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Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
KENT	Ancient County		1912	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 275.
BRIDGE RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		1910	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 275.
CANTERBURY RegD/Inc	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1910	1912	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'.
BRIDGE RD	Local Government District	1894	probably 1911	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 275.
CANTERBURY CB/MB	Local Government District	1911?	1912	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'.
CANTERBURY	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'.
CHARTHAM	Registration sub-District			1871 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1861 and 1871, in the Parishes and Places comprised in each Superintendent Registrar's District'.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
1894	was created through the abolition of	HOLY CROSS WESTGATE WITHOUT ParPart/CP		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 263.
31 Dec 1894	was reduced to enlarge	HARBLEDOWN AP/CP	Houses in 1901: 1.	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 31649 (Appointed day, 1894)
01 Apr 1912	was abolished to enlarge	CANTERBURY CP	Area: 57 acres. Population in 1921: 733.	1921 Census of England and Wales, Table 6, 'Intercensal Changes in Boundaries, 1911-21'.; The Canterbury Confirmation Order, 1912 (No. 58189)

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