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• Total Population 1801 to 1891: Population grew from 614 in 1801 to 950 in 1891.
• Occupational Structure in 1831: Out of 172 males aged 20 and over, 75 were Agricultural Labourers.
• 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
SHAFTESBURY ST JAMES	Preferred	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 118.
ALCESTER SHASTON ST JAMES	Alternate	English			1801 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
JAMES ST	Alternate	English			1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
SHASTON ST JAMES	Alternate	English			1841 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ST JAMES	Alternate	English			1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.

Unit associations

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association	Other unit involved	Type of unit	Authority
was succeeded by	SHAFTESBURY ST JAMES EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 118.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
DORSET	Ancient County			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 118.
SHAFTESBURY RegD/Inc/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1880s	1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 118.
SHAFTESBURY RegD/Inc/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		1880s	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 118.
MONKTON UP WIMBORNE Hundred	Ancient District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 118.
SHAFTESBURY	Registration sub-District			1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
SHAFTESBURY Borough	Ancient District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 118.
SHAFTESBURY RSD	Sanitary District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 118.
SHAFTESBURY USD	Sanitary District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 118.
SHAFTESBURY MB	Local Government District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 118.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
31 Dec 1894	was reduced to create	ALCESTER CP	Houses in 1901: 44.	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 31568 (Appointed day, 1894)
31 Dec 1894	was reduced to enlarge	CANN CP/AP	Houses in 1901: 24.	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 31568 (Appointed day, 1894)
31 Dec 1894	was reduced to enlarge	SHAFTESBURY CP	Houses in 1901: 110.	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 31568 (Appointed day, 1894)

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
ALCESTER Liberty	Ancient District			1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.