St Leonard Foster Lane Parish (AP/CP) through time

St Leonard Foster Lane Parish (AP/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	Start	End	Authority
ST LEONARD FOSTER LANE	Preferred	English		1907	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 301.
LEONARD ST FOSTER LANE	Alternate	English			1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.

Formal status

The unit has had the following statuses:

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

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
ST MARTIN LE GRAND ParLib	Parish-level Unit			1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.

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	ST LEONARD FOSTER LANE EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 301.

Higher level units

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
LONDON	Ancient County			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 301.
CITY OF LONDON RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1837	1907	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 301.
ALLHALLOWS BARKING	Registration sub-District			1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 12, 'Registration County, Districts, and Sub-Districts, with their Constituent Civil Parishes - Area; Houses and Population 1891 and 1901, and Separate Occupiers 1901'.
CASTLE BAYNARD	Registration sub-District			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'.
CHRISTCHURCH	Registration sub-District			1871 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1861 and 1871, in the Parishes and Places comprised in each Superintendent Registrar's District'.
CITY OF LONDON AD_City/CntyOfIt	Ancient District		1889	1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
CITY OF WESTMINSTER AND ITS LIBERTY AD_City/Liberty	Ancient District			1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.

Boundaries and changes

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How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, St Leonard Foster Lane Parish (AP/CP) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10232119

Date accessed: 08th April 2026