Llanbister Parish (CP/AP) through time

Llanbister 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.

Formal status

The unit has had the following statuses:

Status	Abbreviation	Start	End	Authority
Civil Parish	CP			M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969) Permission granted to project.
Ancient Parish	AP			M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969) Permission granted to project.

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	End	Authority
ABATY CWM HIR CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	formerly in	M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 1.
BRONLLYS Tn	Parish-level Unit		M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 20.
CAERFAELOG Ch	Parish-level Unit		M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 25.
CAROGAU Tn	Parish-level Unit		M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 35.
CWM GEIST Tn	Parish-level Unit		M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 52.
CWMLLECHWEDD Tn	Parish-level Unit		M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 53.
GOLON Tn	Parish-level Unit		1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
LLANFAIR TRELWYDION Ch	Parish-level Unit		M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 118.

Higher level units

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Authority
RADNORSHIRE	Ancient County	M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 104.
KNIGHTON RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. 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'.
CEFNLLYS Hundred	Ancient District	M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 104.
KNIGHTON RD	Local Government District	M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 104.
KNIGHTON RSD	Sanitary District	1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area and Population in Rural Sanitary Districts'.
KNIGHTON Hundred	Ancient District	1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
LLANBISTER	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'.

Boundaries and changes

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Maps Census reports

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10150036

Date accessed: 08th April 2026