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• Total Population 1881 to 1961: Population grew from 47,259 in 1881 to 64,927 in 1961.
• 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
BARROW IN FURNESS	Preferred	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 146.
BARROW IN FURNESS ST GEORGE	Alternate	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 146.

Unit associations

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association	Other unit involved	Type of unit	Authority
was succeeded by	BARROW IN FURNESS EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 146.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
LANCASHIRE	Ancient County			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 146.
BARROW IN FURNESS RegD/PLPar	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	01 Jul 1876		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'.
ULVERSTON RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1851	01 Jul 1876	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 146.
BARROW IN FURNESS CB/MB	Local Government District	1867		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 146.
BARROW IN FURNESS USD	Sanitary District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 146.
BARROW IN FURNESS	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'.
DALTON	Registration sub-District			1871 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1861 and 1871, in the Parishes and Places comprised in each Superintendent Registrar's District'.
LONSDALE Wap/Hundred	Ancient District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 146.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
01 May 1878	was enlarged by gaining part of	DALTON IN FURNESS AP/CP	Rampside Chapelry Houses in 1891: 28.	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 7880

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
DALTON IN FURNESS AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	01 Jan 0001		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 146.