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• Total Population 1801 to 1961: Population grew from 22,310 in 1801 to 47,078 in 1961.
• Occupational Structure in 1831: Out of 15,511 males aged 20 and over, 5,864 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
BETHNAL GREEN ST MATTHEW	Official	English		1889	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 316.
BETHNAL GREEN	Preferred	English	1889		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 304.
BETHNAL GREEN	Alternate	English			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'.
BETHNALL GREEN ST MATTHEW	Alternate	English			1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ST MATTHEW BETHNAL GREEN	Alternate	English			1851 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	BETHNAL GREEN ST MATTHEW EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 316.

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.
BETHNAL GREEN RegD/PLPar	Poor Law Union/Reg. District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 316.
BETHNAL GREEN MetB	Local Government District	1889	1965	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 316.
BETHNAL GREEN Lon_SDist	Sanitary District			1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area and Population in Rural Sanitary Districts'.
BETHNAL GREEN EAST	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'.
BETHNAL GREEN N E	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'.
BETHNAL GREEN NORTH	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'.
BETHNAL GREEN SOUTH	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'.
BETHNAL GREEN S W	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'.
CHURCH	Registration sub-District			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'.
GREEN	Registration sub-District			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'.
HACKNEY ROAD	Registration sub-District			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'.
OSSULSTONE Hundred	Ancient District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 316.
TOWER HAMLETS LB	Local Government District	1965		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 304.
TOWN	Registration sub-District			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'.
STEPNEY CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		1743	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 reduced to enlarge	BOW CP/ExP	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 enlarged by gaining part of	BOW CP/ExP	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: 396.	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: 229.	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: 163.	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: 627.	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: 17.	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 NEW TOWN CP/Hmlt	Population in 1901: 352.	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	MILE END NEW TOWN CP/Hmlt	Population in 1901: 454.	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	MILE END OLD TOWN CP/Vest/Hmlt	Population in 1901: 1247.	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	MILE END OLD TOWN CP/Vest/Hmlt	Population in 1901: 1076.	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: 1493.	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	MILE END OLD TOWN CP/Vest/Hmlt	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: 272.	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: 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 reduced to enlarge	SHOREDITCH Vest/CP/AP	Population in 1901: 53.	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	SHOREDITCH Vest/CP/AP	Population in 1901: 595.	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	SHOREDITCH Vest/CP/AP	Population in 1901: 496.	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	SPITALFIELDS CP/AP	Population in 1901: 16.	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	WHITECHAPEL CP	Population in 1901: 25.	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	WHITECHAPEL CP	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)

Lower level units

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