Whittlesey St Mary and St Andrew Parish (CP)

Created: by 1801   Abolished: 1894

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.
Social Structure

Social Structure

Social class and socio-economic groups. Concentrations of professionals, and of unskilled labourers.
Housing

Housing

Numbers of houses. Overcrowding: persons per room. Amenities: central heating, baths and WCs.
Place marker map of Great Britain and Ireland

Notes

Youngs' indicates this unit was created from the union of two earlier ancient parishes in 1850. However, the 1801 Census lists just a single entry for Whittlesey as a town in the Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, (Enumeration Abstract I, p26) whilst in the 1831 Census (Enumeration Abstract I, p42) both names are given as "united parishes" under a single entry. The VCH for Cambridgeshire (vol. 4, pp.123-135) says there was "an Act of 1850, which confirmed the union of the two parishes for civil purposes" indicating the Act recognised an existing union. The same VCH pages also quotes the Lyson brothers writing in 1808 "that the boundaries of the two parishes could not then be ascertained". Therefore the unit creation date has been altered to reflect this.

The following alternate names exist for this unit:

Name Status Language Start End Authority
WHITTLESEY ST MARY AND ST ANDREW Preferred English     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 54.
ST MARY AND ST ANDREW WHITTLESEY Alternate English     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
WHITTLESEY Alternate English     1821 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
WHITTLESEY Alternate English     1821 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
WHITTLESEY ST MARY AND WHITTLESEY ST ANDREW Alternate English     1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
CAMBRIDGESHIRE Ancient County     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 54.
WHITTLESEY RegD/PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. District     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 54.
NORTH WITCHFORD Hundred Ancient District     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 54.
WHITTLESEY RSD Sanitary District     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 54.
WHITTLESEY USD Sanitary District     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 54.
WHITTLESEY Registration sub-District     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.

Boundary Map of Whittlesey St Mary and St Andrew 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, Whittlesey St Mary and St Andrew Parish (CP) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10203454

Date accessed: 08th April 2026