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• Total Population 1911 to 1961: Population grew from 114,269 in 1911 to 130,928 in 1961.
• Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1911 to 1971: Population pyramids, using 5-year age groups.
• Infant Mortality Rate 1911 to 1973: The highest rate recorded was 87.05 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1918, and the lowest was 13.3 in 1970.

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
HEREFORDSHIRE	Preferred	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 669.
HEREFORD	Alternate	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 669.

Unit associations

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association	Other unit involved	Type of unit	Authority
was preceded by	HEREFORDSHIRE	Ancient County	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 672.
was preceded by	HEREFORDSHIRE	Poor Law/Registration County	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 672.
was succeeded by	HEREFORDSHIRE County/UA	District/Unitary Authority	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 669.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
ENGLAND Dep	Country	1889	1974	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 669.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
01 Apr 1965	was reduced to enlarge	GLOUCESTERSHIRE	part of Ross and Whitchurch RD Area: 135 acres.	1971 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Intercensal changes of Boundary (between 23rd April, 1961, and 25th April, 1971)', for 'AC, LAA, CP, NT'.; The West Midland Counties Order, 1965
01 Apr 1965	was enlarged by gaining part of	GLOUCESTERSHIRE	parts of East Dean, West Dean RDs Area: 223 acres.	1971 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Intercensal changes of Boundary (between 23rd April, 1961, and 25th April, 1971)', for 'AC, LAA, CP, NT'.; The West Midland Counties Order, 1965
01 Apr 1965	was reduced to enlarge	GLOUCESTERSHIRE	part of Ross and Whitchurch RD Area: 135 acres.	1971 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Intercensal changes of Boundary (between 23rd April, 1961, and 25th April, 1971)', for 'AC, LAA, CP, NT'.; The West Midland Counties Order, 1965
01 Apr 1965	was reduced to enlarge	WORCESTERSHIRE	part of Leominster and Wigmore RD Area: 9 acres.	1971 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Intercensal changes of Boundary (between 23rd April, 1961, and 25th April, 1971)', for 'AC, LAA, CP, NT'.; The West Midland Counties Order, 1965
01 Apr 1965	was reduced to enlarge	WORCESTERSHIRE	part of Leominster and Wigmore RD Area: 9 acres.	1971 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Intercensal changes of Boundary (between 23rd April, 1961, and 25th April, 1971)', for 'AC, LAA, CP, NT'.; The West Midland Counties Order, 1965

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
BROMYARD RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District			Ministry of Health, Persons in Receipt of Poor-Law Relief (England and Wales) (H.M.S.O.)
DORE PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District			Ministry of Health, Persons in Receipt of Poor-Law Relief (England and Wales) (H.M.S.O.)
HEREFORD PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District			Ministry of Health, Persons in Receipt of Poor-Law Relief (England and Wales) (H.M.S.O.)
KINGTON RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District			Ministry of Health, Persons in Receipt of Poor-Law Relief (England and Wales) (H.M.S.O.)
LEDBURY RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District			Ministry of Health, Persons in Receipt of Poor-Law Relief (England and Wales) (H.M.S.O.)
LEOMINSTER RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District			Ministry of Health, Persons in Receipt of Poor-Law Relief (England and Wales) (H.M.S.O.)
ROSS RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District			Ministry of Health, Persons in Receipt of Poor-Law Relief (England and Wales) (H.M.S.O.)
WEOBLEY RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District			Ministry of Health, Persons in Receipt of Poor-Law Relief (England and Wales) (H.M.S.O.)
BREDWARDINE RD	Local Government District	1894	1934	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 672.
BROMYARD UD	Local Government District	1894	1968	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 672.
BROMYARD RD	Local Government District	1894	1974	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 672.
DORE RD	Local Government District	1894	1934	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 672.
DORE AND BREDWARDINE RD	Local Government District	1934	1974	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 672.
HEREFORD MB	Local Government District	1894	1974	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 670.
HEREFORD RD	Local Government District	1894	1974	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 672.
KINGTON UD	Local Government District	1894	1974	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 672.
KINGTON RD	Local Government District	1894	1974	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 672.
LEDBURY RD	Local Government District	1894	1974	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 672.
LEDBURY UD	Local Government District	1894	1968	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 672.
LEOMINSTER RD	Local Government District	1894	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 672.
LEOMINSTER MB	Local Government District	1835	1974	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 672.
LEOMINSTER AND WIGMORE RD	Local Government District	1930	1974	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 672.
ROSS RD	Local Government District	1894	1931	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 672.
ROSS AND WHITCHURCH RD	Local Government District	1931	1974	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 672.
ROSS ON WYE UD	Local Government District	1894		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 672.
WEOBLEY RD	Local Government District	1894	1974	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 672.
WHITCHURCH RD	Local Government District	1894	1931	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 672.
WIGMORE RD	Local Government District	1894	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 673.
ABERGAVENNY RSD	Sanitary District			1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area and Population in Rural Sanitary Districts'.
HAY RSD	Sanitary District			1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area and Population in Rural Sanitary Districts'.
KNIGHTON RSD	Sanitary District			1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area and Population in Rural Sanitary Districts'.
MONMOUTH RSD	Sanitary District			1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area and Population in Rural Sanitary Districts'.
HEREFORD	Urban Labour Market			Great Britain Historical GIS Project