Pennycross Parish (CP/Ch) through time

Pennycross Parish (CP/Ch)

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	1898	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.
Chapelry	Ch			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) 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	PENNYCROSS EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 92.

Higher level units

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Authority
DEVON	Ancient County	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 92.
PLYMPTON ST MARY RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 92.
PLYMPTON	Registration sub-District	1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
PLYMPTON ST MARY RSD	Sanitary District	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 92.
PLYMPTON ST MARY RD	Local Government District	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 92.
ROBOROUGH Hundred	Ancient District	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 92.
PLYMOUTH ST ANDREW CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 92.

Boundaries and changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
09 Nov 1896	was reduced to enlarge	PLYMOUTH ST ANDREW CP/AP	Houses in 1901: 225.	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'.; LGBO P1257
09 Nov 1898	was reduced to enlarge	ST BUDEAUX Ch/CP	Houses in 1901: 43.	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'.; LGBO P1462
	was reduced to enlarge	DEVONPORT AP/CP	Houses in 1901: 305.	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'.; LGBO P1462

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How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10023701

Date accessed: 08th April 2026