Harpton and Wolfpits Parish (CP/Tn)

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

Notes

Although Richards' identifies this unit as an ancient parish, the Census Reports and Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Wales all indicate it was a township with Old Radnor, New Radnor and Llanfihangel Nant Melan APs. The status value has been altered accordingly.

The following alternate names exist for this unit:

Name Status Language Start End Authority
TRERDELYN AND PWLL Y BLAIDD Preferred Welsh     M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 88.
HARPTON AND WOLFPITS Preferred English     M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 88.
HARPTON Alternate English     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
HARPTON UPPER Alternate English     1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
UPPER HARPTON Alternate English     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.

The unit has had the following statuses:

Status Abbreviation Start End Authority
Civil Parish CP     M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969) Permission granted to project.
Township Tn     1831 Census of Great Britain, Abstract of answers, Table [1] , 'Population Abstract'

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
RADNORSHIRE Ancient County     M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 88.
KINGTON RegD/PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. 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'.
PRESTEIGNE RegD Poor Law Union/Reg. District   01 Apr 1870 1861 Census of England and Wales, Table 1, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1851 and 1861, in Districts, Sub-districts, Parishes and Places'.
LLYTHYFNWG Cmt Ancient District     M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 88.
NEW RADNOR RD Local Government District     M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 88.
RADNOR 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'.
LLANFIHANGEL NANT MELAN CP/Tn/AP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
NEW RADNOR CP/AP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
OLD RADNOR CP/AP Parish-level Unit     1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.

Boundary Map of Harpton and Wolfpits 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, Harpton and Wolfpits Parish (CP/Tn) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10200854

Date accessed: 08th April 2026