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• Total Population 1881 to 1951: Population fell from 124 in 1881 to 58 in 1951.
• 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

We know of no alternate names.

Unit associations

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Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
COUNTY DURHAM	Ancient County		1844	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 102.
BERWICK RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1866	1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 102.
BERWICK RSD	Sanitary District		1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 330.
NORHAM AND ISLANDSHIRES RD	Local Government District		1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 330.
NORHAMSHIRE AD_PalS	Ancient District		1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 102.
NORHAMSHIRE	Registration sub-District			1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
NORHAMSHIRE AND ISLANDSHIRE	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'.
NORHAM AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 102.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
01 Apr 1955	was abolished to enlarge	DUDDO CP/Tn	Area: 1493 acres.	1961 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Intercensal Changes of Boundary (between 8th April, 1951 and 23rd April, 1961)', for 'LAA, CP'.; M. of H. and Local Government Order No. 4841. The County of Northumberland (Parishes in the R.D. of Norham and Islandshires) Confirmation Order, 1955

Lower level units

We know of no units which were contained within this unit.