Pitstone Parish (CP/AP) through time

Pitstone 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.

How we use the land; crops and farm animals.

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	Authority
PITSTONE	Preferred	English	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 39.
PIGHTLESTHORNE	Alternate	English	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 39.
PIGLESTHORNE	Alternate	English	1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
PITSTONE OTHERWISE PIGHTLESTHORNE	Alternate	English	1931 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Intercensal Changes in Boundaries, 1921-31'.

Formal status

The unit has had the following statuses:

Status	Abbreviation	Start	End	Authority
Civil Parish	CP			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.
Ancient Parish	AP			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
NETTLEDEN Hmlt/CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 240.

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	PITSTONE EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 39.

Higher level units

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE	Ancient County			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 39.
BERKHAMPSTEAD RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1835	1923	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 39.
LEIGHTON BUZZARD RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1923	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 39.
BERKHAMPSTEAD RSD	Sanitary District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 39.
COTTESLOE Hundred	Ancient District	By mid-17th century		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 39.
TRING	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'.
WING RD	Local Government District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 39.
YARDLEY Hundred	Ancient District		By mid-17th century	W. Page (ed.), A History of the County of Buckingham: Volume 3 (London: Victoria County History, 1925), p. 326-7.

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 reduced to enlarge	IVINGHOE CP/AP		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 16586
24 Mar 1884	was reduced to enlarge	SLAPTON CP/AP		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 16586

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How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10157742

Date accessed: 08th April 2026