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• Total Population 1801 to 1901: Population grew from 2,101 in 1801 to 41,989 in 1901.
• Occupational Structure in 1831: Out of 814 males aged 20 and over, 225 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
BOW	Preferred	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 316.
STRATFORD LE BOW	Alternate	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 304.
STRATFORD LE BOW ST MARY	Alternate	English			1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.

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
MIDDLESEX	Ancient County			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 316.
POPLAR RegD/PLU/PLPar	Poor Law Union/Reg. District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 316.
BOW	Registration sub-District			1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 12, 'Registration County, Districts, and Sub-Districts, with their Constituent Civil Parishes - Area; Houses and Population 1891 and 1901, and Separate Occupiers 1901'.
OSSULSTONE Hundred	Ancient District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 316.
POPLAR MetB	Local Government District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 316.
STEPNEY CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		1719	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 316.

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	BETHNAL GREEN Vest/ExP/CP	Population in 1901: 31.	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	BETHNAL GREEN Vest/ExP/CP	Population in 1901: 473.	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	HACKNEY Vest/CP/AP	Population in 1901: 87.	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 enlarged by gaining part of	HACKNEY Vest/CP/AP	Population in 1901: 0.	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 enlarged by gaining part of	MILE END OLD TOWN CP/Vest/Hmlt	Population in 1901: 337.	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

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