Great Clifton Parish (Tn/CP) through time

Great Clifton Parish (Tn/CP)

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.

Alternative names

The following alternate names exist for this unit:

Name	Status	Language	Start	End	Authority
GREAT CLIFTON	Preferred	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 50.
CLIFTON GREAT	Alternate	English			1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.

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		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	Authority
CUMBERLAND	Ancient County		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 50.
COCKERMOUTH RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1866	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 50.
ALLERDALE ABOVE DERWENT Wd	Ancient District		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 50.
COCKERMOUTH RSD	Sanitary District	1866	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 50.
COCKERMOUTH RD	Local Government District	1866	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 50.
WORKINGTON	Registration sub-District		1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'.
WORKINGTON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 50.

Boundaries and changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
24 Mar 1887	was enlarged by gaining part of	LITTLE CLIFTON CP/Tn	Near Stainburn Moor	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 20630

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How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10011206

Date accessed: 08th April 2026