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• Total Population 1801 to 1891: Population grew from 128 in 1801 to 4,279 in 1891.
• Occupational Structure in 1831: Out of 30 males aged 20 and over, 16 were Agricultural Labourers.
• Occupational Structure in 1881:

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Alternative names

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Unit associations

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association	Other unit involved	Type of unit	Authority
was succeeded by	MERTHYR DYFAN EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 156.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
GLAMORGAN	Ancient County			1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
CARDIFF RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District			1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
BARRY AND CADOXTON USD	Sanitary District			1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area and Population in Rural Sanitary Districts'.
DINAS POWYS Hundred	Ancient District			1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ST NICHOLAS	Registration sub-District			1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
25 Mar 1885	was reduced to enlarge	ST ANDREWS MAJOR CP/AP		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'.; LGBO 17152
26 Mar 1896	was abolished to enlarge	BARRY CP/AP	Houses in 1901: 775.	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 33652

Lower level units

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