Oakthorpe and Donisthorpe Parish (CP/Tn)

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

The following alternate names exist for this unit:

Name Status Language Start End Authority
OAKTHORPE AND DONISTHORPE Preferred English     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 81.
DONISTHORPE AND OAKTHORPE 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   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 was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association Other unit involved Type of unit Authority
was succeeded by OAKTHORPE AND DONISTHORPE EP Ecclesiastical Parish F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 81.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
DERBYSHIRE Ancient County     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 81.
ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH RegD/PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. District 1866   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 81.
ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH RD Local Government District 1894   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 81.
ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH RSD Sanitary District 1866   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 81.
HARTSHORN 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'.
REPTON AND GRESLEY Hundred Ancient District     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 81.
WEST GOSCOTE Hundred Ancient District     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 234.
ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH CP/AP Parish-level Unit 01 Jan 0001   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 234.
CHURCH GRESLEY CP/AP Parish-level Unit 01 Jan 0001   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 234.
MEASHAM AP/CP Parish-level Unit 01 Jan 0001   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 234.
SEAL CP/AP Parish-level Unit 01 Jan 0001   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 234.
STRETTON EN LE FIELD CP/AP Parish-level Unit 01 Jan 0001   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 234.

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date Type of change Other unit involved Area transferred Authority
24 Mar 1884 was enlarged by gaining part of MEASHAM AP/CP Houses in 1891: 31.   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 15272
24 Mar 1884 was enlarged by gaining part of OVER SEAL AND NETHER SEAL CP/Tn Houses in 1891: 85.   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 15271
24 Mar 1884 was enlarged by gaining part of STRETTON EN LE FIELD CP/AP Houses in 1891: 76.   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 15273
01 Apr 1936 was enlarged by the abolition of WILLESLEY CP/AP Area: 12 acres. Population in 1931: 0.   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. 84292. The County of Leicester Review Order, 1936

Boundary Map of Oakthorpe and Donisthorpe Parish (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, Oakthorpe and Donisthorpe Parish (CP/Tn) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10131480

Date accessed: 08th April 2026