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• Total Population 1881 to 1951: Population fell from 9,633 in 1881 to 6,097 in 1951.
• Occupational Structure in 1881:

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Alternative names

We know of no alternate names.

Unit associations

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association	Other unit involved	Type of unit	Authority
was succeeded by	THORNTON EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 617.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
YORKSHIRE	Ancient County			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 617.
BRADFORD RegD/PLU/PLPar	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1837	1848	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 617.
BRADFORD RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1837	01 Jan 1892	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 617.
NORTH BIERLEY RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1848	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 617.
WEST RIDING Riding	Division of Ancient County			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 617.
BRADFORD CB/MB	Local Government District	1899	1974	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 617.
DENHOLME USD	Sanitary District	1887	1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 617.
DENHOLME GATE USD	Sanitary District	1875	1887	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 617.
MORLEY Wap	Ancient District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 617.
THORNTON UD	Local Government District	1894	1899	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 617.
THORNTON USD	Sanitary District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 617.
THORNTON	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'.
BRADFORD AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 617.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
31 Dec 1894	was reduced to create	DENHOLME CP	Houses in 1901: 755.	1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 14, 'Changes in the Boundaries of Civil Parishes, effected Local Government Acts of 1899 and 1894, and by Local Acts since 1891 - Inhabited Houses and Population 1901'.; L.G. Act, 1894 (Appointed day), and County Council Naming Order

Lower level units

We know of no units which were contained within this unit.