Sudbury St Peter Parish (Ch/CP) through time

Sudbury St Peter Parish (Ch/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	End	Authority
SUDBURY ST PETER	Preferred	English	1880s	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 464.
PETER ST	Alternate	English		1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ST PETER	Alternate	English	1880s	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'.

Formal status

The unit has had the following statuses:

Status	Abbreviation	Start	End	Authority
Chapelry	Ch			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.
Civil Parish	CP	Early	1880s	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) 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	SUDBURY ST PETER EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 465.

Higher level units

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	End	Authority
SUFFOLK	Ancient County		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 464.
SUDBURY RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1880s	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 464.
SUDBURY Borough	Ancient District		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 464.
SUDBURY USD	Sanitary District	1880s	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 464.
SUDBURY	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'.
THINGOE Hundred	Ancient District		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 464.
SUDBURY ST GREGORY CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 465.

Boundaries and changes

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How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Sudbury St Peter Parish (Ch/CP) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10270212

Date accessed: 08th April 2026