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• Total Population 1801 to 1901: Population grew from 3,156 in 1801 to 29,246 in 1901.
• Occupational Structure in 1831: Out of 1,526 males aged 20 and over, 1,165 worked in Retail and Handicrafts.
• 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
READING ST MARY	Preferred	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 22.
MARY ST	Alternate	English			1801 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ST MARY	Alternate	English			1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.

Unit associations

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association	Other unit involved	Type of unit	Authority
was succeeded by	READING ST MARY EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 22.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
BERKSHIRE	Ancient County			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 22.
READING RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 22.
READING RSD	Sanitary District	1875	1887	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 22.
READING USD	Sanitary District	1875	1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 22.
READING CB/MB	Local Government District		1889	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 22.
READING CB/MB	Local Government District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 22.
READING Borough	Ancient District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 563.
READING Hundred	Ancient District		1835	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 22.
ST MARY	Registration sub-District			1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 12, 'Registration County, Districts, and Sub-Districts, with their Constituent Civil Parishes - Area; Houses and Population 1891 and 1901, and Separate Occupiers 1901'.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
24 Mar 1889	was enlarged by gaining part of	TILEHURST CP/AP	(2 parts) The part within the MB of Reading, and Barracks Houses in 1891: 348.	1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 14, 'Changes in the Areas of Civil Parishes effected by Local Government Board Orders under the Provisions of the Divided Parishes Acts of 1876 and 1879, or by the Act of 1882'.; LGBO 23869
31 Mar 1905	was abolished to create	READING CP	Population in 1911: 32224.	1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 13, 'Changes in the boundaries of civil parishes during the intercensal period 1901-11; effected under the provisions of the Local Government Acts of 1888 and 1894, and by Local Acts'.; LGBO 46554

Lower level units

We know of no units which were contained within this unit.