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• 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
LOWER DARWEN	Preferred	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 161.
LOWER DARWEN ST JAMES	Alternate	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 161.

Unit associations

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association	Other unit involved	Type of unit	Authority
was succeeded by	LOWER DARWEN EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 161.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
LANCASHIRE	Ancient County			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 161.
BLACKBURN PLU/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1837	1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 161.
BLACKBURN CB/MB	Local Government District	1879	1893	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 161.
BLACKBURN USD	Sanitary District	1875	1893	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 161.
BLACKBURN RSD	Sanitary District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 161.
BLACKBURN Hundred/Wap	Ancient District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 161.
DARWEN	Registration sub-District			1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
DARWEN USD	Sanitary District	1879	1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 161.
DARWEN MB	Local Government District	1879	1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 161.
BLACKBURN CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 161.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
25 Mar 1893	was reduced to enlarge	BLACKBURN CP/AP	Houses in 1901: 586.	1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 14, 'Changes in the Boundaries of Civil Parishes, effected Local Government Acts of 1899 and 1894, and by Local Acts since 1891 - Inhabited Houses and Population 1901'.; Blackburn Corporation Act, 1892
25 Mar 1893	was reduced to enlarge	BLACKBURN CP/AP	Houses in 1901: 302.	1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 14, 'Changes in the Boundaries of Civil Parishes, effected Local Government Acts of 1899 and 1894, and by Local Acts since 1891 - Inhabited Houses and Population 1901'.; Blackburn Corporation Act, 1892
30 Sep 1895	was reduced to create	DARWEN CP	Houses in 1901: 517.	1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 14, 'Changes in the Boundaries of Civil Parishes, effected Local Government Acts of 1899 and 1894, and by Local Acts since 1891 - Inhabited Houses and Population 1901'.; LGBO 31674 (Appointed day, 1894) and 33324

Lower level units

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