Cocken Parish (CP/Tn) through time

Cocken 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	1937	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991) Permission granted to project.
Township	Tn		1937	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
COUNTY DURHAM	Ancient County		1937	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 96.
CHESTER LE STREET RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1866	1937	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 96.
CHESTER LE STREET RSD	Sanitary District	1866	1937	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 96.
CHESTER LE STREET RD	Local Government District	1866	1937	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 96.
CHESTER LE STREET	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'.
EASINGTON Wd	Ancient District		1937	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 96.
WEST RAINTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 96.

Boundaries and changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
01 Apr 1937	was abolished to enlarge	FRAMWELLGATE MOOR CP	Area: 458 acres. Population in 1931: 43.	1931 Census of England and Wales, Table B, 'Areas altered between 26th April, 1931 and 30th June, 1934, showing constitution as at the latter date, in terms of constitution as at the former date, together with particulars of acreage and population'.; M. of H. Order No. 86335. The County of Durham Review Order, 1937; 1.4.1935 M. of H. Order No. 81424. The County of Durham Review Order, 1935
01 Apr 1937	was abolished to enlarge	WEST RAINTON CP/Tn	Area: 6 acres. Population in 1931: 196.	1931 Census of England and Wales, Table B, 'Areas altered between 26th April, 1931 and 30th June, 1934, showing constitution as at the latter date, in terms of constitution as at the former date, together with particulars of acreage and population'.; M. of H. Order No. 86335. The County of Durham Review Order, 1937

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How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10022824

Date accessed: 08th April 2026