Welches Dam Parish (CP/ExP) through time

Welches Dam Parish (CP/ExP)

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.

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

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	1858		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.
Extra-Parochial Area	ExP			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.

Higher level units

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Authority
CAMBRIDGESHIRE	Ancient County	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 54.
NORTH WITCHFORD RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 54.
CHATTERIS	Registration sub-District	1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
MARCH	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'.
NORTH WITCHFORD RSD	Sanitary District	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 54.
NORTH WITCHFORD RD	Local Government District	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 54.
SOUTH WITCHFORD Hundred	Ancient District	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 54.

Boundaries and changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
01 Apr 1960	was abolished to enlarge	MANEA Ch/CP	Area: 1000 acres.	1961 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Intercensal Changes of Boundary (between 8th April, 1951 and 23rd April, 1961)', for 'LAA, CP'.; M. of H. and Local Government Order No. 8361. The Isle of Ely (Parish of Welches Dam) Confirmation Order, 1960

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How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Welches Dam Parish (CP/ExP) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10012776

Date accessed: 08th April 2026