St Katherine By the Tower Parish (CP/ExP)

Abolished: 1895

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.
Social Structure

Social Structure

Social class and socio-economic groups. Concentrations of professionals, and of unskilled labourers.
Housing

Housing

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

The following alternate names exist for this unit:

Name Status Language Start End Authority
ST KATHERINE BY THE TOWER Preferred English     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 341.
CATHERINE ST BY THE TOWER Alternate English     1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ST CATHERINE BY THE TOWER Alternate English     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ST KATHARINE BY THE TOWER 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
Civil Parish CP 1866 1895 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.
Extra-Parochial Area ExP   1866 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association Other unit involved Type of unit Authority
was succeeded by PRECINCT OF ST KATHERINE EExP Ecclesiastical Parish F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 341.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
MIDDLESEX Ancient County   1895 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 341.
WHITECHAPEL RegD/PLU/PLPar Poor Law Union/Reg. District   1895 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 341.
ALDGATE Registration sub-District     1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
GOODMANS FIELDS Registration sub-District     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
OSSULSTONE Hundred Ancient District     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 341.
WHITECHAPEL Lon_SDist Sanitary District     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 341.
ST BOTOLPH WITHOUT ALDGATE ParPart/CP Parish-level Unit   1866 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 339.

Boundary Map of St Katherine By the Tower Parish (CP/ExP)

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 Katherine By the Tower Parish (CP/ExP) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10129680

Date accessed: 08th April 2026