Edburton Parish (CP/AP) through time

Edburton 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		1933	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.
Ancient Parish	AP			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
FULKING Hmlt/CP	Parish-level Unit			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'.

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	EDBURTON EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 509.

Higher level units

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	End	Authority
SUSSEX	Ancient County		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 509.
STEYNING RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 509.
BURBEACH Hundred	Ancient District		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 509.
POYNINGS Hundred	Ancient District		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 509.
STEYNING RSD	Sanitary District		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 509.
STEYNING	Registration sub-District		1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'.
STEYNING WEST RD	Local Government District	1933	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 509.

Boundaries and changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
31 Dec 1894	was reduced to create	FULKING Hmlt/CP	Houses in 1901: 46.	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 31816 (Appointed day, 1894)
01 Apr 1933	was abolished to enlarge	UPPER BEEDING CP/AP	Area: 1094 acres. Population in 1931: 83.	1931 Census of England and Wales, Table B, 'Areas altered between 26th April, 1931 and 30th June, 1934, showing constitution as at the latter date, in terms of constitution as at the former date, together with particulars of acreage and population'.; M. of H. Order No. 77136. The West Sussex Review Order, 1933

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How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10286669

Date accessed: 08th April 2026