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• Total Population 1801 to 1911: Population grew from 11,458 in 1801 to 54,612 in 1911.
• Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1911: In 1851, 5.77 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 only 4.73 per cent were.
• Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 170.34 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1891, and the lowest was 126.2 in 1871.
• 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
PENKRIDGE	Official	English	1836	1870s	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 743.
CANNOCK	Preferred	English	1870s		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 742.

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
STAFFORDSHIRE	Poor Law/Registration County	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 742.
STAFFORDSHIRE	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
BREWOOD	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'.
CANNOCK	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'.
PENKRIDGE	Registration sub-District		01 Jan 1887	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office)
ACTON TRUSSELL AP/Ch/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1870s	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 401.
ACTON TRUSSELL AND BEDNALL CP	Parish-level Unit	1836	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 401.
BREWOOD AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1836	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 404.
BUSHBURY Tn/CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1836	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 406.
CANNOCK AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1836	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 407.
CHESLYN HAY CP/ExP	Parish-level Unit	1836	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 408.
CHURCH EATON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1836	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 408.
COPPENHALL CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit	1836	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 408.
DUNSTON CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit	1836	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 410.
ESSINGTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1836	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 410.
FEATHERSTONE CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1836	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 411.
GREAT WYRLEY CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1836	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 430.
HATHERTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1836	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 413.
HILTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1836	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 414.
HUNTINGTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1836	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 414.
KINVASTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1836	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 415.
LAPLEY CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1836	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 415.
NORTON CANES CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1836	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 418.
PENKRIDGE CP/Ch/AP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1836	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 419.
SAREDON Tn/CP	Parish-level Unit	1836	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 421.
SHARESHILL CP/AP/Ch	Parish-level Unit	1836	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 421.
STRETTON Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit	1836	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 425.
TEDDESLEY HAY CP/ExP	Parish-level Unit	1836	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 425.