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• Total Population 1801 to 1921: Population grew from 5,760 in 1801 to 6,960 in 1921.
• Occupational Structure in 1831: Out of 1,987 males aged 20 and over, 970 worked in Retail and Handicrafts.
• Occupational Structure in 1881:

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
SHREWSBURY ST CHAD	Preferred	English		1924	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 394.
CHAD ST	Alternate	English			1801 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ST CHAD	Alternate	English			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'.

Unit associations

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association	Other unit involved	Type of unit	Authority
was succeeded by	SHREWSBURY ST CHAD EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 394.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
SHROPSHIRE	Ancient County			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 394.
ATCHAM RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1871	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 394.
SHREWSBURY RegD/Inc	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1740	1871	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 394.
ALBRIGHTON Div	Ancient District	1836	1885	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 394.
CONDOVER Hundred	Ancient District	1836		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 394.
FORD Hundred	Ancient District	1836		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 394.
SHREWSBURY MB	Local Government District		1924	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 394.
SHREWSBURY Liberty	Ancient District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 394.
SHREWSBURY Borough	Ancient District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 394.
SHREWSBURY USD	Sanitary District	1875	1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 394.
SHREWSBURY RSD	Sanitary District	1875	1885	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 394.
ST CHAD	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'.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
25 Mar 1885	was reduced to enlarge	ATCHAM AP/CP	Longnor Houses in 1891: 3.	1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 14, 'Changes in the Areas of Civil Parishes effected by Local Government Board Orders under the Provisions of the Divided Parishes Acts of 1876 and 1879, or by the Act of 1882'.; LGBO 17487
25 Mar 1885	was reduced to enlarge	BERRINGTON AP/CP	Betton Strange Houses in 1891: 11.	1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 14, 'Changes in the Areas of Civil Parishes effected by Local Government Board Orders under the Provisions of the Divided Parishes Acts of 1876 and 1879, or by the Act of 1882'.; LGBO 17487
25 Mar 1885	was reduced to enlarge	BICTON Ch/CP	Houses in 1891: 208.	1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 14, 'Changes in the Areas of Civil Parishes effected by Local Government Board Orders under the Provisions of the Divided Parishes Acts of 1876 and 1879, or by the Act of 1882'.; LGBO 17487
25 Mar 1885	was reduced to enlarge	MEOLE BRACE AP/CP	Whitley and Welbatch, &c Houses in 1891: 25.	1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 14, 'Changes in the Areas of Civil Parishes effected by Local Government Board Orders under the Provisions of the Divided Parishes Acts of 1876 and 1879, or by the Act of 1882'.; LGBO 17487

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
BICTON Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit		1885	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 381.