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• Total Population 1801 to 1911: Population fell from 23,533 in 1801 to 17,505 in 1911.
• Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1911: In 1851, only 6.63 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 7.83 per cent were.
• Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 111.57 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1891, and the lowest was 74.87 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

The following alternative names exist:

Name	Status	Language	Start	End	Authority
RADNORSHIRE	Preferred	English			M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 184.
RADNOR	Alternate	English			M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 184.
RADNORSH	Alternate	English			Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Unit associations

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association	Other unit involved	Type of unit	Authority
was preceded by	RADNORSHIRE	Ancient County	M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 999.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
WALES Dep	Country	1851	1930	M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 184.
WALES	Poor Law/Registration Division			1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Registration divisions and Counties - Area, and population at each successive Census'.

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
KNIGHTON RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		Statement of the Names of the Several Unions and Poor Law Parishes of England and Wales; and of the Population, Area, and Rateable Value thereof in 1881 (200)
PRESTEIGNE PLU/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850	01 Jul 1877	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 671.
PRESTEIGNE RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		01 Apr 1870	1861 Census of England and Wales, Table 1, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1851 and 1861, in Districts, Sub-districts, Parishes and Places'.
RHAYADER RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		Statement of the Names of the Several Unions and Poor Law Parishes of England and Wales; and of the Population, Area, and Rateable Value thereof in 1881 (301)
KNIGHTON USD	Sanitary District			1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Sanitary Districts situated within the [Division] Division in 1881, and Population of the same in 1871'.
KNIGHTON RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 671.
RHAYADER RSD	Sanitary District			1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Sanitary Districts situated within the [Division] Division in 1881, and Population of the same in 1871'.