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• Total Population 1801 to 1911: Population grew from 12,224 in 1801 to 28,111 in 1911.
• Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1911: In 1851, only 5.24 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 8.94 per cent were.
• Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 120.94 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1901, and the lowest was 80.14 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
ESSEX	Poor Law/Registration County	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 599.
ESSEX	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 Jul 1880	was enlarged by the abolition of	WITHAM PLU/RegD	The parishes of Fairstead, Faulkbourn, Feering, Great Coggleshall, Hatfield Peverell, Kelvedon, Little Coggleshall, Marks Hall, Rivenhall, Terling, and Witham were transferred to Braintree as the major part of the dissolution of Witham	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
BOCKING	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'.
BRAINTREE	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'.
COGGESHALL	Registration sub-District	01 Jul 1880		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'.
FINCHINGFIELD	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'.
KELVEDON	Registration sub-District	01 Jul 1880	01 Oct 1898	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
WITHAM	Registration sub-District	01 Jul 1880		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'.
BLACK NOTLEY AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 146.
BOCKING CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 131.
BRADWELL CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 131.
BRAINTREE CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 131.
CRESSING AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 136.
FAIRSTEAD CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1883	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 137.
FAULKBOURNE AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1883	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 137.
FEERING CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1883	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 137.
FINCHINGFIELD CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 137.
GREAT COGGESHALL AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1883	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 134.
GREAT SALING CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 149.
HATFIELD PEVEREL CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1883	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 140.
KELVEDON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1883	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 143.
LITTLE COGGESHALL CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1883	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 134.
MARKSHALL CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1883	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 145.
PANFIELD AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 147.
PATTISWICK CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 147.
RAYNE CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 148.
RIVENHALL AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1883	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 148.
SHALFORD AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 150.
STISTED CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 151.
TERLING AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1883	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 152.
UNNAMED CP	Parish-level Unit	1894	1903	1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 12, 'Registration County, Districts, and Sub-Districts, with their Constituent Civil Parishes - Area; Houses and Population 1891 and 1901, and Separate Occupiers 1901'.
WETHERSFIELD CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 156.
WHITE NOTLEY AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 146.
WITHAM AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1883	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 156.