Tranmere Parish (Ch/CP)

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.
Housing

Housing

Numbers of houses. Overcrowding: persons per room. Amenities: central heating, baths and WCs.
Place marker map of Great Britain and Ireland

The unit has had the following statuses:

Status Abbreviation Start End Authority
Chapelry Ch     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.

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association Other unit involved Type of unit Authority
was succeeded by TRANMERE EP Ecclesiastical Parish F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 38.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
CHESHIRE Ancient County     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 38.
BIRKENHEAD RegD/PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. District 1891 1898 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 38.
WIRRAL RegD/PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. District 1836 1891 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 38.
BIRKENHEAD USD Sanitary District 1877 1894 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 38.
BIRKENHEAD CB/MB Local Government District 1877 1898 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 38.
TRANMERE Registration sub-District     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
WIRRAL RSD Sanitary District 1875 1877 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 38.
WIRRAL Hundred Ancient District     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 38.
BEBINGTON CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 38.

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date Type of change Other unit involved Area transferred Authority
31 Mar 1898 was abolished to enlarge BIRKENHEAD ST MARY Ch/CP Houses in 1901: 7242.   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'.; Birkenhead Corporation Act, 1897

Boundary Map of Tranmere Parish (Ch/CP)

If the boundaries of the Parish-level Unit 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, Tranmere Parish (Ch/CP) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10010378

Date accessed: 08th April 2026