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• Total Population 1801 to 1921: Population grew from 4,678 in 1801 to 52,240 in 1921.
• Occupational Structure in 1831: Out of 3,720 males aged 20 and over, 1,376 worked in Retail and Handicrafts.
• 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
LIMEHOUSE	Preferred	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 333.
LIMEHOUSE ST ANNE	Alternate	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 333.
ST ANNE LIMEHOUSE	Alternate	English			1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.

Unit associations

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association	Other unit involved	Type of unit	Authority
was succeeded by	LIMEHOUSE EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 333.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
MIDDLESEX	Ancient County			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 333.
LIMEHOUSE PLPar	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1921	01 Apr 1925	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 333.
STEPNEY PLU/PLPar	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	01 Apr 1925	1927	Ministry of Health, Persons in Receipt of Poor-Law Relief (England and Wales) (H.M.S.O.)
STEPNEY RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		1921	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 333.
LIMEHOUSE Lon_SDist	Sanitary District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 333.
LIMEHOUSE	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'.
OSSULSTONE Hundred	Ancient District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 333.
STEPNEY MetB	Local Government District		1927	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 333.
STEPNEY CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		1725	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 333.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
01 Apr 1921	was enlarged by the abolition of	RATCLIFFE CP/Hmlt	Area: 112 acres. Population in 1921: 12300.	1921 Census of England and Wales, Table 6, 'Intercensal Changes in Boundaries, 1911-21'.; The London (Stepney) Confirmation Order, 1921 (No. 66936)
01 Apr 1921	was enlarged by the abolition of	SHADWELL ParLib/CP	Area: 69 acres. Population in 1921: 7878.	1921 Census of England and Wales, Table 6, 'Intercensal Changes in Boundaries, 1911-21'.; The London (Stepney) Confirmation Order, 1921 (No. 66936)
01 Apr 1921	was enlarged by the abolition of	WAPPING Hmlt/CP/AP	Area: 41 acres. Population in 1921: 1710.	1921 Census of England and Wales, Table 6, 'Intercensal Changes in Boundaries, 1911-21'.; The London (Stepney) Confirmation Order, 1921 (No. 66936)
	was enlarged by gaining part of	BROMLEY CP/AP	Population in 1901: 11.	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'.; London Government Act (1899)
	was reduced to enlarge	POPLAR CP/ExP/Ch	Population in 1901: 353.	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'.; London Government Act (1899)
	was enlarged by gaining part of	POPLAR CP/ExP/Ch	Population in 1901: 163.	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'.; London Government Act (1899)

Lower level units

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