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• Total Population 1801 to 1911: Population grew from 10,338 in 1801 to 21,136 in 1911.
• Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1911: In 1851, only 4.59 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 6.93 per cent were.
• Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 180.39 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1871, and the lowest was 94.95 in 1911.
• Occupational Structure in 1881:

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Alternative names

We know of no alternate names.

Unit associations

We know of no associations with other units.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
NORFOLK	Poor Law/Registration County	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
NORFOLK	Administrative County			Ministry of Health, Persons in Receipt of Poor-Law Relief (England and Wales) (H.M.S.O.)

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
01 Oct 1896	was reduced to enlarge	FREEBRIDGE LYNN RegD/PLU	North Lynn lost to Freebridge Lynn	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
KINGS LYNN	Registration sub-District	01 Oct 1881	01 Jun 1903	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office)
KINGS LYNN MIDDLE	Registration sub-District			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'.
KINGS LYNN NORTH	Registration sub-District		01 Oct 1881	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office)
KINGS LYNN SOUTH	Registration sub-District		01 Oct 1881	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office)
NORTH KINGS LYNN	Registration sub-District	01 Jun 1903		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'.
SOUTH KINGS LYNN	Registration sub-District	01 Jun 1903		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'.
KINGS LYNN CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
KINGS LYNN ST MARGARET CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
NORTH LYNN CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		01 Oct 1896	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
SOUTH LYNN CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
WEST LYNN CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.