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Work & Poverty

Work & Poverty

Unemployment rates and poor relief. What proportions of men and of women did paid work?
Housing

Housing

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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:
KILLAROW AND KILMENY
Unit Type:
Scottish Parish
Date created:
1845
Date abolished:
1975
Unit ID:
10056214
Authorities:
1951 Census of Scotland, Table 1, 'Comparison of population, density per 100 acres, and houses with 1931', for 'Burghs, Districts of Counties and CPs'.

Alternative names

The following alternative names exist:

Name Status Language Start End Authority
KILLAROW AND KILMENY Preferred English     1951 Census of Scotland, Table 1, 'Comparison of population, density per 100 acres, and houses with 1931', for 'Burghs, Districts of Counties and CPs'.
BOWMORE Alternate English     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ISLA COMBINATION Alternate English     Registrar-General for Scotland, Annual Report (HMSO)
KILARROW Alternate English     Local Government Board for Scotland, Local Government Board for Scotland Annual Report (H.M.S.O.)
KILARROW AND KILMENY Alternate English     [ERROR: authority is 'SRC' but auth_note value does not appear in SRC_TAB]
KILLAROW Alternate English     Registrar-General for Scotland, Annual Report (HMSO)
KILLARROW AND KILMENY Alternate English     1861 Census of Scotland, Table 1, 'Scotland in Civil Counties and Parishes, showing the numbers of Families; of Houses Inhabited, Uninhabited, and Building; of Males, Females, and Both Sexes; of Children at School the first week of April 1861; of all in the receipt of Education; of Rooms with Windows; and of the Temporarily Absent and Temporarily Present. The Parishes arranged alphabetically under each County'.

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
ARGYLL Scottish County 1845 1975 1951 Census of Scotland, Table 1, 'Comparison of population, density per 100 acres, and houses with 1931', for 'Burghs, Districts of Counties and CPs'.
ISLAY Scottish Poor Law Combination     Higginbotham, History of the Workhouse

Boundary changes

We know of no boundary changes affecting this unit.

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, Killarow and Kilmeny ScoP through time | Census tables with data for the Scottish Parish, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10056214

Date accessed: 15th October 2024