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• Total Population 1801 to 1891: Population grew from 1,481 in 1801 to 11,405 in 1891.
• Occupational Structure in 1831: Out of 321 males aged 20 and over, 120 were Manufacturing.
• 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

We know of no alternate names.

Unit associations

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association	Other unit involved	Type of unit	Authority
was succeeded by	BELGRAVE EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 221.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
LEICESTERSHIRE	Ancient County			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 221.
BARROW UPON SOAR RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1837	1892	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 221.
LEICESTER RegD/PLU/PLPar	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1892	1896	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 221.
BARROW UPON SOAR RSD	Sanitary District		1892	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 221.
EAST GOSCOTE Hundred	Ancient District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 221.
EAST LEICESTER	Registration sub-District			1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
LEICESTER USD	Sanitary District	1892	1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 221.
LEICESTER CB/MB	Local Government District	1892	1896	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 221.
ROTHLEY	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'.
WEST GOSCOTE Hundred	Ancient District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 221.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
26 Mar 1892	was reduced to enlarge	BEAUMONT LEYS CP/ExP	Houses in 1901: 12.	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'.; Leicester Extension Act, 1891
26 Mar 1896	was reduced to create	LEICESTER CP	Houses in 1901: 707.	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'.; LGBO 32954
26 Mar 1896	was reduced to create	LEICESTER CP	Houses in 1901: 3217.	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'.; LGBO 32954

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
BIRSTALL CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 221.
SOUTH THURMASTON Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit		1866	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 239.