Tunstall Parish (CP/Tn)

Abolished: 1967

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 unit has had the following statuses:

Status Abbreviation Start End Authority
Civil Parish CP 1866 1967 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991) Permission granted to project.
Township Tn   1967 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991) 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 TUNSTALL EP Ecclesiastical Parish F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 117.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
COUNTY DURHAM Ancient County   1967 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 117.
SUNDERLAND RegD/PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. District 1866 1967 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 117.
EASINGTON Wd Ancient District   1967 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 117.
RYHOPE 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'.
SOUTH BISHOPWEARMOUTH 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'.
SUNDERLAND RD Local Government District 1866 1967 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 117.
SUNDERLAND RSD Sanitary District 1866 1967 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 117.
BISHOPWEARMOUTH CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 117.

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date Type of change Other unit involved Area transferred Authority
01 Apr 1928 was reduced to enlarge SUNDERLAND AP/PA/CP Area: 168 acres.   1931 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Intercensal Changes in Boundaries, 1921-31'.; The Sunderland Corporation Act, 1927
01 Apr 1946 was enlarged by gaining part of SILKSWORTH CP/Tn Area: 1 acres.   1951 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Intercensal changes of Boundary (between 30th June, 1934, and 8th April, 1951)', for 'Administrative Areas (excluding Wards)'.; M. of H. Order No. 104864. County of Durham (Sunderland Rural Parishes) Confirmation Order, 1946
01 Apr 1946 was reduced to enlarge SILKSWORTH CP/Tn Area: 1 acres.   1951 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Intercensal changes of Boundary (between 30th June, 1934, and 8th April, 1951)', for 'Administrative Areas (excluding Wards)'.; M. of H. Order No. 104864. County of Durham (Sunderland Rural Parishes) Confirmation Order, 1946; 1.4.1951 Sunderland Extension Act, 1950

Boundary Map of Tunstall Parish (CP/Tn)

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, Tunstall Parish (CP/Tn) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10190137

Date accessed: 08th April 2026