Alternative names

The following alternative names exist:

Name	Status	Language	Start	End	Authority
EAST DOWN	Preferred	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 83.
EAST DOWN ST JOHN THE BAPTIST	Alternate	English			1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Ecclesiastical parishes or districts - Families or separate occupiers, and population, 1911'.

Unit associations

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association	Other unit involved	Type of unit	Authority
was preceded by	EAST DOWN CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 83.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
DEVON	Ancient County		1944	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 83.
SHIRWELL	Rural Deanery		1944	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 83.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
1944	was created from part of	EAST DOWN WITH ARLINGTON EP		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 83.
1944	was abolished to create	EAST DOWN WITH ARLINGTON EP		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 83.

Lower level units

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