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• Total Population 1801 to 1971: Population grew from 605 in 1801 to 4,171 in 1971.
• Occupational Structure in 1831: Out of 272 males aged 20 and over, 82 were Agricultural Labourers.
• Occupational Structure in 1881:

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Alternative names

We know of no alternate names.

Unit associations

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association	Other unit involved	Type of unit	Authority
was succeeded by	FRESHWATER EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 208.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
HAMPSHIRE	Ancient County			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 208.
ISLE OF WIGHT RegD/PLU/Inc	Poor Law Union/Reg. District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 618.
CALBOURNE	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'.
ISLE OF WIGHT RSD	Sanitary District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 618.
ISLE OF WIGHT RD	Local Government District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 621.
WEST MEDINA Hundred/Liberty	Ancient District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 615.

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 create	TOTLAND CP	Houses in 1901: 258.	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 31660

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
AFTON	Manor			The National Archives, Manorial Documents Register
COMPTON	Manor			The National Archives, Manorial Documents Register
FRESHWATER	Manor			The National Archives, Manorial Documents Register
PRIORS FRESHWATER	Manor			The National Archives, Manorial Documents Register
WESTON	Manor			The National Archives, Manorial Documents Register
WILMINGHAM	Manor			The National Archives, Manorial Documents Register