Cilrhedyn Parish (Ch/AP/CP) through time

Cilrhedyn Parish (Ch/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.

Unit not clearly identified in Melville Richards but added after cross-referencing Melville Richards with Census records & old maps.

Alternative names

The following alternate names exist for this unit:

Name	Status	Language	Authority
LLANDEILO CILRHEDYN	Preferred	Welsh	M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 44.
CILRHEDYN	Preferred	English	M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 44.
KILRHEDIN	Alternate	English	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.

Formal status

The unit has had the following statuses:

Status	Abbreviation	End	Authority
Chapelry	Ch		M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969) Permission granted to project.
Ancient Parish	AP		1851 Census of Great Britain, Population tables 2, Table [1] , 'Population Abstract'
Civil Parish	CP	1894	1901 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 12 , 'Registration County, Districts, and Sub-Districts, with their Constituent Civil Parishes - Area; Houses and Population 1891 and 1901, and Separate Occupiers 1901'

Higher level units

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	End	Authority
CARMARTHENSHIRE	Ancient County		M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 44.
PEMBROKESHIRE	Ancient County		1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
NEWCASTLE IN EMLYN RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1894	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
CENARTH	Registration sub-District	1894	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
CILGERRAN Hundred	Ancient District		1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ELFED Hundred	Ancient District		1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
NEWCASTLE IN EMLYN RSD	Sanitary District	1894	1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area and Population in Rural Sanitary Districts'.
CENARTH AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 44.

Boundaries and changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
1894	was reduced to create	EAST CILRHEDYN CP	Houses in 1901: 165.	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 32166 (Appointed day, 1894).
1894	was reduced to create	WEST CILRHEDYN CP	Houses in 1901: 38.	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 32166 (Appointed day, 1894).

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How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10284899

Date accessed: 08th April 2026