Little Eppleton Parish (Tn/CP) through time

Little Eppleton 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
LITTLE EPPLETON	Preferred	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 100.
EPPLETON LITTLE	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		1937	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991) Permission granted to project.

Other related units

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association	Other unit involved	Type of unit	Authority
was succeeded by	LITTLE EPPLETON EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 100.

Higher level units

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	End	Authority
COUNTY DURHAM	Ancient County		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 100.
HOUGHTON LE SPRING RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1937	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 100.
EASINGTON Wd	Ancient District		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 100.
HETTON LE HOLE	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'.
HOUGHTON LE SPRING RSD	Sanitary District	1937	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 100.
HOUGHTON LE SPRING RD	Local Government District	1937	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 100.
HETTON LE HOLE CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 100.

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 create	HETTON CP	Area: 337 acres. Population in 1931: 35.	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, Little Eppleton Parish (Tn/CP) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10023130

Date accessed: 08th April 2026