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• Total Population 1801 to 1951: Population grew from 1,728 in 1801 to 24,984 in 1951.
• Occupational Structure in 1831: Out of 511 males aged 20 and over, 190 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
GORLESTON WITH SOUTHTOWN	Official	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 365.
GORLESTON	Preferred	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 365.

Unit associations

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association	Other unit involved	Type of unit	Authority
was succeeded by	GORLESTON EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 365.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
SUFFOLK	Ancient County			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 365.
MUTFORD AND LOTHINGLAND RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		1891	[ERROR: authority is 'SRC' but src_id is null]
YARMOUTH RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1891		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 657.
GORLESTON	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'.
GREAT YARMOUTH MB/CB	Local Government District	1835		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 654.
GREAT YARMOUTH Borough	Ancient District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 655.
GREAT YARMOUTH USD	Sanitary District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 657.
MUTFORD AND LOTHINGLAND Hundred	Ancient District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 455.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
30 Sep 1894	was reduced to enlarge	GREAT YARMOUTH CP/AP	Houses in 1901: 25.	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'.; LGBO 31704
30 Sep 1894	was enlarged by gaining part of	GREAT YARMOUTH CP/AP	Houses in 1901: 387.	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'.; LGBO 31704

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
SOUTHTOWN Ch	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 379.
BACONS	Manor			The National Archives, Manorial Documents Register
GORLESTON	Manor			The National Archives, Manorial Documents Register