Norwich County Borough (MB/CB)

Created: 1835   Abolished: 1974

Statistics

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.
Social Structure

Social Structure

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

Learning & Language

How many people were at school. The distribution of graduates, and of the unqualified.
Life & Death

Life & Death

Numbers of babies born. Deaths, especially infant deaths. Causes of death by age and gender.
Work & Poverty

Work & Poverty

Unemployment rates and poor relief. What proportions of men and of women did paid work?
Housing

Housing

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

Birthplace & Religion

Numbers going to church, and the kinds of churches they went to. The different religions of modern Britain.
Place marker map of Great Britain and Ireland

The following alternate names exist for this unit:

Name Status Language Start End Authority
NORWICH Preferred English     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 654.
E250759 CASWEB identifiers for 1971 Local Govt Districts English    

The unit has had the following statuses:

Status Abbreviation Start End Authority
Municipal Borough MB   1889 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.
County Borough CB 1889   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.

This unit contained the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
BOWTHORPE LG_Ward Parish-level Unit     1961 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Acreage, Population, Private Households and Dwellings', for 'LAA, Wards, CP in RD, Con, NT'.
CATTON LG_Ward Parish-level Unit     1961 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Acreage, Population, Private Households and Dwellings', for 'LAA, Wards, CP in RD, Con, NT'.
COSLANY LG_Ward Parish-level Unit     1961 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Acreage, Population, Private Households and Dwellings', for 'LAA, Wards, CP in RD, Con, NT'.
CROME LG_Ward Parish-level Unit     1961 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Acreage, Population, Private Households and Dwellings', for 'LAA, Wards, CP in RD, Con, NT'.
EARLHAM CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1889 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 654.
EARLHAM LG_Ward Parish-level Unit     1961 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Acreage, Population, Private Households and Dwellings', for 'LAA, Wards, CP in RD, Con, NT'.
EATON LG_Ward Parish-level Unit     1961 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Acreage, Population, Private Households and Dwellings', for 'LAA, Wards, CP in RD, Con, NT'.
EATON AP/CP Parish-level Unit   1889 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 654.
HEIGHAM LG_Ward Parish-level Unit     1961 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Acreage, Population, Private Households and Dwellings', for 'LAA, Wards, CP in RD, Con, NT'.
HEIGHAM CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1889 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 654.
HELLESDON AP/CP Parish-level Unit   1889 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 654.
HELLESDON LG_Ward Parish-level Unit     1961 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Acreage, Population, Private Households and Dwellings', for 'LAA, Wards, CP in RD, Con, NT'.
LAKENHAM CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1889 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 654.
LAKENHAM LG_Ward Parish-level Unit     1961 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Acreage, Population, Private Households and Dwellings', for 'LAA, Wards, CP in RD, Con, NT'.
MANCROFT LG_Ward Parish-level Unit     1961 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Acreage, Population, Private Households and Dwellings', for 'LAA, Wards, CP in RD, Con, NT'.
MOUSEHOLD LG_Ward Parish-level Unit     1961 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Acreage, Population, Private Households and Dwellings', for 'LAA, Wards, CP in RD, Con, NT'.
NELSON LG_Ward Parish-level Unit     1961 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Acreage, Population, Private Households and Dwellings', for 'LAA, Wards, CP in RD, Con, NT'.
NORWICH CP Parish-level Unit 1889 1974 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 654.
NORWICH ALL SAINTS CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1889 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 654.
NORWICH ALL SAINTS IN FYEBRIDGE GATE AP/CP Parish-level Unit   1889 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 654.
NORWICH COUNTY GAOL AND HOUSE OF CORRECTION CP/ExP Parish-level Unit 1935   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 372.
NORWICH LIBERTY OF THE TOWN CLOSE CP/ExP Parish-level Unit 1858 1889 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 372.
NORWICH ST ANDREW AP/CP Parish-level Unit   1889 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 654.
NORWICH ST AUGUSTINE CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1889 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 654.
NORWICH ST BENEDICT CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1889 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 654.
NORWICH ST CLEMENT CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1889 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 654.
NORWICH ST EDMUND AP/CP Parish-level Unit   1889 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 654.
NORWICH ST ETHELDREDA CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1889 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 654.
NORWICH ST GEORGE COLEGATE CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1889 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 654.
NORWICH ST GEORGE TOMBLAND CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1889 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 654.
NORWICH ST GILES CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1889 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 654.
NORWICH ST GREGORY CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1889 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 654.
NORWICH ST HELEN AP/CP Parish-level Unit   1889 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 654.
NORWICH ST JAMES CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1889 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 654.
NORWICH ST JOHN MADDERMARKET CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1889 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 654.
NORWICH ST JOHN SEPULCHRE CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1889 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 654.
NORWICH ST JOHN TIMBERHILL CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1889 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 654.
NORWICH ST JULIAN AP/CP Parish-level Unit   1889 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 654.
NORWICH ST LAWRENCE CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1889 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 654.
NORWICH ST MARGARET CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1889 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 654.
NORWICH ST MARTIN AT OAK CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1889 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 654.
NORWICH ST MARTIN AT PALACE AP/CP Parish-level Unit   1889 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 654.
NORWICH ST MARY COSLANY CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1889 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 654.
NORWICH ST MARY IN THE MARSH CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1889 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 654.
NORWICH ST MICHAEL AT PLEA CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1889 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 654.
NORWICH ST MICHAEL AT THORN CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1889 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 654.
NORWICH ST PETER HUNGATE AP/CP Parish-level Unit   1889 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 654.
NORWICH ST PETER MANCROFT CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1889 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 654.
NORWICH ST PETER MOUNTERGATE CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1889 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 654.
NORWICH ST PETER SOUTHGATE CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1889 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 654.
NORWICH ST SAVIOUR AP/CP Parish-level Unit   1889 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 654.
NORWICH ST SIMON AND ST JUDE CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1889 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 654.
NORWICH ST STEPHEN CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1889 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 654.
ST STEPHEN LG_Ward Parish-level Unit     1961 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Acreage, Population, Private Households and Dwellings', for 'LAA, Wards, CP in RD, Con, NT'.
THORPE LG_Ward Parish-level Unit     1961 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Acreage, Population, Private Households and Dwellings', for 'LAA, Wards, CP in RD, Con, NT'.
THORPE ST ANDREW CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1889 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 654.
TOWN CLOSE LG_Ward Parish-level Unit     1961 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Acreage, Population, Private Households and Dwellings', for 'LAA, Wards, CP in RD, Con, NT'.
TROWSE WITH NEWTON CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1889 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 654.
WESTWICK LG_Ward Parish-level Unit     1961 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Acreage, Population, Private Households and Dwellings', for 'LAA, Wards, CP in RD, Con, NT'.

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association Other unit involved Type of unit Authority
was preceded by NORWICH AD_City/Borough Ancient District F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 654.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
NORFOLK Administrative County 1835 1974 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 654.

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date Type of change Other unit involved Area transferred Authority
01 Apr 1951 was enlarged by gaining part of BLOFIELD AND FLEGG RD part of Thorpe Next Norwich CP Area: 129 acres.   1951 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Intercensal changes of Boundary (between 30th June, 1934, and 8th April, 1951)', for 'Administrative Areas (excluding Wards)'.; Norwich Extension Act, 1950
01 Apr 1951 was enlarged by gaining part of ST FAITHS AND AYLSHAM RD part of Sprowston CP Area: 114 acres.   1951 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Intercensal changes of Boundary (between 30th June, 1934, and 8th April, 1951)', for 'Administrative Areas (excluding Wards)'.; Norwich Extension Act, 1950
01 Apr 1968 was enlarged by gaining part of FOREHOE AND HENSTEAD RD parts of Colney, Costessey CPs Area: 245 acres.   1971 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Intercensal changes of Boundary (between 23rd April, 1961, and 25th April, 1971)', for 'AC, LAA, CP, NT'.; The Norwich Order, 1968
01 Apr 1968 was enlarged by gaining part of ST FAITHS AND AYLSHAM RD parts of Catton, Hellesdon, Horsham Saints Faith and Newton Saint Faith, Spixworth CPs Area: 360 acres.   1971 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Intercensal changes of Boundary (between 23rd April, 1961, and 25th April, 1971)', for 'AC, LAA, CP, NT'.; The Norwich Order, 1968

Boundary Map of Norwich County Borough (MB/CB)

If the boundaries of the Local Government District changed over time, this map will show all the different boundaries.

Maps Census reports

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Norwich County Borough (MB/CB) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10001468

Date accessed: 09th April 2026