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• Total Population 1801 to 1971: Population fell from 587 in 1801 to 359 in 1971.
• Occupational Structure in 1831: Out of 212 males aged 20 and over, 128 were Agricultural Labourers.
• Occupational Structure in 1881:

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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	MORDEN EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 115.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
DORSET	Ancient County			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 115.
WAREHAM AND PURBECK RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 115.
BERE REGIS	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'.
LOOSEBARROW Hundred	Ancient District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 115.
WAREHAM AND PURBECK RSD	Sanitary District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 115.
WAREHAM AND PURBECK RD	Local Government District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 115.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
31 Dec 1894	was enlarged by gaining part of	ST MARTIN CP	Houses in 1901: 54.	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 31566 (Appointed day, 1894)
31 Dec 1894	was enlarged by gaining part of	WAREHAM LADY ST MARY AP/CP	Houses in 1901: 21.	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 31566 (Appointed day, 1894)
31 Dec 1894	was reduced to create	WAREHAM ST MARTIN AP/CP	Houses in 1901: 111.	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 32026 (Appointed day, 1894)

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
CHARBOROUGH Hmlt/AP	Parish-level Unit	later		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 109.