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Population

Densities and rates of growth. Age structure: concentrations of young people, and of the old.
Industry

Industry

How people made their living: identifying farming communities, pit villages, mill towns and so on.
Social Structure

Social Structure

Social class and socio-economic groups. Concentrations of professionals, and of unskilled labourers.
Housing

Housing

Numbers of houses. Overcrowding: persons per room. Amenities: central heating, baths and WCs.

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

Preferred Name:
HIGHWAY
Unit Type:
Parish-level Unit
Status:
Chapelry (until 1952)
Civil Parish (Early - 1890)
Date created:
 
Date abolished:
 
Unit ID:
10404939
Authorities:
F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 540.

Alternative names

We know of no alternate names.

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
WILTSHIRE Ancient County     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 540.
CALNE RegD/PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. District   1890 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 540.
CALNE RSD Sanitary District   1890 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 540.
CALNE 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'.
POTTERNE AND CANNINGS Hundred Ancient District     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 540.
BREMHILL CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 540.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date Type of change Other unit involved Area transferred Authority
26 Mar 1890 was abolished to enlarge HILMARTON AP/CP Houses in 1901: 16.   1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 14, 'Changes in the Boundaries of Civil Parishes, effected Local Government Acts of 1899 and 1894, and by Local Acts since 1891 - Inhabited Houses and Population 1901'.; LGBO 25403

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, Highway CP/Ch through time | Census tables with data for the Parish-level Unit, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10404939

Date accessed: 23rd April 2024