Administrative unit

Welney CP/Ch

Parish-level Unit

Available Themes

Population

Population

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

Industry

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

Housing

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

Preferred Name:
WELNEY
Unit Type:
Parish-level Unit
Status:
Chapelry (after seventeenth century)
Civil Parish (1866 - 1889)
Date created:
seventeenth century
Date abolished:
1889
Unit ID:
10209730
Authorities:
F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 384.

Alternative names

The following alternative names exist:

Name Status Language Start End Authority
WELNEY Preferred English     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 384.
WELNEY CAMBRIDGE Alternate English     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
WELNEY NORFOLK Alternate English     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.

Unit associations

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association Other unit involved Type of unit Authority
was succeeded by WELNEY EP Ecclesiastical Parish F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 384.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
CAMBRIDGESHIRE Ancient County     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 384.
NORFOLK Ancient County     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 384.
DOWNHAM RegD/PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. District   1889 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 655.
CLACKCLOSE Hundred Ancient District 1866   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 652.
DOWNHAM RSD Sanitary District   1889 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 657.
DOWNHAM Registration sub-District     1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
WISBECH Hundred Ancient District     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 384.
UPWELL CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1866 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 384.

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, Welney CP/Ch through time | Census tables with data for the Parish-level Unit, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10209730

Date accessed: 07th November 2024