Resolfen Parish (Tn/CP/Hmlt)

Statistics

Population

Population

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Industry

Industry

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Housing

Housing

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

The following alternate names exist for this unit:

Name Status Language Start End Authority
RESOLFEN Preferred English     M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 184.
RESOLVEN Alternate English     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
RESOLVEND Alternate English     1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
RHOSOFLEN Alternate English     M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 184.
ROSELVEN Alternate English     1801 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.

The unit has had the following statuses:

Status Abbreviation Start End Authority
Township Tn     M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969) Permission granted to project.
Civil Parish CP     M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969) Permission granted to project.
Hamlet Hmlt     1831 Census of Great Britain, Abstract of answers, 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 RESOLFEN EP Ecclesiastical Parish M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 184.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
GLAMORGAN Ancient County     M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 184.
NEATH RegD/PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. 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'.
AFAN Cmt Ancient District     M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 184.
NEATH Hundred Ancient District     M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 184.
NEATH RD Local Government District     M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 184.
NEATH 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'.
NEATH RSD Sanitary District     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area and Population in Rural Sanitary Districts'.
LLANILLTUD NEDD AP/Ch Parish-level Unit     M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 184.

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date Type of change Other unit involved Area transferred Authority
01 Apr 1958 was reduced to enlarge BLAEN GWRACH CP/AP/Ch Area: 998 acres.   1961 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Intercensal Changes of Boundary (between 8th April, 1951 and 23rd April, 1961)', for 'LAA, CP'.; Ministry of Housing and LG Order No. 1590W. The County of Glamorgan (Parishes of Blaengwrach and Resolven) Confirmation Order, 1958
01 Apr 1958 was enlarged by gaining part of BLAEN GWRACH CP/AP/Ch Area: 48 acres.   1961 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Intercensal Changes of Boundary (between 8th April, 1951 and 23rd April, 1961)', for 'LAA, CP'.; Ministry of Housing and LG Order No. 1590W. The County of Glamorgan (Parishes of Blaengwrach and Resolven) Confirmation Order, 1958

Boundary Map of Resolfen Parish (Tn/CP/Hmlt)

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, Resolfen Parish (Tn/CP/Hmlt) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10297266

Date accessed: 08th April 2026