Y Barri Municipal Borough (UD/MB) through time

Y Barri Municipal Borough (UD/MB)

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.

How many people were at school. The distribution of graduates, and of the unqualified.

Numbers of babies born. Deaths, especially infant deaths. Causes of death by age and gender.

Unemployment rates and poor relief. What proportions of men and of women did paid work?

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	Authority
BARRY	Preferred	Welsh	M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 9.
Y BARRI	Preferred	English	M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 9.
ABERBARRY	Alternate	Welsh	M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 9.
W541394	CASWEB identifiers for 1971 Local Govt Districts	English

Formal status

The unit has had the following statuses:

Status	Abbreviation	Start	End	Authority
Urban District	UD		09 Nov 1939	1911 Census of England and Wales, Population tables 2, 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'
Municipal Borough	MB	09 Nov 1939		M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969) Permission granted to project.

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Authority
BARRY CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 9.
BARUC LG_Ward	Parish-level Unit	1961 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Acreage, Population, Private Households and Dwellings', for 'LAA, Wards, CP in RD, Con, NT'.
BUTTRILLS LG_Ward	Parish-level Unit	1961 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Acreage, Population, Private Households and Dwellings', for 'LAA, Wards, CP in RD, Con, NT'.
CADOC LG_Ward	Parish-level Unit	1961 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Acreage, Population, Private Households and Dwellings', for 'LAA, Wards, CP in RD, Con, NT'.
CASTLELAND LG_Ward	Parish-level Unit	1961 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Acreage, Population, Private Households and Dwellings', for 'LAA, Wards, CP in RD, Con, NT'.
COURT LG_Ward	Parish-level Unit	1961 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Acreage, Population, Private Households and Dwellings', for 'LAA, Wards, CP in RD, Con, NT'.
DYFAN LG_Ward	Parish-level Unit	1961 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Acreage, Population, Private Households and Dwellings', for 'LAA, Wards, CP in RD, Con, NT'.
ILLTYD LG_Ward	Parish-level Unit	1961 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Acreage, Population, Private Households and Dwellings', for 'LAA, Wards, CP in RD, Con, NT'.

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	BARRY	Built-up Area	Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Built Up Areas (December 2024) Boundaries EW)

Higher level units

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
GLAMORGAN	Administrative County	1835	1974	M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 9.

Boundaries and changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
01 Apr 1934	was enlarged by gaining part of	CARDIFF RD	parts of the CPs of Penmark and Porthkerry Area: 190 acres. Population in 1931: 34.	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. 77732. The Glamorgan Review Order, 1934

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How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Y Barri Municipal Borough (UD/MB) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10114792

Date accessed: 08th April 2026