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• Total Population 1871 to 1911: Population grew from 44,441 in 1871 to 81,051 in 1911.
• Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1871 to 1911: In 1871, only 3.07 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 4.4 per cent were.
• Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 173.62 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1871, and the lowest was 139.1 in 1881.
• Occupational Structure in 1881:

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Alternative names

We know of no alternate names.

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
WEST RIDING	Poor Law/Registration County	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 775.
WEST RIDING	Administrative County			Ministry of Health, Persons in Receipt of Poor-Law Relief (England and Wales) (H.M.S.O.)

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
05 Feb 1863	was created from part of	KIRKSTALL RegD	Townships of Gildersome and Bramley transferred to create the new SDs of Gildersome and Bramley in the new RD of Bramley	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
06 Aug 1869	was enlarged by gaining part of	KIRKSTALL RegD	The sub-district of Wortley with the exception of Beeston and Churwell was transferred to the sub-district of Wortley in the district of Bramley as part of the dissolution of Kirkstall	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
BRAMLEY	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'.
GILDERSOME	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'.
WORTLEY	Registration sub-District	06 Aug 1869		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'.
ARMLEY CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit	06 Aug 1869	1904	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 507.
ARMLEY AND BRAMLEY CP	Parish-level Unit	1904	1925	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 507.
BRAMLEY CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit	05 Feb 1863	1904	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 519.
FARNLEY CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit	06 Aug 1869	1904	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 542.
GILDERSOME CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit	05 Feb 1863		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 548.
WORTLEY Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit	06 Aug 1869	1904	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 629.