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Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
WORCESTERSHIRE	Ancient County	1885		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 475.
DROITWICH RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1885		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 475.
CLAINES	Registration sub-District			1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
DROITWICH RSD	Sanitary District	1885		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 475.
DROITWICH RD	Local Government District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 475.
OMBERSLEY	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'.
OSWALDSLOW Hundred	Ancient District	1885		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 475.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
09 Nov 1914	was reduced to enlarge	WORCESTER CP	Area: 166 acres. Population in 1921: 765.	1921 Census of England and Wales, Table 6, 'Intercensal Changes in Boundaries, 1911-21'.; LGB Provisional Order Confirmation (No. 19) Act, 1914
01 Oct 1931	was reduced to enlarge	WORCESTER CP	Area: 528 acres. Population in 1931: 574.	1931 Census of England and Wales, Table B, 'Areas altered between 26th April, 1931 and 30th June, 1934, showing constitution as at the latter date, in terms of constitution as at the former date, together with particulars of acreage and population'.; M. of H. Provisional Order Confirmation (City of Worcester) Act, 1931
01 Apr 1952	was reduced to enlarge	HINDLIP CP/AP/Ch	Area: 18 acres.	1961 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Intercensal Changes of Boundary (between 8th April, 1951 and 23rd April, 1961)', for 'LAA, CP'.; Worcester Corporation Act, 1951
01 Apr 1952	was reduced to enlarge	WARNDON AP/Ch/CP	Area: 128 acres.	1961 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Intercensal Changes of Boundary (between 8th April, 1951 and 23rd April, 1961)', for 'LAA, CP'.; Worcester Corporation Act, 1951

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