Melbury Abbas CP/AP through time | Census tables with data for the Parish-level Unit

Administrative unit

Melbury Abbas CP/AP

Parish-level Unit

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Population

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Industry

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Social Structure

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Total Population 1801 to 1971: Population fell from 302 in 1801 to 298 in 1971.
Occupational Structure in 1831: Out of 90 males aged 20 and over, 43 were Agricultural Labourers.
Occupational Structure in 1881:

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Preferred Name:: MELBURY ABBAS
Unit Type:: Parish-level Unit
Status:: Ancient Parish
Civil Parish
Date created:
Date abolished:
Unit ID:: 10454165
Authorities:: F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 114.

Melbury Abbas CP/AP, Dorset

Alternative names

We know of no alternate names.

Unit associations

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association	Other unit involved	Type of unit	Authority
was succeeded by	MELBURY ABBAS EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 114.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Authority
DORSET	Ancient County	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 114.
SHAFTESBURY RegD/Inc/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 114.
FONTMELL	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'.
SHAFTESBURY RSD	Sanitary District	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 114.
SHAFTESBURY RD	Local Government District	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 114.
SIXPENNY HADLEY Hundred	Ancient District	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 114.

Boundary changes

We know of no boundary changes affecting this unit.

Lower level units

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

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Melbury Abbas CP/AP through time | Census tables with data for the Parish-level Unit, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10454165

Date accessed: 05th November 2024