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• Total Population 1831 to 1911: Population grew from 1,411 in 1831 to 1,472 in 1911.
• Occupational Structure in 1831: Out of 388 males aged 20 and over, 265 worked in Retail and Handicrafts.
• Occupational Structure in 1881:

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Alternative names

The following alternative names exist:

Name	Status	Language	Start	End	Authority
OLD ARTILLERY GROUND	Preferred	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 336.
ARTILLERY GROUND OLD	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. 336.
WHITECHAPEL RegD/PLU/PLPar	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		1921	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 336.
ARTILLERY	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'.
OSSULSTONE Hundred	Ancient District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 336.
SPITALFIELDS	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'.
STEPNEY MetB	Local Government District		1921	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 336.
WHITECHAPEL Lon_SDist	Sanitary District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 336.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
01 Apr 1921	was abolished to enlarge	WHITECHAPEL CP	Area: 5 acres. Population in 1921: 1131.	1921 Census of England and Wales, Table 6, 'Intercensal Changes in Boundaries, 1911-21'.; The London (Stepney) Confirmation Order, 1921 (No. 66936)

Lower level units

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