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• Total Population 1801 to 1911: Population grew from 6,878 in 1801 to 99,824 in 1911.
• Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1911: In 1851, only 4.52 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 7.67 per cent were.
• Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 127.95 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1901, and the lowest was 95.24 in 1871.
• 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

We know of no associations with other units.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
EAST SUSSEX	Administrative County			Ministry of Health, Persons in Receipt of Poor-Law Relief (England and Wales) (H.M.S.O.)
SUSSEX	Poor Law/Registration County	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 695.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
01 Jan 1870	was enlarged by gaining part of	EAST PRESTON RegD/PLU/Inc	The parish of Lancing was taken from Broadwater and added to Shoreham in Steyning	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Jan 1904	was enlarged by gaining part of	EAST PRESTON RegD/PLU/Inc	Broadwater (part of)	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
HOVE	Registration sub-District	01 Jul 1905		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'.
PRESTON	Registration sub-District	01 Jul 1905		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'.
SHOREHAM	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'.
STEYNING	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'.
ALDRINGTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 501.
ASHURST CP/AP/Ch	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 501.
BOTOLPHS CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 503.
BRAMBER CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 503.
COOMBES CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 507.
EDBURTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 509.
FULKING Hmlt/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 510.
HANGLETON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 511.
HENFIELD AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 513.
HOVE AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 514.
KINGSTON BY SEA AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 515.
LANCING AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1869	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 515.
NEW SHOREHAM CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		1910	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 521.
OLD SHOREHAM CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 521.
PATCHAM AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 519.
PORTSLADE CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 519.
PORTSLADE BY SEA CP/PA	Parish-level Unit	1898		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 519.
POYNINGS CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 519.
PRESTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		1928	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 519.
PRESTON RURAL CP	Parish-level Unit	1894	1928	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 519.
SHERMANBURY CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 521.
SHOREHAM BY SEA CP	Parish-level Unit	1910		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 521.
SOMPTING CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 522.
SOUTHWICK AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 522.
STEYNING CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 523.
UPPER BEEDING CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 502.
WEST BLATCHINGTON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 503.
WOODMANCOTE AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 525.