Our historical statistics are always for precisely defined areas, usually administrative units, not "places". We know about the following units named after Launceston. Each has its own "home page" with much more information. Click on a tick to go directly to a particular statistical theme.

Administrative Area:	Popu- lation	Life+ Death	Indu- stry	Work+ Poverty	Social Class	Hous- ing	Learn +Lang	Roots+ Relig.	Land Use
Launceston RegD/PLU
Launceston O41area
Launceston MB
Launceston RD
Launceston USD
Launceston RSD
Launceston SubD
Launceston Borough
Dunheved Borough
Launceston CP
Launceston St Mary Magdalene EP
St Mary Magdalene AP/CP

Be careful! A unit may cover just the town or village, but it may include a big surrounding area. For example, in England and Wales rural districts — units with RD or RSD suffixes — may even exclude the places they are named after. The "Units covering this place" tab lists units whose boundaries contained Launceston.

Election Results

Election results are available for these constituencies associated with Launceston.

Constituencies	Start Date	End Date
Launceston PBCon	1832	1885
Cornwall North Eastern Or Launceston PDivCon	1885	1918
Cornwall Northern PDivCon	1918	1948

Additional constituencies that covered Launceston may be listed on the "Units covering this place" tab.

This website includes information on many different historical units, including census data and other statistics. The boundaries of these units covered Launceston:

Administrative Area:	Popu- lation	Life+ Death	Indu- stry	Work+ Poverty	Social Class	Hous- ing	Learn +Lang	Roots+ Relig.	Land Use
St Mary Magdalene AP/CP
Launceston CP
Launceston MB
Cornwall UA
Launceston RegD/PLU
Launceston O41area
Cornwall AdmC
Cornwall AncC
Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly
Cornwall RegC
the South West GovOf
Great Britain Dep
England and Wales Dep

Click on a tick for direct access to that theme.

Election Results

Election results are available for these constituencies which covered Launceston.

Constituencies	Start Date	End Date
Launceston PBCon	1832	1884
Cornwall North Eastern Or Launceston PDivCon	1885	1917
Cornwall Northern PDivCon	1918	1948
North Cornwall CCon	1949	2009

Please note that these units are listed here because their boundaries covered the point location we hold for Launceston. You can search for units that covered the particular location you are interested in by typing a postcode into our home page, or by using our Historic maps section, zooming in, selecting the Information option, and then clicking on your location. Units will also not be listed here if we hold no computerised boundaries for them, such as Registration sub-Districts and Sanitary Districts.