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• Total Population 1801 to 1891: Population fell from 345 in 1801 to 334 in 1891.
• Occupational Structure in 1831: Out of 77 males aged 20 and over, 33 worked in Retail and Handicrafts.
• 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
CHICHESTER ST PETER THE LESS	Preferred	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 506.
PETER ST THE LESS	Alternate	English			1801 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ST PETER THE LESS	Alternate	English			1871 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1861 and 1871, in the Parishes and Places comprised in each Superintendent Registrar's District'.

Unit associations

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association	Other unit involved	Type of unit	Authority
was succeeded by	CHICHESTER ST PETER THE LESS EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 506.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
SUSSEX	Ancient County			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 506.
CHICHESTER Inc	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		1869	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 506.
CHICHESTER Inc/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		1896	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 506.
CHICHESTER	Registration sub-District			1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
CHICHESTER USD	Sanitary District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 506.
CHICHESTER AD_City/Borough	Ancient District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 506.
CHICHESTER MB	Local Government District		1896	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 506.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
18 Aug 1882	was reduced to enlarge	CHICHESTER ST PETER THE GREAT AP/CP		1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 14, 'Changes in the Areas of Civil Parishes effected by Local Government Board Orders under the Provisions of the Divided Parishes Acts of 1876 and 1879, or by the Act of 1882'.; D.P. ACT, 1882
26 Mar 1896	was abolished to create	CHICHESTER CP	Houses in 1901: 62.	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 34011

Lower level units

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