Basford Parish (CP/AP) through time

Basford Parish (CP/AP)

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
Civil Parish	CP		1899	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991) Permission granted to project.
Ancient Parish	AP			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991) Permission granted to project.

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	BASFORD EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 355.

Higher level units

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE	Ancient County			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 355.
BASFORD RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 355.
BASFORD RSD	Sanitary District	1875	1877	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 355.
BROXTOWE Wap/Hundred	Ancient District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 355.
BULWELL	Registration sub-District			1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
NOTTINGHAM CB/MB	Local Government District	1877	1889	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 355.
NOTTINGHAM CB/MB	Local Government District	1889	1899	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 355.
NOTTINGHAM USD	Sanitary District	1877	1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 355.

Boundaries and changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
01 Apr 1899	was abolished to enlarge	NOTTINGHAM CP	Houses in 1901: 5582.	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 39566

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How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10256434

Date accessed: 08th April 2026