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• Total Population 1801 to 1911: Population grew from 10,805 in 1801 to 26,662 in 1911.
• Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1911: In 1851, 5.53 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 only 5.01 per cent were.
• Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 185.48 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1871, and the lowest was 114.42 in 1911.
• 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	Poor Law/Registration County	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 693.
LEICESTERSHIRE	Administrative County			Ministry of Health, Persons in Receipt of Poor-Law Relief (England and Wales) (H.M.S.O.)

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
30 Apr 1851	was enlarged by gaining part of	NUNEATON RegD/PLU	Higham-on-the-Hill, Stoke Golding, and Wolvey	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Jun 1895	was enlarged by gaining part of	LUTTERWORTH RegD/PLU	Wigston Parva lost to Hinckley	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 May 1896	was reduced to enlarge	NUNEATON RegD/PLU	Wolvey, Burton Hastings and Stretton Baskerville	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
BURBAGE	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'.
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	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'.
ASTLEY CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1836	between 1896/1900	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 436.
ASTON FLAMVILLE AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 220.
BARWELL AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 221.
BURBAGE CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 223.
BURTON HASTINGS AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	soon after 1836	between 1896-1900	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 440.
EARL SHILTON CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 225.
ELMERSTHORPE CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 225.
HIGHAM ON THE HILL AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 227.
HINCKLEY Tn/AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 227.
SAPCOTE CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 235.
SHARNFORD CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 236.
STOKE GOLDING CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 237.
STONEY STANTON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 237.
STRETTON BASKERVILLE CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1836	between 1896-1900	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 453.
WIGSTON PARVA CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit	1895		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 240.
WOLVEY CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	between 1851-1861	between 1896-1900	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 457.