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• Total Population 1881 to 1911: Population grew from 749 in 1881 to 1,120 in 1911.
• 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
RIDGACRE	Official	English		between 1891-1901	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 487.
QUINTON	Preferred	English	between 1891-1901		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 487.

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
SHROPSHIRE	Ancient County		1844	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 487.
WORCESTERSHIRE	Ancient County	1844		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 487.
KINGS NORTON RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	01 Dec 1904	1912	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'.
STOURBRIDGE RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		01 Dec 1904	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 487.
BIRMINGHAM CB/MB	Local Government District	1909	1912	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 451.
BRIMSTREE Hundred	Ancient District		1844	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 487.
EDGBASTON	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'.
HALESOWEN	Registration sub-District			1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 12, 'Registration County, Districts, and Sub-Districts, with their Constituent Civil Parishes - Area; Houses and Population 1891 and 1901, and Separate Occupiers 1901'.
HALESOWEN RD	Local Government District		1909	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 487.
HALFSHIRE Hundred	Ancient District	1844		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 487.
STOURBRIDGE RSD	Sanitary District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 487.
HALESOWEN AP/Tn/CP	Parish-level Unit		1866	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 487.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
24 Mar 1884	was reduced to enlarge	WARLEY CP	Hagley Road and Tinkers Lane Houses in 1891: 14.	1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 14, 'Changes in the Areas of Civil Parishes effected by Local Government Board Orders under the Provisions of the Divided Parishes Acts of 1876 and 1879, or by the Act of 1882'.; LGBO 16429
01 Apr 1912	was abolished to enlarge	BIRMINGHAM AP/CP	Area: 838 acres. Population in 1921: 1203.	1921 Census of England and Wales, Table 6, 'Intercensal Changes in Boundaries, 1911-21'.; LGB Provisional Order 1910 Confirmation (No. 13) Act, 1911

Lower level units

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