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• Total Population 1801 to 1911: Population fell from 3,084 in 1801 to 2,097 in 1911.
• Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1881: In 1851, 7.72 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1881 only 7.64 per cent were.
• Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 104.48 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1891, and the lowest was 58.14 in 1881.
• Occupational Structure in 1881:

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Alternative names

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Unit associations

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Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
WEM RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	01 Jan 1853		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'.
WEM RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		01 Jan 1853	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.

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
IGHTFIELD AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		1854	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
PREES CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			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'.
WESTON UNDER REDCASTLE Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit			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'.
WHIXALL PA/CP	Parish-level Unit		01 Jun 1908	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.