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• Total Population 1801 to 1911: Population grew from 40,020 in 1801 to 81,581 in 1911.
• Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1911: In 1851, only 5.89 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 8.15 per cent were.
• Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 144.8 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1871, and the lowest was 103.83 in 1911.
• 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
SOMERSET	Poor Law/Registration County	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 671.
SOMERSET	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
01 Jan 1883	was enlarged by gaining part of	BRADFORD ON AVON RegD/PLU	loses the parish of Freshford to Twerton subdist., Bath dist	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
ABBEY	Registration sub-District		01 Oct 1879	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office)
BATHEASTON	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'.
BATHWICK	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'.
LANSDOWN	Registration sub-District		01 Jul 1884	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office)
LYNCOMBE	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'.
TWERTON	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'.
WALCOT	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'.
BATH CP	Parish-level Unit	1900		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 415.
BATHAMPTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 416.
BATHEASTON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 416.
BATHFORD CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 416.
BATH ST JAMES Ch/AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 415.
BATH ST MICHAEL CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		1900	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 415.
BATH ST PETER AND ST PAUL AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		1900	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 415.
BATHWICK AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		1900	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 416.
CHARLCOMBE CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 420.
CLAVERTON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 422.
COMBE HAY CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 422.
DUNKERTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 424.
ENGLISH COMBE AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 422.
FRESHFORD AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1882	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 426.
HINTON CHARTERHOUSE Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 428.
LANGRIDGE AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 430.
LYNCOMBE AND WIDCOMBE AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1836	1900	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
MONKTON COMBE AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 422.
SOUTH STOKE AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 437.
ST CATHERINE Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 435.
SWAINSWICK AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 438.
TWERTON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		1911	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 440.
WALCOT AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		1900	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 440.
WELLOW CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 441.
WESTON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 441.
WOOLLEY AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 443.