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• Total Population 1801 to 1911: Population grew from 2,350 in 1801 to 10,952 in 1911.
• Occupational Structure in 1831: Out of 1,116 males aged 20 and over, 476 worked in Retail and Handicrafts.
• Occupational Structure in 1881:

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Alternative names

We know of no alternate names.

Unit associations

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association	Other unit involved	Type of unit	Authority
was succeeded by	MELCOMBE REGIS EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 114.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
DORSET	Ancient County			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 114.
WEYMOUTH RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		1920	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 114.
CULLIFORD TREE Hundred	Ancient District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 114.
MELCOMBE REGIS Borough	Ancient District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 114.
UPWAY	Registration sub-District			1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 12, 'Registration County, Districts, and Sub-Districts, with their Constituent Civil Parishes - Area; Houses and Population 1891 and 1901, and Separate Occupiers 1901'.
WEYMOUTH	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'.
WEYMOUTH AND MELCOMBE REGIS USD	Sanitary District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 114.
WEYMOUTH AND MELCOMBE REGIS MB	Local Government District		1920	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 114.
WEYMOUTH AND MELCOMBE REGIS Borough	Ancient District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 114.
RADIPOLE AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 114.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
31 Dec 1894	was enlarged by gaining part of	RADIPOLE AP/CP	Houses in 1901: 321.	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 31567 (Appointed day, 1894)
01 Apr 1920	was abolished to enlarge	WEYMOUTH Ch/CP	Area: 685 acres. Population in 1921: 12070.	1921 Census of England and Wales, Table 6, 'Intercensal Changes in Boundaries, 1911-21'.; The County of Dorset (Weymouth and Melcombe Regis) Confirmation Order, 1920 (No. 65470)

Lower level units

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