Cold Brayfield Parish (Ch/CP) through time

Cold Brayfield Parish (Ch/CP)

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

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

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

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

Alternative names

The following alternate names exist for this unit:

Name	Status	Language	Start	End	Authority
COLD BRAYFIELD	Preferred	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 32.
BRAYFIELD COLD	Alternate	English			1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.

Formal status

The unit has had the following statuses:

Status	Abbreviation	Start	End	Authority
Chapelry	Ch			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.
Civil Parish	CP			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.

Other related units

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association	Other unit involved	Type of unit	Authority
was succeeded by	COLD BRAYFIELD EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 32.

Higher level units

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Authority
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE	Ancient County	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 32.
NEWPORT PAGNELL RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 32.
BONESTOU Hundred	Ancient District	W. Page (ed.), A History of the County of Buckingham: Volume 4 (London: Victoria County History, 1927), p. 268-9.
NEWPORT Hundred	Ancient District	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 32.
NEWPORT PAGNELL RSD	Sanitary District	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 32.
NEWPORT PAGNELL RD	Local Government District	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 32.
OLNEY	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'.

Boundaries and changes

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How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Cold Brayfield Parish (Ch/CP) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10216497

Date accessed: 18th February 2026