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• Total Population 1881 to 1931: Population fell from 339 in 1881 to 288 in 1931.
• 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
HIGHNAM OVER AND LINTON	Preferred	English		1935	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 177.
HIGHNAM LINTON AND OVER	Alternate	English			1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.

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
GLOUCESTERSHIRE	Ancient County			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 177.
GLOUCESTER RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 177.
BARNWOOD	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'.
DUDSTONE AND KINGS BARTON Hundred	Ancient District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 177.
GLOUCESTER RSD	Sanitary District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 177.
GLOUCESTER RD	Local Government District		1935	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 177.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
1866	was created from part of	CHURCHAM AP/CP		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 177.
25 Mar 1883	was enlarged by gaining part of	RUDFORD AP/CP		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 14639
01 Apr 1935	was abolished to create	HIGHNAM CP	Area: 2038 acres. Population in 1931: 288.	1931 Census of England and Wales, Table B, 'Areas altered between 26th April, 1931 and 30th June, 1934, showing constitution as at the latter date, in terms of constitution as at the former date, together with particulars of acreage and population'.; M. of H. Order No. 80904. The County of Gloucester Review Order, 1935

Lower level units

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