Ravenstone Parish (AP/CP) through time

Ravenstone Parish (AP/CP)

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.

Formal status

The unit has had the following statuses:

Status	Abbreviation	Start	End	Authority
Ancient Parish	AP		1884	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991) Permission granted to project.
Civil Parish	CP		1884	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	RAVENSTONE EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 83.

Higher level units

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	End	Authority
DERBYSHIRE	Ancient County	1884	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 83.
ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1884	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 83.
ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH RSD	Sanitary District	1884	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 83.
REPTON AND GRESLEY Hundred	Ancient District	1884	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 83.
WEST GOSCOTE Hundred	Ancient District	1884	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 234.
WHITWICK	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'.

Boundaries and changes

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	PACKINGTON CP/AP/Tn	Hamlet of Snibstone Houses in 1891: 154.	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 15277

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How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10145120

Date accessed: 08th April 2026