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• Total Population 1881 to 1921: Population grew from 4,050 in 1881 to 14,687 in 1921.
• 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
CHESHIRE	Ancient County			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 8.
WIRRAL RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1866	1922	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 8.
BEBINGTON	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'.
EASTHAM	Registration sub-District			1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
LOWER BEBINGTON UD	Local Government District	1866	1922	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 8.
LOWER BEBINGTON USD	Sanitary District	1866	1922	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 8.
WIRRAL Hundred	Ancient District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 8.
BEBINGTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 8.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
31 Mar 1898	was reduced to enlarge	BIRKENHEAD ST MARY Ch/CP		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'.; Birkenhead Corporation Act, 1897
01 Apr 1911	was reduced to enlarge	BROMBOROUGH CP/AP		1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 13, 'Changes in the boundaries of civil parishes during the intercensal period 1901-11; effected under the provisions of the Local Government Acts of 1888 and 1894, and by Local Acts'.; LGBO 56268
01 Apr 1911	was enlarged by gaining part of	BROMBOROUGH CP/AP		1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 13, 'Changes in the boundaries of civil parishes during the intercensal period 1901-11; effected under the provisions of the Local Government Acts of 1888 and 1894, and by Local Acts'.; LGBO 56268

Lower level units

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