St Marys Parish (IslParPart/CP)

Statistics

Population

Population

Densities and rates of growth. Age structure: concentrations of young people, and of the old.
Housing

Housing

Numbers of houses. Overcrowding: persons per room. Amenities: central heating, baths and WCs.
Place marker map of Great Britain and Ireland

Notes

From 1891 onwards the islands of Scilly were listed as separate civil parishes whereas previously the individual island data was listed within St Mary's Ancient Parish which covered the whole of the Scilly Islands.

The following alternate names exist for this unit:

Name Status Language Start End Authority
ST MARYS Preferred English     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 69.
ST MARY Alternate English     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.

The unit has had the following statuses:

Status Abbreviation Start End Authority
Island IslParPart     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   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
CORNWALL Ancient County     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 69.
ISLES OF SCILLY RegD/PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. District     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 69.
ISLES OF SCILLY RSD Sanitary District     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 69.
ISLES OF SCILLY RD Local Government District     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 69.
ISLES OF SCILLY 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'.
ST MARY CP/AP Parish-level Unit   by 1891 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'.

Boundary Map of St Marys Parish (IslParPart/CP)

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, St Marys Parish (IslParPart/CP) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10122284

Date accessed: 09th April 2026