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• Total Population 1801 to 1921: Population grew from 3,324 in 1801 to 11,121 in 1921.
• Occupational Structure in 1831: Out of 1,760 males aged 20 and over, 705 worked in Retail and Handicrafts.
• Occupational Structure in 1881:

Here we are presenting statistics for a historical unit, which may have changed its boundaries significantly during the period covered.

Alternative names

The following alternative names exist:

Name	Status	Language	Start	End	Authority
SHREWSBURY ST MARY	Preferred	English		1924	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 394.
MARY ST	Alternate	English			1801 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ST MARY	Alternate	English			1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
ST MARY SHREWSBURY	Alternate	English			1861 Census of England and Wales, Table 1, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1851 and 1861, in Districts, Sub-districts, Parishes and Places'.

Unit associations

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association	Other unit involved	Type of unit	Authority
was succeeded by	SHREWSBURY ST MARY EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 394.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
SHROPSHIRE	Ancient County			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 394.
ATCHAM RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1871		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 394.
SHREWSBURY RegD/Inc	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		1871	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 394.
PIMHILL Hundred	Ancient District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 394.
SHREWSBURY Liberty	Ancient District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 394.
SHREWSBURY USD	Sanitary District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 394.
SHREWSBURY RSD	Sanitary District	1875	1885	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 394.
SHREWSBURY MB	Local Government District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 394.
SHREWSBURY Borough	Ancient District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 394.
ST MARY	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'.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
25 Mar 1885	was enlarged by gaining part of	SHREWSBURY ST JULIAN AP/CP/Ch	The part within the MB of Shrewsbury Houses in 1891: 197.	1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 14, 'Changes in the Areas of Civil Parishes effected by Local Government Board Orders under the Provisions of the Divided Parishes Acts of 1876 and 1879, or by the Act of 1882'.; LGBO 17487

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
ALBRIGHTON CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 379.
ASTLEY Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 380.
BROUGHTON Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 382.
CLIVE Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit		1866	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 383.