Handforth Parish (Hmlt/CP/Tn)

Abolished: 1936

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

Notes

Although Youngs describes Handforth cum Bosden as a single township up to 1877, the 1871 census was already listing Handforth and Bosden as two separate 'Hamlets'.

The following alternate names exist for this unit:

Name Status Language Start End Authority
HANDFORTH CUM BOSDEN Official English   1877 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 20.
HANDFORTH Preferred English 1877   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 20.
HANDFORD PART OF HANDFORD CUM BOSDEN TOWNSHIP Alternate English     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
HANDFORTH Alternate English     1871 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1861 and 1871, in the Parishes and Places comprised in each Superintendent Registrar's District'.

The unit has had the following statuses:

Status Abbreviation Start End Authority
Hamlet Hmlt     1871 Census of England and Wales, Population tables 2, Table 4 , 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1861 and 1871, in the Parishes and Places comprised in each Superintendent Registrar's District'
Civil Parish CP 1866 1936 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991) Permission granted to project.
Township Tn     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991) Permission granted to project.

This unit contained the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
BOSDEN Hmlt/CP Parish-level Unit 01 Jan 0001 1877 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 10.

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association Other unit involved Type of unit Authority
was succeeded by HANDFORTH EP Ecclesiastical Parish F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 20.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
CHESHIRE Ancient County   1936 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 20.
STOCKPORT RegD/PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. District   1936 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 20.
CHEADLE 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'.
HANDFORTH UD Local Government District 1904 1936 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 20.
MACCLESFIELD Hundred Ancient District   1936 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 20.
STOCKPORT RSD Sanitary District   1936 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 20.
STOCKPORT RD Local Government District 1894 1904 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 20.
CHEADLE CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1866 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 20.

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date Type of change Other unit involved Area transferred Authority
01 Apr 1936 was abolished to enlarge WILMSLOW CP Area: 1080 acres. Population in 1931: 938.   1931 Census of England and Wales, Table B, 'Areas altered between 26th April, 1931 and 30th June, 1934, showing constitution as at the latter date, in terms of constitution as at the former date, together with particulars of acreage and population'.; M. of H. Order No. 84735. The County of Chester Review Order, 1936

Boundary Map of Handforth Parish (Hmlt/CP/Tn)

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, Handforth Parish (Hmlt/CP/Tn) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10114093

Date accessed: 08th April 2026