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• Total Population 1801 to 1911: Population grew from 10,978 in 1801 to 18,675 in 1911.
• Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1911: In 1851, only 5.83 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 7.87 per cent were.
• Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 119.05 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1871, and the lowest was 57.08 in 1881.
• 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
WIMBORNE	Official	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 594.
WIMBORNE AND CRANBORNE	Preferred	English	1836		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 594.

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
DORSET	Poor Law/Registration County	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 594.
DORSET	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 Jun 1895	was reduced to enlarge	BLANDFORD RegD/PLU	Chettle and Farnham lost to Blandford	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Jun 1895	was enlarged by gaining part of	BLANDFORD RegD/PLU	Almer lost to Wimborne	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
CRANBORNE	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'.
WIMBORNE	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'.
WITCHAMPTON	Registration sub-District		01 Aug 1888	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office)
ALDERHOLT Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit	1894		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 106.
ALMER AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1894	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 106.
CHALBURY AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 109.
CHETTLE AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1835	1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 109.
COLEHILL CP	Parish-level Unit	1896		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 109.
CORFE MULLEN Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 110.
CRANBORNE CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 110.
EAST WOODYATES CP/ExP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 123.
EDMONDSHAM CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 110.
FARNHAM AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1835	1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 110.
FARNHAM TOLLARD Tg/Tn	Parish-level Unit		25 Mar 1885	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
GUSSAGE ALL SAINTS CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 111.
GUSSAGE ST MICHAEL AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 111.
HAMPRESTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1835	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 615.
HINTON MARTELL AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 112.
HINTON PARVA AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 112.
HOLT Tg/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 112.
HORTON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 112.
LONG CRICHEL AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 110.
MOOR CRICHEL AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 110.
PAMPHILL CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 116.
PENTRIDGE CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 116.
SHAPWICK CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 118.
SIXPENNY HANDLEY AP/Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 112.
STURMINSTER MARSHALL AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 119.
VERWOOD Hmlt/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 121.
WEST PARLEY AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 116.
WEST WOODYATES CP/AP/ExP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 123.
WIMBORNE MINSTER AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 122.
WIMBORNE ST GILES AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 122.
WITCHAMPTON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 123.
WOODLANDS Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 123.