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• Total Population 1801 to 1911: Population grew from 8,350 in 1801 to 32,106 in 1911.
• Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1911: In 1851, only 5.5 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 7.06 per cent were.
• Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 92.46 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1901, and the lowest was 73.58 in 1911.
• 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

We know of no associations with other units.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
SUSSEX	Poor Law/Registration County	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 695.
WEST SUSSEX	Administrative County			Ministry of Health, Persons in Receipt of Poor-Law Relief (England and Wales) (H.M.S.O.)

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
01 Jan 1870	was enlarged by gaining part of	PETWORTH RegD/PLU	Billinghurst lost the parish of Rudgwick to the sudbistrict of South Horsham and Northern sub-district lost the parish of Billinghurst to the new sub-district of West Horsham	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Oct 1880	was enlarged by gaining part of	EAST GRINSTEAD RegD/PLU	Worth lost the parish of Crawley to the sub-district of North Horsham	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Jul 1897	was enlarged by gaining part of	CUCKFIELD RegD/PLU	Cowfold was transferred to Horsham	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
NORTH HORSHAM	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'.
SOUTH HORSHAM	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'.
WEST HORSHAM	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'.
BILLINGSHURST AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1870	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 502.
COWFOLD AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1897	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 507.
CRAWLEY CP/AP/Ch	Parish-level Unit	1880	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 507.
HORSHAM CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 513.
HORSHAM RURAL CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 514.
IFIELD CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 514.
ITCHINGFIELD AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 515.
LOWER BEEDING Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 502.
NUTHURST CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 518.
RUDGWICK CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1869	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 520.
RUSPER CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 520.
SHIPLEY AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 521.
SLINFOLD CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 522.
WARNHAM AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 524.
WEST GRINSTEAD AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 511.