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• Total Population 1801 to 1911: Population grew from 7,503 in 1801 to 8,772 in 1911.
• Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1911: In 1851, only 7.13 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 7.32 per cent were.
• Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 156.38 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1881, and the lowest was 92.78 in 1911.
• 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

We know of no associations with other units.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
NORTH RIDING	Poor Law/Registration County	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 775.
NORTH RIDING	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 Jan 1870	was enlarged by gaining part of	LEYBURN RegD/PLU	Leyburn lost the township of Burrel with Cowling to the sub-district of Bedale and the townships of Burton-upon-Ure, Clifton-upon-Ure, Rookwith, and Thirn to Masham	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Jul 1895	was enlarged by gaining part of	RIPON RegD/PLU	West Tanfield, East Tanfield and Howgrange	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
BEDALE	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'.
MASHAM	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'.
AINDERBY MIERS WITH HOLTBY CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 503.
AISKEW CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1839	1920	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 503.
BEDALE CP/Tn/AP	Parish-level Unit	1839	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 512.
BURNESTON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 523.
BURRILL WITH COWLING CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1839	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 523.
BURTON UPON URE Tn/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 524.
CARTHORPE CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 526.
CLIFTON UPON URE CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1839	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 529.
CRAKEHALL CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1839	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 532.
EAST TANFIELD CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	01 Jul 1895		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'.
EXELBY LEEMING AND NEWTON Tn/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 542.
FIRBY Tn/CP	Parish-level Unit	1839	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 544.
GATENBY Tn/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 547.
HACKFORTH CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1839	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 551.
HOWGRAVE Tn/CP	Parish-level Unit	01 Jul 1895		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'.
ILTON CUM POTT Tn/CP	Parish-level Unit			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'.
KILLERBY CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1839	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 567.
KIRKBY FLEETHAM AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1839	1974	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 569.
KIRKLINGTON CUM UPSLAND Tn/CP	Parish-level Unit	soon after 1839	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 571.
LANGTHORNE CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1839	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 572.
MASHAM AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 581.
MASHAM MOOR PA	Parish-level Unit			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'.
NUTWITH AND ROOMER COMMON PA	Parish-level Unit			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'.
RAND GRANGE Hmlt/CP	Parish-level Unit	1839	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 595.
ROOKWITH Tn/CP	Parish-level Unit	1839	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 598.
SCRUTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1839	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 602.
SNAPE Tn/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 609.
SUTTON HOWGRAVE CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	01 Jul 1895		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'.
SWAINBY WITH ALLERTHORPE Tn/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 614.
SWINTON WITH WARTHERMARSKE CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 615.
THEAKSTON Tn/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 616.
THIRN CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1839	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 616.
THORNTON WATLASS CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1839	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 618.
WELL CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 624.
WEST TANFIELD CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			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'.