Highley St Mary Parish (ExP/CP) through time

Highley St Mary Parish (ExP/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
HIGHLEY ST MARY	Preferred	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 86.
HIGHTLEIGH	Alternate	English			1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.

Formal status

The unit has had the following statuses:

Status	Abbreviation	Start	End	Authority
Extra-Parochial Area	ExP			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.
Civil Parish	CP	1858	1894	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	HIGHLEY ST MARY EExP	Ecclesiastical Parish	1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Ecclesiastical provinces and dioceses.-Number of parishes or districts and or extra parochial places; families or separate occupiers; and population, 1911'.

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. 86.
TIVERTON PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 86.
TIVERTON RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 86.
TIVERTON RSD	Sanitary District	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 86.
WASHFIELD	Registration sub-District	1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
WITHERIDGE Hundred	Ancient District	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 86.

Boundaries and changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
31 Dec 1894	was abolished to enlarge	OAKFORD AP/CP	Houses in 1901: 4.	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 31983 (Appointed day, 1894)

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How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Highley St Mary Parish (ExP/CP) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10072797

Date accessed: 08th April 2026