Hammersmith Parish (Vest/Ch/CP)

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.
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The following alternate names exist for this unit:

Name Status Language Start End Authority
HAMMERSMITH Preferred English     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 325.
HAMMERSMITH ST PAUL Alternate English     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 325.

The unit has had the following statuses:

Status Abbreviation Start End Authority
Vestry Vest 1889 1900 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.
Chapelry Ch     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.
Civil Parish CP 1631   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association Other unit involved Type of unit Authority
was succeeded by HAMMERSMITH EP Ecclesiastical Parish F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 325.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
MIDDLESEX Ancient County     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 325.
FULHAM RegD/PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. District 1845   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 325.
HAMMERSMITH PLPar Poor Law Union/Reg. District 1899 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 325.
KENSINGTON RegD Poor Law Union/Reg. District 1837 1845 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 325.
KENSINGTON RegD/PLU/PLPar Poor Law Union/Reg. District 1837 1845 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 325.
FULHAM Lon_SDist Sanitary District 1855 1899 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 325.
HAMMERSMITH LB Local Government District 1965   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 325.
HAMMERSMITH MetB Local Government District   1965 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 325.
HAMMERSMITH Lon_SDist Sanitary District     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area and Population in Rural Sanitary Districts'.
NORTH HAMMERSMITH 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'.
OSSULSTONE Hundred Ancient District     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 325.
SOUTH HAMMERSMITH 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'.
ST PAUL HAMMERSMITH Registration sub-District     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
ST PETER HAMMERSMITH Registration sub-District     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
FULHAM Vest/AP/CP Parish-level Unit   1631 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 325.

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date Type of change Other unit involved Area transferred Authority
  was enlarged by gaining part of FULHAM Vest/AP/CP Population in 1901: 83.   1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 14, 'Changes in the Boundaries of Civil Parishes, effected Local Government Acts of 1899 and 1894, and by Local Acts since 1891 - Inhabited Houses and Population 1901'.; London Government Act (1899)
  was enlarged by gaining part of FULHAM Vest/AP/CP Population in 1901: 389.   1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 14, 'Changes in the Boundaries of Civil Parishes, effected Local Government Acts of 1899 and 1894, and by Local Acts since 1891 - Inhabited Houses and Population 1901'.; London Government Act (1899)
  was reduced to enlarge FULHAM Vest/AP/CP Population in 1901: 519.   1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 14, 'Changes in the Boundaries of Civil Parishes, effected Local Government Acts of 1899 and 1894, and by Local Acts since 1891 - Inhabited Houses and Population 1901'.; London Government Act (1899)
  was reduced to enlarge KENSINGTON Vest/AP/CP Population in 1901: 947.   1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 14, 'Changes in the Boundaries of Civil Parishes, effected Local Government Acts of 1899 and 1894, and by Local Acts since 1891 - Inhabited Houses and Population 1901'.; London Government Act (1899)
  was reduced to enlarge KENSINGTON Vest/AP/CP Population in 1901: 93.   1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 14, 'Changes in the Boundaries of Civil Parishes, effected Local Government Acts of 1899 and 1894, and by Local Acts since 1891 - Inhabited Houses and Population 1901'.; London Government Act (1899)
  was enlarged by gaining part of KENSINGTON Vest/AP/CP Population in 1901: 1356.   1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 14, 'Changes in the Boundaries of Civil Parishes, effected Local Government Acts of 1899 and 1894, and by Local Acts since 1891 - Inhabited Houses and Population 1901'.; London Government Act (1899)
  was enlarged by gaining part of KENSINGTON Vest/AP/CP Population in 1901: 0.   1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 14, 'Changes in the Boundaries of Civil Parishes, effected Local Government Acts of 1899 and 1894, and by Local Acts since 1891 - Inhabited Houses and Population 1901'.; London Government Act (1899)

Boundary Map of Hammersmith Parish (Vest/Ch/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, Hammersmith Parish (Vest/Ch/CP) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10164618

Date accessed: 08th April 2026