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• Total Population 1801 to 1911: Population grew from 13,212 in 1801 to 23,773 in 1911.
• Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1911: In 1851, only 6.33 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 7.95 per cent were.
• Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 112.52 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1891, and the lowest was 80.41 in 1881.
• Occupational Structure in 1881:

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Alternative names

We know of no alternate names.

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
SOMERSET	Poor Law/Registration County	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 673.
SOMERSET	Administrative County			Ministry of Health, Persons in Receipt of Poor-Law Relief (England and Wales) (H.M.S.O.)

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
01 Jan 1880	was reduced to enlarge	SHEPTON MALLET RegD/PLU	Glastonbury lost the parish of West Bradley to Evercreech	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
GLASTONBURY	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'.
WELLS	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'.
BALTONSBOROUGH Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 415.
BUTLEIGH AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 419.
CHEWTON MENDIP AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 421.
DINDER AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 424.
GLASTONBURY AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 426.
GODNEY CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit	1904		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 426.
GREEN OARE CP/ExP	Parish-level Unit	1858	1885	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 426.
MEARE CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 432.
NORTH WOOTTON Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 443.
PRIDDY Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 434.
RODNEY STOKE CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 437.
SHARPHAM CP	Parish-level Unit	1894		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 436.
STREET AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 438.
WALTON Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 440.
WELLS ST ANDREW CP/ParLib	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 441.
WELLS ST CUTHBERT CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		1866	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 441.
WELLS ST CUTHBERT IN CP	Parish-level Unit	1866		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 441.
WELLS ST CUTHBERT OUT CP	Parish-level Unit	1866		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 441.
WEST BRADLEY Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit	1836	1882	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 417.
WESTBURY CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 441.
WEST PENNARD Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 434.
WOOKEY CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 443.