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• Total Population 1801 to 1901: Population grew from 376 in 1801 to 18,649 in 1901.
• Occupational Structure in 1831: Out of 218 males aged 20 and over, 87 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
LEE ST MARGARET	Official	English		1889	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 278.
LEE	Preferred	English	1889		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 306.
LEE	Alternate	English			1871 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1861 and 1871, in the Parishes and Places comprised in each Superintendent Registrar's District'.

Unit associations

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association	Other unit involved	Type of unit	Authority
was succeeded by	LEE EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 278.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
KENT	Ancient County			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 278.
LEWISHAM RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 278.
BLACKHEATH Hundred	Ancient District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 278.
LEE	Registration sub-District			1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 12, 'Registration County, Districts, and Sub-Districts, with their Constituent Civil Parishes - Area; Houses and Population 1891 and 1901, and Separate Occupiers 1901'.
LEE Lon_SDist	Sanitary District	1894	1900	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 306.
LEWISHAM MetB	Local Government District	1905		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 306.
PLUMSTEAD Lon_SDist	Sanitary District	1889	1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 278.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
01 Apr 1905	was abolished to enlarge	LEWISHAM CP/AP	Population in 1911: 20364.	1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 13, 'Changes in the boundaries of civil parishes during the intercensal period 1901-11; effected under the provisions of the Local Government Acts of 1888 and 1894, and by Local Acts'.; The Borough of Lewisham (Union of Parishes) Scheme, 1904
	was reduced to enlarge	ELTHAM ST JOHN THE BAPTIST AP/CP	Population in 1901: 15.	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'.; London Government Act (1899)
	was enlarged by gaining part of	ELTHAM ST JOHN THE BAPTIST AP/CP	Population in 1901: 7.	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'.; London Government Act (1899)

Lower level units

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