Oakham Parish (PA/CP)

Created: 1866  

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
OAKHAM LORDSHIP Official English   1894 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 376.
OAKHAM Preferred English 1894   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 375.
OAKHAM LORDSHOLD 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
Parochial Area PA     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991) Permission granted to project.
Civil Parish CP 1866   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991) Permission granted to project.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
RUTLAND Ancient County     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 375.
OAKHAM RegD/PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. District     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 375.
OAKHAM RSD Sanitary District     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 375.
OAKHAM UD Local Government District 1911 1974 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 375.
OAKHAM 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'.
OAKHAM RD Local Government District 1894 1911 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 375.
OAKHAM Hundred/Soke Ancient District     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 375.
OAKHAM CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1866 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 375.

Boundary Map of Oakham Parish (PA/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, Oakham Parish (PA/CP) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10148194

Date accessed: 08th April 2026