Pownall Fee Parish (CP/Tn) through time

Pownall Fee 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
Civil Parish	CP	1866	1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991) Permission granted to project.
Township	Tn		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991) Permission granted to project.

Higher level units

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
CHESHIRE	Ancient County		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 31.
BUCKLOW RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1866	1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 31.
ALTRINCHAM RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 31.
CHORLEY CHESHIRE USD	Sanitary District	1875	1888	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 31.
MACCLESFIELD Hundred	Ancient District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 31.
WILMSLOW	Registration sub-District			1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
WILMSLOW USD	Sanitary District	1888	1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 31.
WILMSLOW AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		1866	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 31.

Boundaries and changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
18 Aug 1882	was reduced to enlarge	FULSHAW CP/Tn	Houses in 1891: 9.	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'.; D.P. ACT, 1882
24 Mar 1888	was reduced to enlarge	FULSHAW CP/Tn		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 22377
30 Sep 1894	was reduced to create	WILMSLOW CP	Houses in 1901: 634.	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'.; LGBO 31606
31 Dec 1894	was reduced to create	STYAL CP	Houses in 1901: 186.	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'.; L.G. Act, 1894 (Appointed day), and County Council Naming Order

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How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10009546

Date accessed: 08th April 2026