Glasshouse Yard Parish (CP/ExP/ParLib)

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
GLASSHOUSE YARD Preferred English     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 323.
GLASS HOUSE YARD Alternate English     1821 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.

The unit has had the following statuses:

Status Abbreviation Start End Authority
Civil Parish CP 1866 1915 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.
Parish Liberty ParLib     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.

This unit contained the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
ST BOTOLPH ALDERSGATE CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 299.

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association Other unit involved Type of unit Authority
was succeeded by GLASSHOUSE YARD EP Ecclesiastical Parish F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 323.

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. 323.
CITY OF LONDON RegD/PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. District 1869 1889 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 323.
EAST LONDON RegD/PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. District 1866 1869 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 323.
HOLBORN RegD/PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. District 1901 1915 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 644.
CRIPPLEGATE 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'.
FINSBURY MetB Local Government District 1889 1915 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 323.
OSSULSTONE Hundred Ancient District     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 323.
ST BOTOLPH Registration sub-District     1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 12, 'Registration County, Districts, and Sub-Districts, with their Constituent Civil Parishes - Area; Houses and Population 1891 and 1901, and Separate Occupiers 1901'.
ST LUKE 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'.

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date Type of change Other unit involved Area transferred Authority
01 Apr 1915 was abolished to create FINSBURY CP Area: 6 acres. Population in 1921: 318.   1921 Census of England and Wales, Table 6, 'Intercensal Changes in Boundaries, 1911-21'.; The County of London (Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury) Confirmation Order, 1915 (No. 63338)
  was enlarged by gaining part of ST BOTOLPH ALDERSGATE CP/AP Population in 1901: 741.   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 Glasshouse Yard Parish (CP/ExP/ParLib)

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, Glasshouse Yard Parish (CP/ExP/ParLib) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10184861

Date accessed: 08th April 2026