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

Administrative unit

Whaddon CP/AP

Parish-level Unit

Historical statistics
Key findings
Relationships and changes

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Population

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

Industry

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

Social Structure

Social class and socio-economic groups. Concentrations of professionals, and of unskilled labourers.

Housing

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

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Total Population 1801 to 1891: Population fell from 36 in 1801 to 18 in 1891.
Occupational Structure in 1831: Out of 17 males aged 20 and over, 8 were Agricultural Labourers.
Occupational Structure in 1881:

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

Preferred Name:: WHADDON
Unit Type:: Parish-level Unit
Status:: Ancient Parish
Civil Parish (until 1894)
Date created:
Date abolished:
Unit ID:: 10413620
Authorities:: F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 552.

Whaddon CP/AP, Wiltshire

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	WHADDON EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 552.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	End	Authority
WILTSHIRE	Ancient County		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 552.
TROWBRIDGE AND MELKSHAM RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 552.
MELKSHAM Hundred	Ancient District		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 552.
MELKSHAM RSD	Sanitary District		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 552.
MELKSHAM	Registration sub-District		1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
24 Mar 1884	was reduced to enlarge	HILPERTON AP/CP	Houses in 1891: 1.	1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 14, 'Changes in the Areas of Civil Parishes effected by Local Government Board Orders under the Provisions of the Divided Parishes Acts of 1876 and 1879, or by the Act of 1882'.; LGBO 16493

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10413620

Date accessed: 24th April 2024