Hurst Parish (Ch/CP)

Abolished: 1866

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 lists this parish as being part of Wiltshire, and of Amesbury Hundred, due to the Libery of Broad Hinton within the parish being part of those units until 1844. For more details, see the VCH Berkshire entry for Hurst.

The following alternate names exist for this unit:

Name Status Language Start End Authority
HURST Preferred English     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 20.
HURST WITH WHISTLEY HURST LIBERTY Alternate English     1821 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
HURST WITH WHISTLEY HURST LIBERTY Alternate English     1821 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.

The unit has had the following statuses:

Status Abbreviation Start End Authority
Chapelry Ch   early F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.
Civil Parish CP early 1866 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.

This unit contained the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
BROAD HINTON CP/ParLib Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 19.
NEWLAND ParLib/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 21.
WHISTLEY ParLib/CP Parish-level Unit   1866 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 26.
WINNERSH ParLib/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 27.

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association Other unit involved Type of unit Authority
was succeeded by HURST EP Ecclesiastical Parish F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 20.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
BERKSHIRE Ancient County     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 20.
AMESBURY Hundred Ancient District     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 541.
CHARLTON Hundred Ancient District     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 20.
SONNING Hundred Ancient District     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 20.
SONNING AP/CP Parish-level Unit   early F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 20.

Boundary Map of Hurst Parish (Ch/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, Hurst Parish (Ch/CP) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10216450

Date accessed: 08th April 2026