Outwell Parish (CP/AP) through time

Outwell 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		1889	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
BEAUPRE HALL	Manor			The National Archives, Manorial Documents Register
OUTWELL WITH UPWELL	Manor			The National Archives, Manorial Documents Register

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	OUTWELL EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 52.

Higher level units

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	End	Authority
CAMBRIDGESHIRE	Ancient County		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 52.
NORFOLK	Ancient County		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 52.
WISBECH RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1889	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 52.
CLACKCLOSE Hundred	Ancient District		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 52.
UPWELL	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'.
WISBECH RSD	Sanitary District	1889	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 52.
WISBECH Hundred	Ancient District		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 52.

Boundaries and changes

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How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10178812

Date accessed: 08th April 2026