Firth and Stenness Parish

Statistics

Population

Population

Densities and rates of growth. Age structure: concentrations of young people, and of the old.
Learning & Language

Learning & Language

How many people were at school. The distribution of graduates, and of the unqualified.
Housing

Housing

Numbers of houses. Overcrowding: persons per room. Amenities: central heating, baths and WCs.
Place marker map of Great Britain and Ireland

Notes

Firth and Stenness were listed simply as separate parishes in the earliest censuses. In 1841 they have separate entries but are described as united. Between 1861 and 1891 they appear as a single entry, but from 1901 onwards they revert to individual listings. They appear separately in all Poor Law listings. Given this complexity, we include no dates for their relationship.

The following alternate names exist for this unit:

Name Status Language Start End Authority
FIRTH AND STENNESS Preferred English     1871 Census of Scotland, Table 1, 'Scotland in Civil Counties and Parishes, showing the Acreage, the number of Families, of Houses Inhabited, Uninhabited, and Building; the number of the total Population and of Persons of each Sex; the number of Children from 5 to 13 years of age in the receipt of Education; the number of Rooms with Windows; the number of Persons temporarily absent or present in each Parish or subdivision thereof on the 3d April 1871. For comparison's sake, there is added the number of Families, Persons of each Sex, Houses, and Rooms, with Windows in 1861'.
FIRTH AND STENNES Alternate English     1891 Census of Scotland, Table 1, 'Scotland in Civil Counties and Parishes, showing the Acreage, the number of Families, of Houses Inhabited, Uninhabited, and Building; the number of the total Population and of Persons of each Sex; the number of Persons speaking Gaelic only, and Gaelic and English; the number of Rooms with Windows; and the number of Persons temporarily absent or present in each Parish or Sub-division thereof on the 5th April 1891. For comparison there is added the number of Families, Persons of each Sex, Houses, and Rooms with Windows in 1881'.

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association Other unit involved Type of unit Authority
was preceded by STENNESS Scottish Parish 1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
was preceded by FIRTH Scottish Parish 1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
ORKNEY Scottish County 1845 1975 1951 Census of Scotland, Table 1, 'Comparison of population, density per 100 acres, and houses with 1931', for 'Burghs, Districts of Counties and CPs'.

Boundary Map of Firth and Stenness Parish

If the boundaries of the Scottish Parish 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, Firth and Stenness Parish through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10285032

Date accessed: 08th April 2026