Merthyr Tudful Parish (CP/AP)

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

The following alternate names exist for this unit:

Name Status Language Start End Authority
MERTHYR TUDFUL Preferred English     M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 157.
MERTHYR TIDVIL Alternate English     1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
MERTHYR TYDFIL Alternate English     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.

The unit has had the following statuses:

Status Abbreviation Start End Authority
Civil Parish CP     M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969) Permission granted to project.
Ancient Parish AP     M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969) Permission granted to project.

This unit contained the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
CYNON Tn Parish-level Unit     M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 55.
FFOREST Tn Parish-level Unit     M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 71.
GARTH Tn Parish-level Unit     M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 72.
GELLI DEG Tn Parish-level Unit     M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 74.
HEOLYWERMWD Tn Parish-level Unit     M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 91.
PENTRE BACH Ch Parish-level Unit     M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 177.
PENYDARREN Ch Parish-level Unit     M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 178.
TAF Tn Parish-level Unit     M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 200.

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association Other unit involved Type of unit Authority
was succeeded by ABERCANNAID EP Ecclesiastical Parish M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 2.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
GLAMORGAN Ancient County     M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 157.
MERTHYR TIDVIL RegD/PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. 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'.
CAERPHILLY Hundred Ancient District     M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 157.
LOWER MERTHYR TYDFIL 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'.
MERTHYR TUDFUL CB/MB/UD Local Government District     M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 157.
MERTHYR TYDFIL USD Sanitary District     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area and Population in Rural Sanitary Districts'.
UPPER MERTHYR TYDFIL 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'.
UWCH CAEACH Cmt Ancient District     M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 157.

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date Type of change Other unit involved Area transferred Authority
31 Dec 1894 was enlarged by gaining part of LLANFABON CP/AP Houses in 1901: 252.   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 32001 (Appointed day, 1894)

Boundary Map of Merthyr Tudful Parish (CP/AP)

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, Merthyr Tudful Parish (CP/AP) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10243610

Date accessed: 08th April 2026