Upper Kinsham Parish (CP/AP) through time

Upper Kinsham Parish (CP/AP)

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.

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	Start	End	Authority
UPPER KINSHAM	Preferred	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 130.
KINSHAM LOWER AND UPPER	Alternate	English			1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.

Formal status

The unit has had the following statuses:

Status	Abbreviation	Start	End	Authority
Civil Parish	CP		1886	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991) Permission granted to project.
Ancient Parish	AP		1886	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991) Permission granted to project.

Higher level units

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
HEREFORDSHIRE	Ancient County			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 130.
KINGTON RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1836	1886	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 130.
PRESTEIGNE RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		01 Apr 1870	1861 Census of England and Wales, Table 1, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1851 and 1861, in Districts, Sub-districts, Parishes and Places'.
PRESTEIGNE PLU/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		01 Jul 1877	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 130.
KINGTON RSD	Sanitary District		1886	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 130.
KINSHAM	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'.
PRESTEIGNE	Registration sub-District			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'.
WIGMORE Hundred	Ancient District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 130.

Boundaries and changes

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How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Upper Kinsham Parish (CP/AP) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10142118

Date accessed: 08th April 2026