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• Total Population 1801 to 1971: Population grew from 451 in 1801 to 16,773 in 1971.
• Occupational Structure in 1831: Out of 178 males aged 20 and over, 94 were Agricultural Labourers.
• Occupational Structure in 1881:

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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	LANCING EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 515.

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. 515.
EAST PRESTON RegD/PLU/Inc	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1835	1869	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 515.
STEYNING RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1869	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 515.
BRIGHTFORD Hundred	Ancient District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 515.
SHOREHAM	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'.
STEYNING WEST RD	Local Government District	1894	1933	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 515.
WORTHING RD	Local Government District	1933	1974	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 515.
WORTHING RSD	Sanitary District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 515.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
01 Oct 1910	was reduced to create	SHOREHAM BY SEA CP	Population in 1911: 220.	1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 13, 'Changes in the boundaries of civil parishes during the intercensal period 1901-11; effected under the provisions of the Local Government Acts of 1888 and 1894, and by Local Acts'.; LGBO 54317
01 Oct 1927	was reduced to enlarge	SHOREHAM BY SEA CP	Area: 11 acres.	1931 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Intercensal Changes in Boundaries, 1921-31'.; M. of H. Order No. 71927-The Shoreham by Sea UD Confirmation Order, 1927

Lower level units

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