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• Total Population 1801 to 1931: Population grew from 515 in 1801 to 2,856 in 1931.
• Occupational Structure in 1831: Out of 202 males aged 20 and over, 78 worked in Retail and Handicrafts.
• 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
WEST DRAYTON	Preferred	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 320.
DRAYTON WEST	Alternate	English			1801 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	WEST DRAYTON EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 320.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
MIDDLESEX	Ancient County			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 320.
UXBRIDGE RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 320.
ELTHORNE Hundred	Ancient District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 320.
HILLINGDON	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'.
UXBRIDGE RSD	Sanitary District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 320.
UXBRIDGE RD	Local Government District	1894	1929	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 320.
YIEWSLEY AND WEST DRAYTON UD	Local Government District	1929	1949	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 320.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
01 Apr 1949	was abolished to create	YIEWSLEY AND WEST DRAYTON CP	Area: 878 acres.	1951 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Intercensal changes of Boundary (between 30th June, 1934, and 8th April, 1951)', for 'Administrative Areas (excluding Wards)'.; M. of H. Order No. 108895 LGA, 1933, Section 141 County of Middlesex (Parish of Yiewsley and Westy Drayton) Confirmation Order, 1949

Lower level units

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