Shap Parish (CP)

Created: 1905  

Statistics

Population

Population

Densities and rates of growth. Age structure: concentrations of young people, and of the old.
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
SHAP URBAN Official English   1935 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 465.
SHAP Preferred English 1935   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 465.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
WESTMORLAND Ancient County 1905   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 465.
WEST WARD RegD/PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. District 1905   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 465.
MORLAND Registration sub-District 1905   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'.
NORTH WESTMORLAND RD Local Government District 1935 1974 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 465.
SHAP UD Local Government District 1905 1935 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 465.

Boundary Map of Shap Parish (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, Shap Parish (CP) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10200519

Date accessed: 08th April 2026