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• Total Population 1801 to 1881: Population grew from 727 in 1801 to 876 in 1881.
• Occupational Structure in 1831: Out of 202 males aged 20 and over, 130 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
ST PETROX	Preferred	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 95.
DARTMOUTH ST PETROX	Alternate	English			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'.
PETROX ST	Alternate	English			1831 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	DARTMOUTH ST PETROX EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 95.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
DEVON	Ancient County			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 95.
TOTNES RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		1891	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 95.
COLERIDGE Hundred	Ancient District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 95.
DARTMOUTH MB	Local Government District		1891	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 95.
DARTMOUTH	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'.
DARTMOUTH Borough	Ancient District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 95.
DARTMOUTH USD	Sanitary District		1891	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 95.
TOWNSTALL AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 95.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
25 Mar 1886	was enlarged by gaining part of	STOKE FLEMING AP/CP	All that part within the MB of Dartmouth Houses in 1891: 15.	1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 14, 'Changes in the Areas of Civil Parishes effected by Local Government Board Orders under the Provisions of the Divided Parishes Acts of 1876 and 1879, or by the Act of 1882'.; LGBO 19441
26 Mar 1891	was abolished to create	DARTMOUTH CP	Houses in 1901: 192.	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 26400

Lower level units

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