHAM CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 24.
SULHAMSTEAD ABBOTS AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 24.
SULHAMSTEAD BANNISTER CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		1866	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
SULHAMSTEAD BANNISTER LOWER END ParPart/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 24.
SULHAMSTEAD BANNISTER UPPER END ParPart/CP	Parish-level Unit	1866	1934	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 24.
THEALE Tg/CP	Parish-level Unit	1894		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 25.
TIDMARSH AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 25.
TILEHURST CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 25.
UFTON NERVET AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 25.
WHITCHURCH CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 408.
WOKEFIELD CP/Tg	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 27.
YATTENDON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 27.