Our historical statistics are always for precisely defined areas, usually administrative units, not "places". We know about the following units named after Read. Each has its own "home page" with much more information. Click on a tick to go directly to a particular statistical theme.

Administrative Area:	Popu- lation	Life+ Death	Indu- stry	Work+ Poverty	Social Class	Hous- ing	Learn +Lang	Roots+ Relig.	Land Use
Read in Whalley EP
Read CP/Tn

Be careful! A unit may cover just the town or village, but it may include a big surrounding area. For example, in England and Wales rural districts — units with RD or RSD suffixes — may even exclude the places they are named after. The "Units covering this place" tab lists units whose boundaries contained Read.

Election Results

We know of no constituencies that were named after Read; where constituencies had more than one name, we base this on their "preferred" name. Constituencies that covered the point location we hold for Read will be listed on the "Units covering this place" tab. You can search for constituencies or other units that covered a particular location you are interested in by typing a postcode into our home page, or by using our Historic maps section, zooming in, selecting the Information option, and then clicking on your location.

This website includes information on many different historical units, including census data and other statistics. The boundaries of these units covered Read:

Administrative Area:	Popu- lation	Life+ Death	Indu- stry	Work+ Poverty	Social Class	Hous- ing	Learn +Lang	Roots+ Relig.	Land Use
Whalley Tn/AP/CP
Read CP/Tn
Burnley RD
Burnley RegD/PLU
Ribble Valley District
Lancashire County O41area
Lancashire AdmC
Lancashire AncC
Lancashire
Lancashire RegC
the North West GovOf
Great Britain Dep
England and Wales Dep

Click on a tick for direct access to that theme.

Election Results

Election results are available for these constituencies which covered Read.

Constituencies	Start Date	End Date
Lancashire Northern PDivCon	1832	1867
North Lancashire North East Lancashire PDivCon	1868	1884
North East Lancashire Clitheroe PDivCon	1885	1917
Lancashire Clitheroe PDivCon	1918	1948
Clitheroe CCon	1949	1982
Ribble Valley CCon	1983	2009

Please note that these units are listed here because their boundaries covered the point location we hold for Read. You can search for units that covered the particular location you are interested in by typing a postcode into our home page, or by using our Historic maps section, zooming in, selecting the Information option, and then clicking on your location. Units will also not be listed here if we hold no computerised boundaries for them, such as Registration sub-Districts and Sanitary Districts.