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• Total Population 1801 to 1881: Population grew from 4,180 in 1801 to 8,553 in 1881.
• Occupational Structure in 1831: Out of 1,745 males aged 20 and over, 1,016 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
TAUNTON ST MARY MAGDALENE	Preferred	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 439.
MARY MAGDALEN ST	Alternate	English			1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
TAUNTON ST MARY MAGDALEN	Alternate	English			1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.

Unit associations

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association	Other unit involved	Type of unit	Authority
was succeeded by	TAUNTON ST MARY MAGDALENE EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 439.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
SOMERSET	Ancient County			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 439.
TAUNTON RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		1885	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 439.
ST MARY MAGDALEN	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'.
TAUNTON Borough	Ancient District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 439.
TAUNTON USD	Sanitary District		1885	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 439.
TAUNTON RSD	Sanitary District		1885	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 439.
TAUNTON AND TAUNTON DEAN Hundred	Ancient District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 439.

Boundary changes

We know of no boundary changes affecting this unit.

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
BISHOPS HULL Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 428.
CORFE CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 423.
RUISHTON Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 435.
THURLBEAR Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 439.
WILTON Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 442.