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• Total Population 1801 to 1921: Population fell from 25,752 in 1801 to 10,666 in 1921.
• Occupational Structure in 1831: Out of 7,427 males aged 20 and over, 3,863 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
ST MARTIN IN THE FIELDS	Preferred	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 341.
MARTIN ST IN THE FIELDS	Alternate	English			1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ST MARTINS IN THE FIELDS	Alternate	English			1921 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Population, Acreage, Private Families and Dwellings'.

Unit associations

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association	Other unit involved	Type of unit	Authority
was succeeded by	ST MARTIN IN THE FIELDS EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 341.

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. 341.
CITY OF WESTMINSTER RegD/PLPar/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1913	1922	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 341.
ST MARTIN IN THE FIELDS RegD/PLPar	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1835	1868	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 341.
STRAND RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1868	1913	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 341.
CHARING CROSS	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'.
CITY OF WESTMINSTER AND ITS LIBERTY AD_City/Liberty	Ancient District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 341.
LONG ACRE	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'.
ST MARTIN IN THE FIELDS	Registration sub-District		01 Aug 1902	1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
ST MARTIN IN THE FIELDS Lon_SDist	Sanitary District			1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area and Population in Rural Sanitary Districts'.
STRAND	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'.
WESTMINSTER MetB	Local Government District	1889	1922	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 341.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
	was enlarged by gaining part of	ST GILES IN THE FIELDS AND ST GEORGE BLOOMSBURY CP	Population in 1901: 1452.	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'.; London Government Act (1899)
	was reduced to enlarge	ST GILES IN THE FIELDS AND ST GEORGE BLOOMSBURY CP	Population in 1901: 24.	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'.; London Government Act (1899)
	was reduced to enlarge	ST PANCRAS Vest/CP/AP	Population in 1901: 44.	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'.; London Government Act (1899)

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
ST JAMESS PALACE ExP	Parish-level Unit			1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
VERGE OF THE PALACES OF ST JAMESS AND WHITEHALL ExP	Parish-level Unit			1841 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.