Ardwick (Parish) through time

Ardwick Parish

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.

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

Alternative names

The following alternate names for this unit exist:

Name	Status	Language	Start	End	Authority
ARDWICK	Preferred	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 143.
ARDWICK ST THOMAS	Alternate	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 143.

Lower level units

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

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	ARDWICK EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 143.

Higher level units

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	End	Authority
LANCASHIRE	Ancient County		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 143.
CHORLTON RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1896	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 143.
ARDWICK	Registration sub-District		1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
MANCHESTER CB/MB	Local Government District	1896	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 143.
MANCHESTER USD	Sanitary District		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 685.
SALFORD Hundred	Ancient District		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 143.
MANCHESTER AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 143.

Boundaries and changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
18 Aug 1882	was enlarged by gaining part of	CHORLTON UPON MEDLOCK CP/Tn	Part of Ardwick Green Houses in 1891: 4.	1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 14, 'Changes in the Areas of Civil Parishes effected by Local Government Board Orders under the Provisions of the Divided Parishes Acts of 1876 and 1879, or by the Act of 1882'.; D.P. ACT, 1882
26 Mar 1896	was abolished to create	SOUTH MANCHESTER CP	Houses in 1901: 8682.	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 33847

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How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Ardwick (Parish) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10332023

Date accessed: 14th November 2025