Nether Graveship Parish (CP/Tn) through time

Nether Graveship 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	1908	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991) Permission granted to project.
Township	Tn		1866	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	End	Authority
WESTMORLAND	Ancient County	1908	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 462.
KENDAL RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1908	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 462.
KENDAL MB	Local Government District	1908	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 462.
KENDAL USD	Sanitary District	1908	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 462.
KENDAL Wd	Ancient District	1908	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 462.
KENDAL	Registration sub-District		1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 12, 'Registration County, Districts, and Sub-Districts, with their Constituent Civil Parishes - Area; Houses and Population 1891 and 1901, and Separate Occupiers 1901'.
KENDAL Tn/AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 462.

Boundaries and changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
11 Dec 1880	was reduced to enlarge	HELSINGTON Ch/Tn/CP		1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 14, 'Changes in the Areas of Civil Parishes effected by Local Government Board Orders under the Provisions of the Divided Parishes Acts of 1876 and 1879, or by the Act of 1882'.; LGBO 11568
11 Dec 1880	was reduced to enlarge	KENDAL Tn/AP/CP	(4 parts) Houses in 1891: 81.	1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 14, 'Changes in the Areas of Civil Parishes effected by Local Government Board Orders under the Provisions of the Divided Parishes Acts of 1876 and 1879, or by the Act of 1882'.; LGBO 11567
01 Apr 1908	was abolished to enlarge	KENDAL Tn/AP/CP	Population in 1911: 1157.	1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 13, 'Changes in the boundaries of civil parishes during the intercensal period 1901-11; effected under the provisions of the Local Government Acts of 1888 and 1894, and by Local Acts'.; The Kendal Corporation Act, 1907

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How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10059604

Date accessed: 09th April 2026