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• Total Population 1801 to 1961: Population fell from 5,921 in 1801 to 5,417 in 1961.
• Occupational Structure in 1831: Out of 1,726 males aged 20 and over, 521 were Manufacturing.
• 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

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association	Other unit involved	Type of unit	Authority
was succeeded by	WESTBURY EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 551.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
WILTSHIRE	Ancient County			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 551.
WESTBURY AND WHORWELLSDOWN RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 551.
EDINGTON	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'.
WESTBURY Borough	Ancient District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 551.
WESTBURY UD	Local Government District	1899	1974	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 551.
WESTBURY	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'.
WESTBURY Hundred	Ancient District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 551.
WESTBURY AND WHORWELLSDOWN RSD	Sanitary District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 551.
WESTBURY AND WHORWELLSDOWN RD	Local Government District	1894	1899	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 551.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
18 Aug 1882	was enlarged by gaining part of	UPTON SCUDAMORE CP/AP	Hisomley Farm Houses in 1891: 1.	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'.; D.P. ACT, 1882
31 Dec 1894	was reduced to create	BRATTON CP/Ch	Houses in 1901: 148.	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 31891 (Appointed day, 1894)
31 Dec 1894	was reduced to create	DILTON MARSH CP/Ch	Houses in 1901: 322.	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 31891 (Appointed day, 1894)
01 Apr 1896	was reduced to create	HEYWOOD Ch/CP	Houses in 1901: 102.	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 34124
01 Apr 1909	was enlarged by gaining part of	HEYWOOD Ch/CP	Population in 1911: 72.	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'.; LGBO 53467

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
BRATTON CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 532.
DILTON MARSH CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 537.
HEYWOOD Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 540.