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• Total Population 1881 to 1971: Population grew from 863 in 1881 to 4,851 in 1971.
• 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
OXFORDSHIRE	Ancient County			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 396.
HENLEY RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1866		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 396.
BINFIELD Hundred	Ancient District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 396.
CAVERSHAM	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'.
HENLEY	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'.
HENLEY RSD	Sanitary District	1866		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 396.
HENLEY RD	Local Government District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 396.
SONNING AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		1866	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 396.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
09 Nov 1911	was enlarged by gaining part of	CAVERSHAM CP/AP	Area: 937 acres. Population in 1921: 57.	1921 Census of England and Wales, Table 6, 'Intercensal Changes in Boundaries, 1911-21'.; LGB Provisional Order Confirmation (No. 11) Act, 1911
01 Nov 1912	was reduced to enlarge	KIDMORE END CP	Area: 13 acres.	1921 Census of England and Wales, Table 6, 'Intercensal Changes in Boundaries, 1911-21'.; Lgbo (No. 58897)
01 Apr 1952	was reduced to enlarge	KIDMORE END CP	Area: 178 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. 1354. The County of Oxford (Alteration of Rural Parishes) Confirmation Order, 1952
01 Apr 1952	was reduced to enlarge	ROTHERFIELD PEPPARD AP/CP	Area: 26 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. 1354. The County of Oxford (Alteration of Rural Parishes) Confirmation Order, 1952
01 Apr 1952	was reduced to create	SONNING COMMON CP	Area: 522 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. 1354. The County of Oxford (Alteration of Rural Parishes) Confirmation Order, 1952

Lower level units

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