Hastings St Leonards Parish (CP/AP/Ch) through time

Hastings St Leonards Parish (CP/AP/Ch)

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.

Alternative names

The following alternate names exist for this unit:

Name	Status	Language	Authority
HASTINGS ST LEONARDS	Preferred	English	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 512.
HASTINGS ST LEONARD ON SEA	Alternate	English	1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
LEONARDS ST	Alternate	English	1801 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
LEONARD ST	Alternate	English	1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ST LEONARD ON SEA	Alternate	English	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. EW1861POP2_II1.
ST LEONARDS	Alternate	English	1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 12, 'Registration County, Districts, and Sub-Districts, with their Constituent Civil Parishes - Area; Houses and Population 1891 and 1901, and Separate Occupiers 1901'.

Formal status

The unit has had the following statuses:

Status	Abbreviation	Start	End	Authority
Civil Parish	CP		1909	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.
Ancient Parish	AP		by the fifteenth century	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.
Chapelry	Ch	by the fifteenth century	1869	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.

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	HASTINGS ST LEONARDS EP/EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 512.

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. 512.
HASTINGS RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1909	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 512.
BALDSTROW Hundred	Ancient District		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 512.
HASTINGS USD	Sanitary District		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 512.
HASTINGS RSD	Sanitary District		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 512.
HASTINGS MB/CB	Local Government District	1909	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 512.
HASTINGS Borough	Ancient District		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 512.
HASTINGS CnqPt	Ancient District		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 512.
ST MARY MAGDALEN	Registration sub-District		1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 12, 'Registration County, Districts, and Sub-Districts, with their Constituent Civil Parishes - Area; Houses and Population 1891 and 1901, and Separate Occupiers 1901'.

Boundaries and changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
09 Nov 1897	was enlarged by gaining part of	HASTINGS ST MATTHEW CP	Houses in 1901: 73.	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 P1388
01 Apr 1909	was abolished to create	HASTINGS CP	Population in 1911: 7437.	1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 13, 'Changes in the boundaries of civil parishes during the intercensal period 1901-11; effected under the provisions of the Local Government Acts of 1888 and 1894, and by Local Acts'.; LGBO 52001

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How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10303904

Date accessed: 08th April 2026