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• Total Population 1801 to 1911: Population grew from 9,448 in 1801 to 12,246 in 1911.
• Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1911: In 1851, only 5.7 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 8.35 per cent were.
• Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 96.3 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1901, and the lowest was 37.66 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
DORSET	Poor Law/Registration County	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 593.
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
21 May 1862	was reduced to enlarge	STURMINSTER RegD/PLU	The sub-district of Blanford lost the parish of Hanford to the sub-district of Sturminster in the district of Sturminster	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Jun 1895	was enlarged by gaining part of	WIMBORNE AND CRANBORNE RegD/PLU	Chettle and Farnham lost to Blandford	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Jun 1895	was reduced to enlarge	WIMBORNE AND CRANBORNE RegD/PLU	Almer lost to Wimborne	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Aug 1915	was enlarged by gaining part of	SHAFTESBURY RegD/Inc/PLU	Area: 9 acres.	1921 Census of England and Wales, Table 6, 'Intercensal Changes in Boundaries, 1911-21'.; Registrar General's Order

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
BLANDFORD	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'.
MILTON ABBAS	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'.
ALMER AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1835	1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 106.
ANDERSON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 106.
BLANDFORD FORUM AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 106.
BLANDFORD ST MARY AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 107.
BRYANSTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 107.
CHARLTON MARSHALL Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 109.
CHETTLE AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1894	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 109.
DURWESTON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 110.
FARNHAM AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1894	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 110.
HANFORD CP/AP/ExP	Parish-level Unit		21 May 1862	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
HILTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 112.
IWERNE COURTNEY CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 112.
IWERNE STEPLETON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 113.
LANGTON LONG BLANDFORD AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 113.
MILBORNE ST ANDREW AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 114.
MILBORNE STILEHAM CP/Hmlt/Tg	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 115.
MILTON ABBAS AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 115.
PIMPERNE CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 116.
SPETISBURY CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 118.
STOURPAINE CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 119.
TARRANT CRAWFORD CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 119.
TARRANT GUNVILLE AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 119.
TARRANT HINTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 120.
TARRANT KEYNSTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 120.
TARRANT LAUNCESTON Tg/Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 120.
TARRANT MONKTON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 120.
TARRANT RAWSTON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 120.
TARRANT RUSHTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 120.
TURNWORTH AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 120.
WINTERBORNE CLENSTON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 122.
WINTERBORNE HOUGHTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 122.
WINTERBORNE KINGSTON Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 122.
WINTERBORNE STICKLAND AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 122.
WINTERBORNE TOMSON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 122.
WINTERBORNE WHITECHURCH CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 122.
WINTERBORNE ZELSTON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 122.