Canterbury Holy Cross Westgate Parish (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

Notes

In Census reports as single ancient parish straddling boundary between Westgate hundred and city of Canterbury. Youngs' records the halves as being abolished to create 2 new separate units in 1894, and gazetteer amended accordingly. This unit added as original AP.

The following alternate names exist for this unit:

Name Status Language Start End Authority
CANTERBURY HOLY CROSS WESTGATE Preferred English     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 263.
HOLY CROSS WESTGATE Alternate English     1861 Census of England and Wales, Table 1, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1851 and 1861, in Districts, Sub-districts, Parishes and Places'.

This unit contained the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
HOLY CROSS WESTGATE WITHIN ParPart/CP Parish-level Unit   1894 1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
HOLY CROSS WESTGATE WITHOUT ParPart/CP Parish-level Unit     1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association Other unit involved Type of unit Authority
was succeeded by CANTERBURY HOLY CROSS WESTGATE EP Ecclesiastical Parish F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 263.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
KENT Ancient County     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 263.
BRIDGE RegD/PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. District   1894 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 263.
CANTERBURY RegD/Inc Poor Law Union/Reg. District   1894 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 263.
CANTERBURY Borough Ancient District     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 263.
CANTERBURY AD_City/CntyOfIt Ancient District 1471 1889 1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
WESTGATE Hundred Ancient District     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 263.

Boundary Map of Canterbury Holy Cross Westgate Parish (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, Canterbury Holy Cross Westgate Parish (AP) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10284897

Date accessed: 08th April 2026