Gillingham Parish (CP) through time

Gillingham Parish (CP)

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.

Alternative names

The following alternate names exist for this unit:

Name	Status	Language	Authority
GILLINGHAM	Preferred	English	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 364.
GILLINGHAM ALL SAINTS AND GILLINGHAM ST MARY	Alternate	English	1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
GILLINGHAM ALL SAINTS AND ST MARY	Alternate	English	1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
GILLINGHAM ALL SAINTS GILLINGHAM ST MARY	Alternate	English	1861 Census of England and Wales, Table 1, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1851 and 1861, in Districts, Sub-districts, Parishes and Places'.

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
GILLINGHAM HALL	Manor			The National Archives, Manorial Documents Register
LUDLOWES	Manor			The National Archives, Manorial Documents Register

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	GILLINGHAM EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 364.

Higher level units

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	Authority
NORFOLK	Ancient County	1748	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 364.
LODDON AND CLAVERING RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
ALDEBY	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'.
CLAVERING Hundred	Ancient District	1748	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 652.
LODDON RD	Local Government District		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 659.
LODDON AND CLAVERING RSD	Sanitary District		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 364.
LODDON AND CLAVERING RD	Local Government District		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 659.

Boundaries and changes

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How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Gillingham Parish (CP) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10214233

Date accessed: 08th April 2026