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• Total Population 1801 to 1971: Population fell from 1,488 in 1801 to 1,058 in 1971.
• Occupational Structure in 1831: Out of 444 males aged 20 and over, 144 were Agricultural Labourers.

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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
FIFE	Scottish County	1845	1891	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
PERTHSHIRE	Scottish County	1845	1975	1951 Census of Scotland, Table 1, 'Comparison of population, density per 100 acres, and houses with 1931', for 'Burghs, Districts of Counties and CPs'.
ABERNETHY Burgh	Scottish Burgh/District		1975	The Scottish Archive Network, Scottish Archives Network Gazetteer

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
1891	was reduced to enlarge	NEWBURGH	So much of the parish of Abernethy as lies to the east and south of the east march of the farm and lands of Pitmedden.	H. Shennan, Boundaries of Counties and Parishes in Scotland (Edinburgh: Wm. Green & Sons, 1892), p. 46.
1891	was reduced to enlarge	STRATHMIGLO	So much of the parish of Abernethy as lies to the east of the west march of the lands of Nochnarrie, and so much of the said parish as lies to the east of the west march of the lands of Pitlour.	H. Shennan, Boundaries of Counties and Parishes in Scotland (Edinburgh: Wm. Green & Sons, 1892), p. 46.

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