Wycombe Parish (CP/ExP)

Abolished: 1896

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
WYCOMBE Preferred English     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 43.
WYCOMBE OLD BOROUGH Alternate English     1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.

The unit has had the following statuses:

Status Abbreviation Start End Authority
Civil Parish CP 1866 1896 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.
Extra-Parochial Area ExP   1866 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE Ancient County   1896 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 43.
WYCOMBE RegD/PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. District   1896 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 43.
CHEPPING WYCOMBE Borough Ancient District   1896 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 43.
CHEPPING WYCOMBE USD Sanitary District   1896 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 43.
HIGH WYCOMBE Registration sub-District     1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
HIGH WYCOMBE MB Local Government District   1896 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 43.
WYCOMBE Registration sub-District     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
CHEPPING WYCOMBE AP/CP Parish-level Unit   1866 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 43.

Boundary Map of Wycombe Parish (CP/ExP)

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, Wycombe Parish (CP/ExP) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10177479

Date accessed: 08th April 2026