Mainsforth Parish (Tn/CP)

Statistics

Population

Population

Densities and rates of growth. Age structure: concentrations of young people, and of the old.
Industry

Industry

How people made their living: identifying farming communities, pit villages, mill towns and so on.
Housing

Housing

Numbers of houses. Overcrowding: persons per room. Amenities: central heating, baths and WCs.
Place marker map of Great Britain and Ireland

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.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
COUNTY DURHAM Ancient County     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 108.
SEDGEFIELD RegD/PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. District 1866   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 108.
STOCKTON RegD Poor Law Union/Reg. District   01 Jan 1896 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'.
CORNFORTH 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'.
DURHAM Wd Ancient District 1829   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 108.
SEDGEFIELD Registration sub-District     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
SEDGEFIELD RSD Sanitary District 1866   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 108.
SEDGEFIELD RD Local Government District 1866   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 108.
STOCKTON Wd Ancient District   1829 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 108.
BISHOP MIDDLEHAM AP/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 108.

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date Type of change Other unit involved Area transferred Authority
01 Apr 1946 was reduced to enlarge FERRYHILL CP/Tn Area: 4 acres.   1951 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Intercensal changes of Boundary (between 30th June, 1934, and 8th April, 1951)', for 'Administrative Areas (excluding Wards)'.; M. of H. Order No. 104793. County of Durham (Sedgefield Rural Parishes) Confirmation Order, 1946

Boundary Map of Mainsforth Parish (Tn/CP)

If the boundaries of the Parish-level Unit changed over time, this map will show all the different boundaries.

Maps Census reports

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10034747

Date accessed: 08th April 2026