Wigton AP/CP through time | Census tables with data for the Parish-level Unit

Administrative unit

Wigton AP/CP

Parish-level Unit

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Industry

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Social Structure

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Agriculture & Land Use

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Housing

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Total Population 1801 to 1881: Population grew from 3,357 in 1801 to 3,750 in 1881.
Occupational Structure in 1831: Out of 1,518 males aged 20 and over, 434 worked in Retail and Handicrafts.

Here we are presenting statistics for a historical unit, which may have changed its boundaries significantly during the period covered.

Preferred Name:: WIGTON
Unit Type:: Parish-level Unit
Status:: Ancient Parish
Civil Parish (until 1887)
Date created:
Date abolished:
Unit ID:: 10284991
Authorities:: F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 61.

Wigton AP/CP, Cumberland

Alternative names

We know of no alternate names.

Unit associations

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association	Other unit involved	Type of unit	Authority
was succeeded by	WIGTON EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 61.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	End	Authority
CUMBERLAND	Ancient County		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 61.
WIGTON RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1887	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 61.
CUMBERLAND Wap/Wd	Ancient District		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 61.
WIGTON	Registration sub-District	1887	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
WIGTON USD	Sanitary District	1887	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 61.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
1887	was reduced to create	WIGTON CUM WOODSIDE CP		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 61.

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	End	Authority
OULTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 57.
WAVERTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 60.
WOODSIDE QUARTER CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 61.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Wigton AP/CP through time | Census tables with data for the Parish-level Unit, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10284991

Date accessed: 05th November 2024