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• Total Population 1801 to 1971: Population grew from 563 in 1801 to 680 in 1971.
• Occupational Structure in 1831: Out of 188 males aged 20 and over, 49 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
PACKINGTON	Preferred	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 82.
PACKINGTON WITH SNIBSTON	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
DERBYSHIRE	Ancient County			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 82.
ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 82.
ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH RSD	Sanitary District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 82.
ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH RD	Local Government District	1884		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 234.
REPTON AND GRESLEY Hundred	Ancient District		1884	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 82.
WEST GOSCOTE Hundred	Ancient District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 234.
WHITWICK	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'.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
24 Mar 1884	was reduced to enlarge	RAVENSTONE AP/CP	Hamlet of Snibstone Houses in 1891: 154.	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 15277
01 Apr 1936	was reduced to enlarge	ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH CP/AP	Area: 487 acres. Population in 1931: 87.	1931 Census of England and Wales, Table B, 'Areas altered between 26th April, 1931 and 30th June, 1934, showing constitution as at the latter date, in terms of constitution as at the former date, together with particulars of acreage and population'.; M. of H. Order No. 84292 The County of Leicester Review Order, 1936

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
SNIBSTON Ch	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 237.