St Leonards Parish

Created: 1845   Abolished: 1895

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.
Social Structure

Social Structure

Social class and socio-economic groups. Concentrations of professionals, and of unskilled labourers.
Learning & Language

Learning & Language

How many people were at school. The distribution of graduates, and of the unqualified.
Work & Poverty

Work & Poverty

Unemployment rates and poor relief. What proportions of men and of women did paid work?
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
ST LEONARDS Preferred English     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ST LEONARD Alternate English     1871 Census of Scotland, Table 1, 'Scotland in Civil Counties and Parishes, showing the Acreage, the number of Families, of Houses Inhabited, Uninhabited, and Building; the number of the total Population and of Persons of each Sex; the number of Children from 5 to 13 years of age in the receipt of Education; the number of Rooms with Windows; the number of Persons temporarily absent or present in each Parish or subdivision thereof on the 3d April 1871. For comparison's sake, there is added the number of Families, Persons of each Sex, Houses, and Rooms, with Windows in 1861'.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
FIFE Scottish County 1845 1895 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ST ANDREWS Burgh Scottish Burgh/District   1975 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date Type of change Other unit involved Area transferred Authority
1891 was enlarged by gaining part of ST ANDREWS So much of the parish of St. Andrews as is included between the sea and a line starting from the point at low-water mark on East Sands opposite the end of the road running to the south of the St. Andrews Saw Mill, and running in a westerly direction to and along the centre of the said road to its junction with the St. Andrews and Crail road, thence in a north-westerly direction along the centre of the last-mentioned road, of the road adjoining Abbey Wall, and of Abbey Street to the junction of Abbey Street and South Street, thence in an easterly direction along the centre of the street on the west of the Cathedral to its junction with North Street to the junction therewith of Butt's Wynd, thence in a northerly direction along the centre of Butt's Wynd to its junction with the road known as The Scores, thence in a westerly direction along the centre of the last-mentioned road to a point opposite to the western boundary of the said property to low-water mark.   H. Shennan, Boundaries of Counties and Parishes in Scotland (Edinburgh: Wm. Green & Sons, 1892), p. 85.
1891 was reduced to enlarge ST ANDREWS The aforesaid part of the parish of St. Leonards situated at or near Kenly, and the aforesaid part of the said parish marked on the Ordnance Survey maps St. Leonards detached No. 3, and so much of the aforesaid part of the said parish marked on the Ordnance Survey maps St. Leonards detached No. 2 as lies to the west of the centre of Abbey Street.   H. Shennan, Boundaries of Counties and Parishes in Scotland (Edinburgh: Wm. Green & Sons, 1892), p. 85.
1895 was abolished to create ST ANDREWS AND ST LEONARDS   Great Britain Historical GIS Project
Maps Census reports

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, St Leonards Parish through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10162713

Date accessed: 08th April 2026