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• Total Population 1801 to 1971: Population fell from 198 in 1801 to 86 in 1971.
• Occupational Structure in 1831: Out of 66 males aged 20 and over, 37 were Agricultural Labourers.
• 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
HOUGHTON	Preferred	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 367.
HOUGHTON NEW	Alternate	English			1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
HOUGHTON WITH HARPLEY	Alternate	English			The National Archives, Manorial Documents Register
NEW HOUGHTON	Alternate	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 367.

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
NORFOLK	Ancient County			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 367.
DOCKING RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 655.
BURNHAM	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'.
DOCKING	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'.
DOCKING RSD	Sanitary District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 657.
DOCKING RD	Local Government District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 658.
GALLOW Hundred	Ancient District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 653.

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
HOUGHTON	Manor			The National Archives, Manorial Documents Register
HOUGHTON COXFORD	Manor			The National Archives, Manorial Documents Register