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• Total Population 1801 to 1891: Population grew from 2,573 in 1801 to 9,036 in 1891.
• Occupational Structure in 1831: Out of 1,106 males aged 20 and over, 626 worked in Retail and Handicrafts.
• Occupational Structure in 1881:

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Alternative names

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Unit associations

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Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
MONMOUTHSHIRE	Ancient County			1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ABERGAVENNY PLU/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District			1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ABERGAVENNY RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		01 Jul 1861	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ABERGAVENNY USD	Sanitary District			1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area and Population in Rural Sanitary Districts'.
ABERGAVENNY	Registration sub-District			1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
ABERGAVENNY Hundred	Ancient District			1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ABERGAVENNY RSD	Sanitary District			1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area and Population in Rural Sanitary Districts'.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
31 Dec 1894	was reduced to create	ABERGAVENNY RURAL CP/AP	Houses in 1901: 79.	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 31906 (Appointed day, 1894)
31 Dec 1894	was reduced to create	ABERGAVENNY URBAN CP/AP	Houses in 1901: 1664.	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 31906 (Appointed day, 1894)

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
HARDWICK Hmlt	Parish-level Unit			M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 87.
LLOYNDU Hmlt	Parish-level Unit			1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
LLWYN DU Hmlt	Parish-level Unit			M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 146.