Darcy Lever Parish (CP/Tn) through time

Darcy Lever Parish (CP/Tn)

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.

Formal status

The unit has had the following statuses:

Status	Abbreviation	Start	End	Authority
Township	Tn			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991) Permission granted to project.
Civil Parish	CP	1866	1898	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991) Permission granted to project.

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	DARCY LEVER EExP	Ecclesiastical Parish	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 179.

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. 179.
BOLTON RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1898	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 179.
BOLTON RSD	Sanitary District		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 179.
BOLTON RD	Local Government District	1898	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 179.
GREAT BOLTON AND LEVER	Registration sub-District		1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
SALFORD Hundred	Ancient District		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 179.
BOLTON LE MOORS CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 179.

Boundaries and changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
30 Sep 1898	was abolished to enlarge	BOLTON CP	Houses in 1901: 397.	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'.; The Bolton, Turton, and Westhoughton Ext. Act, 1898

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How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Darcy Lever Parish (CP/Tn) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10369915

Date accessed: 24th January 2026