Kidderminster Ancient City (AD_Town/Borough) through time

Kidderminster Ancient City (AD_Town/Borough)

Densities and rates of growth. Age structure: concentrations of young people, and of the old.

How people made their living: identifying farming communities, pit villages, mill towns and so on.

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

Numbers of houses. Overcrowding: persons per room. Amenities: central heating, baths and WCs.

Formal status

The unit has had the following statuses:

Status	Abbreviation	Start	End	Authority
Town	AD_Town			1831 Census of Great Britain, Abstract of answers, Table [1] , 'Population Abstract'
Borough	Borough			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991) Permission granted to project.

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	End	Authority
KIDDERMINSTER AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1866	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 482.
KIDDERMINSTER BOROUGH CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 482.
KIDDERMINSTER FOREIGN Tn/CP	Parish-level Unit		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 482.

Other related units

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association	Other unit involved	Type of unit	Authority
was succeeded by	KIDDERMINSTER MB	Local Government District	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 760.

Higher level units

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
WORCESTERSHIRE	Ancient County			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 760.

Maps Census reports

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Kidderminster Ancient City (AD_Town/Borough) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10208981

Date accessed: 09th April 2026