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• Total Population 1801 to 1931: Population grew from 787 in 1801 to 3,869 in 1931.
• Occupational Structure in 1831: Out of 366 males aged 20 and over, 162 were Manufacturing.
• 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
LEICESTERSHIRE	Ancient County		1936	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 221.
HINCKLEY RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 221.
EARL SHILTON	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'.
HINCKLEY RSD	Sanitary District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 221.
HINCKLEY RD	Local Government District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 221.
SPARKENHOE Hundred	Ancient District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 221.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
01 Oct 1920	was enlarged by gaining part of	HINCKLEY Tn/AP/CP	Area: 67 acres. Population in 1921: 9.	1921 Census of England and Wales, Table 6, 'Intercensal Changes in Boundaries, 1911-21'.; The County of Leicester (Hinckley, etc.) Confirmation Order, 1920 (No. 66441)
01 Oct 1920	was reduced to enlarge	HINCKLEY Tn/AP/CP	Area: 42 acres.	1921 Census of England and Wales, Table 6, 'Intercensal Changes in Boundaries, 1911-21'.; The County of Leicester (Hinckley, etc.) Confirmation Order, 1920 (No. 66441)
01 Apr 1935	was abolished to enlarge	HINCKLEY Tn/AP/CP	Area: 2412 acres. Population in 1931: 3869.	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'.; M. of H. Provisional Order Confirmation (Leicester & Warwick) Act, 1935; 1.4.1936 M. of H. Order No. 84311. The County of Leicester (Hinckley Urban & Hinckley Rural) Confirmation Order, 1936

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
POTTERS MARSTON Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit		1866	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 234.
STAPLETON CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 237.