Stony Stratford West Parish (CP) through time

Stony Stratford West Parish (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.

Social class and socio-economic groups. Concentrations of professionals, and of unskilled labourers.

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	Authority
STONY STRATFORD WEST	Preferred	English		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 41.
STONY STRATFORD WEST SIDE	Alternate	English	late eighteenth century	1861 Census of England and Wales, Table 1, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1851 and 1861, in Districts, Sub-districts, Parishes and Places'.
STRATFORD STONY WEST SIDE	Alternate	English		1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.

Higher level units

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE	Ancient County			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 41.
POTTERSPURY RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 41.
NEWPORT Hundred	Ancient District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 41.
POTTERSPURY	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'.
POTTERSPURY RSD	Sanitary District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 41.
STRATFORD AND WOLVERTON RD	Local Government District	1894	1919	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 41.
STRATFORD AND WOLVERTON UD	Local Government District	1919	1920	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 41.
WOLVERTON UD	Local Government District	1920	1927	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 41.

Boundaries and changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
25 Mar 1883	was enlarged by gaining part of	CALVERTON CP/AP	(2 parts) Stratford Bridge Meadows and Mill Meadows	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 14671
01 Apr 1927	was abolished to enlarge	WOLVERTON CP/AP	Area: 84 acres.	1931 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Intercensal Changes in Boundaries, 1921-31'.; M. of H. Order No. 71580-The Wolverton (Union of Parishes) Confirmation Order, 1927

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How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Stony Stratford West Parish (CP) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10093570

Date accessed: 08th April 2026