Great Sutton Parish (CP/Tn) through time

Great Sutton Parish (CP/Tn)

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.

Formal status

The unit has had the following statuses:

Status	Abbreviation	Start	End	Authority
Civil Parish	CP	1866	1950	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.

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	GREAT SUTTON EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 36.

Higher level units

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
CHESHIRE	Ancient County			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 36.
WIRRAL RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1866	1950	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 36.
EASTHAM	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'.
ELLESMERE PORT UD/MB	Local Government District	1933	1950	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 36.
WIRRAL RSD	Sanitary District	1866	1950	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 36.
WIRRAL RD	Local Government District	1894	1933	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 36.
WIRRAL Hundred	Ancient District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 36.
EASTHAM CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 36.

Boundaries and changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
24 Mar 1889	was reduced to enlarge	OVERPOOL CP/Tn		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 23294
01 Apr 1950	was abolished to enlarge	ELLESMERE PORT CP	Area: 1151 acres.	1951 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Intercensal changes of Boundary (between 30th June, 1934, and 8th April, 1951)', for 'Administrative Areas (excluding Wards)'.; M. of H. Order No. 109856. The County of Chester (Parish of Ellesmere Port) Confirmation Order, 1949

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How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Great Sutton Parish (CP/Tn) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10117100

Date accessed: 08th April 2026