Leigh CP/AP through time | Census tables with data for the Parish-level Unit

Administrative unit

Leigh CP/AP

Parish-level Unit

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Industry

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Total Population 1801 to 1911: Population grew from 570 in 1801 to 7,713 in 1911.
Occupational Structure in 1831: Out of 308 males aged 20 and over, 186 were Labourers (non-agricultural).
Occupational Structure in 1881:

Here we are presenting statistics for a historical unit, which may have changed its boundaries significantly during the period covered.

Preferred Name:: LEIGH
Unit Type:: Parish-level Unit
Status:: Ancient Parish
Civil Parish (until 1913)
Date created:
Date abolished:
Unit ID:: 10242873
Authorities:: F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 142.

Leigh CP/AP, Essex

Alternative names

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Unit associations

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Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
ESSEX	Ancient County			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 142.
ROCHFORD RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 142.
LEIGH ON SEA UD	Local Government District	1897	1913	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 142.
PRITTLEWELL	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'.
ROCHFORD RSD	Sanitary District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 142.
ROCHFORD Hundred	Ancient District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 142.
ROCHFORD RD	Local Government District	1894	1897	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 142.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
09 Nov 1913	was abolished to create	SOUTHEND ON SEA CP	Area: 1527 acres. Population in 1921: 12314.	1921 Census of England and Wales, Table 6, 'Intercensal Changes in Boundaries, 1911-21'.; Southend-on-Sea Corporation Act, 1913

Lower level units

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

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Leigh CP/AP through time | Census tables with data for the Parish-level Unit, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10242873

Date accessed: 16th April 2024