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• Total Population 1801 to 1921: Population grew from 6,933 in 1801 to 7,582 in 1921.
• Occupational Structure in 1831: Out of 1,393 males aged 20 and over, 666 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
DEPTFORD ST NICHOLAS	Preferred	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 268.
NICHOLAS ST	Alternate	English			1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ST NICHOLAS DEPTFORD	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'.

Unit associations

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association	Other unit involved	Type of unit	Authority
was succeeded by	DEPTFORD ST NICHOLAS EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 268.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
KENT	Ancient County	1730		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 268.
SURREY	Ancient County		1730	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 268.
GREENWICH RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 268.
BLACKHEATH Hundred	Ancient District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 268.
BRIXTON Hundred	Ancient District		1730	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 268.
DEPTFORD AD_Town	Ancient District			1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
DEPTFORD EAST	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'.
DEPTFORD 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'.
GREENWICH MetB	Local Government District	1889	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 268.
GREENWICH Lon_SDist	Sanitary District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 268.
ST NICHOLAS DEPTFORD	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'.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
	was reduced to enlarge	DEPTFORD ST PAUL ParPart/CP	Population in 1901: 348.	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	DEPTFORD ST PAUL ParPart/CP	Population in 1901: 402.	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
DEPTFORD ST PAUL ParPart/CP	Parish-level Unit		1730	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 478.