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• Total Population 1801 to 1931: Population grew from 1,911 in 1801 to 2,456 in 1931.
• Occupational Structure in 1831: Out of 546 males aged 20 and over, 243 worked in Retail and Handicrafts.

Here we are presenting statistics for a historical unit, which may have changed its boundaries significantly during the period covered.

Alternative names

The following alternative names exist:

Name	Status	Language	Start	End	Authority
ABERTEIFI	Preferred	Welsh			M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 33.
CARDIGAN	Preferred	English			M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 33.
CARDIGAN ST MARY	Alternate	English			1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ST MARY	Alternate	English			1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.

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
CARDIGANSHIRE	Ancient County			M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 33.
CARDIGAN RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. 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'.
CARDIGAN USD	Sanitary District			1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area and Population in Rural Sanitary Districts'.
CARDIGAN Borough	Ancient District			1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
CARDIGAN	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'.
CARDIGAN MB	Local Government District		1-OCT-1933	1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 9, 'Municipal Boroughs and other Urban Districts, with their Constituent Civil Parishes and Wards. - Area; Houses 1901, and Population 1891 and 1901'.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
1-OCT-1933	was abolished to create	CARDIGAN CP	Area: 2485 acres. Population in 1931: 2456.	1931 Census of England and Wales, Table B, 'Areas altered between 26th April, 1931 and 30th June, 1934, showing constitution as at the latter date, in terms of constitution as at the former date, together with particulars of acreage and population'.

Lower level units

We know of no units which were contained within this unit.