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• Total Population 1801 to 1911: Population grew from 8,320 in 1801 to 27,530 in 1911.
• Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1911: In 1851, only 5.23 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 6.48 per cent were.
• Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 151.06 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1871, and the lowest was 69.39 in 1881.
• Occupational Structure in 1881:

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Alternative names

The following alternative names exist:

Name	Status	Language	Start	End	Authority
COOKHAM	Official	English		01 Apr 1896	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 564.
MAIDENHEAD	Preferred	English	01 Apr 1896		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 564.

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

We know of no boundary changes affecting this unit.

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
BRAY	Registration sub-District		01 Oct 1903	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
COOKHAM	Registration sub-District		01 Oct 1903	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
MAIDENHEAD	Registration sub-District	01 Oct 1903		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'.
BISHAM AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1835	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 15.
BRAY AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1835	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 16.
COOKHAM CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1835	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 17.
HURLEY AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1835	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 20.
MAIDENHEAD CP	Parish-level Unit	1894	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 21.
SHOTTESBROOKE AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1835	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 23.
WALTHAM ST LAWRENCE AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1835	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 26.
WHITE WALTHAM AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1835	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 26.