Westbury and Whorwellsdown Rural Sanitary District (RSD)

Abolished: 1894

Statistics

Population

Population

Densities and rates of growth. Age structure: concentrations of young people, and of the old.
Place marker map of Great Britain and Ireland

The following alternate names exist for this unit:

Name Status Language Start End Authority
WESTBURY AND WHORWELLSDOWN Preferred English     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 705.
WESTBURY AND WHORWELSDOWN Alternate English     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area and Population in Rural Sanitary Districts'.

This unit contained the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
BULKINGTON CP/Tg Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 533.
EAST COULSTON AP/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 536.
EDINGTON AP/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 538.
GREAT HINTON CP/Tg Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 540.
KEEVIL CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 541.
NORTH BRADLEY AP/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 532.
SOUTHWICK Tg/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 549.
STEEPLE ASHTON CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 530.
WEST ASHTON CP/Tg Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 530.
WESTBURY CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 551.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
SOUTH WESTERN Poor Law/Registration Division     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Ages of Males and Females in Sanitary Districts'.
WILTSHIRE Poor Law/Registration County   1894 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 705.
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How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Westbury and Whorwellsdown Rural Sanitary District (RSD) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10097538

Date accessed: 08th April 2026