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• Total Population 1801 to 1911: Population grew from 6,835 in 1801 to 8,776 in 1911.
• Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1911: In 1851, only 6.09 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 8.68 per cent were.
• Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 119.52 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1891, and the lowest was 75.38 in 1911.
• Occupational Structure in 1881:

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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
SUSSEX	Poor Law/Registration County	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 695.
WEST SUSSEX	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 Jan 1870	was enlarged by gaining part of	CHICHESTER Inc/RegD	Barlavington, Bignor, Burton, Bury, Coates, Duncton, Egdean, Fittleworth, Greatham and Sutton transferred. The sub-district of Sutton was abolished	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Jan 1870	was enlarged by gaining part of	EAST PRESTON RegD/PLU/Inc	Amberley, North Stoke and Wiggonholt transferred from the sub-district of Arundel to Northern	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Jan 1870	was reduced to enlarge	HORSHAM RegD/PLU	Billinghurst lost the parish of Rudgwick to the sudbistrict of South Horsham and Northern sub-district lost the parish of Billinghurst to the new sub-district of West Horsham	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Jan 1870	was enlarged by gaining part of	MIDHURST RegD/PLU	Fernhurst lost the parish of North Chapel to the sub-district of Northern Petworth	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Jan 1870	was enlarged by gaining part of	THAKENHAM RegD/PLU	Pulborough gained Greatham from the sub-district of Sutton	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Jan 1870	was enlarged by gaining part of	THAKENHAM RegD/PLU	Stopham	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
PETWORTH NORTHERN	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'.
PETWORTH SOUTHERN	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'.
BARLAVINGTON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1869	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 502.
BIGNOR AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1869	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 502.
BILLINGSHURST AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1835	1870	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 502.
BURTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1869	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 505.
BURY CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1869	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 505.
COATES AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1869	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 507.
DUNCTON CP	Parish-level Unit	1869	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 508.
EGDEAN CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1869	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 509.
FITTLEWORTH CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1869	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 510.
KIRDFORD AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 515.
NORTH CHAPEL CP/ExP	Parish-level Unit	1869	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 505.
PETWORTH AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 519.
RUDGWICK CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1835	1869	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 520.
STOPHAM AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1869	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 523.
SUTTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1869	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 523.
WISBOROUGH GREEN AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 525.