Broad Hinton Parish (CP/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.
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

As a liberty, this unit was part of Wiltshire until 1844 as a result of its being owned by the Earls of Salisbury. For more details, see the VCH Berkshire entry for the parish of Hurst. Not to be confused with the Broad Hinton south west of Swindon.

The unit has had the following statuses:

Status Abbreviation Start End Authority
Civil Parish CP 1866 1894 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 was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
BERKSHIRE Ancient County 1832   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 19.
WILTSHIRE Ancient County     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 19.
WOKINGHAM RegD/PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. District     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 19.
AMESBURY Hundred Ancient District   1866 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 19.
CHARLTON Hundred Ancient District 1866   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 19.
WARGRAVE Registration sub-District     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
WOKINGHAM RSD Sanitary District     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 19.
HURST Ch/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 19.

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date Type of change Other unit involved Area transferred Authority
30 Sep 1894 was reduced to create TWYFORD CP Houses in 1901: 71.   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'.; LGBO 31527
31 Dec 1894 was reduced to create HURST ST NICHOLAS CP Houses in 1901: 91.   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'.; LGBO 32021 (Appointed day, 1894)

Boundary Map of Broad Hinton Parish (CP/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, Broad Hinton Parish (CP/ParLib) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10206420

Date accessed: 08th April 2026