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• Total Population 1881 to 1931: Population grew from 736 in 1881 to 1,031 in 1931.
• 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
HANDFORTH CUM BOSDEN	Official	English		1877	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 20.
HANDFORTH	Preferred	English	1877		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 20.
HANDFORD PART OF HANDFORD CUM BOSDEN TOWNSHIP	Alternate	English			1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
HANDFORTH	Alternate	English			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'.

Unit associations

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association	Other unit involved	Type of unit	Authority
was succeeded by	HANDFORTH EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 20.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
CHESHIRE	Ancient County		1936	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 20.
STOCKPORT RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		1936	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 20.
CHEADLE	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'.
HANDFORTH UD	Local Government District	1904	1936	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 20.
MACCLESFIELD Hundred	Ancient District		1936	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 20.
STOCKPORT RSD	Sanitary District		1936	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 20.
STOCKPORT RD	Local Government District	1894	1904	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 20.
CHEADLE CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		1866	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 20.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
01 Apr 1936	was abolished to enlarge	WILMSLOW CP	Area: 1080 acres. Population in 1931: 938.	1931 Census of England and Wales, Table B, 'Areas altered between 26th April, 1931 and 30th June, 1934, showing constitution as at the latter date, in terms of constitution as at the former date, together with particulars of acreage and population'.; M. of H. Order No. 84735. The County of Chester Review Order, 1936

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
BOSDEN Hmlt/CP	Parish-level Unit	01 Jan 0001	1877	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 10.