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• Total Population 1801 to 1911: Population grew from 13,415 in 1801 to 33,211 in 1911.
• Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1911: In 1851, only 5.62 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 6.96 per cent were.
• Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 129.31 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1901, and the lowest was 73.6 in 1881.
• Occupational Structure in 1881:

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Alternative names

We know of no alternate names.

Unit associations

We know of no associations with other units.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
KENT	Poor Law/Registration County	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 636.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
01 Jul 1895	was reduced to enlarge	TONBRIDGE PLU/RegD	Part of Leigh added to Hildenborough civil parish in Tonbridge sub-district	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
PENSHURST	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'.
SEVENOAKS	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'.
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'.
BRASTED CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 262.
CHEVENING CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 266.
CHIDDINGSTONE CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1840	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 266.
COWDEN AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1840	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 267.
DUNTON GREEN CP	Parish-level Unit	1909		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 269.
EDENBRIDGE Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit	1840	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 269.
HALSTEAD AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 273.
HEVER AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 275.
KEMSING AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 277.
LEIGH CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1840	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 278.
OTFORD Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 283.
PENSHURST AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1840s	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 284.
RIVERHEAD Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 285.
SEAL Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 288.
SEVENOAKS CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 288.
SEVENOAKS WEALD Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 288.
SHOREHAM AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 289.
SUNDRIDGE CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 291.
WESTERHAM CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 294.