Elsdon Parish (AP/CP) through time

Elsdon Parish (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.

Formal status

The unit has had the following statuses:

Status	Abbreviation	Start	End	Authority
Ancient Parish	AP			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991) Permission granted to project.
Civil Parish	CP			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991) Permission granted to project.

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Authority
MONKRIDGE CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 337.
OTTERBURN CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 341.
ROCHESTER CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 343.
TROUGHEND CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 347.
WOODSIDE CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 351.

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	ELSDON EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 327.

Higher level units

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Authority
NORTHUMBERLAND	Ancient County	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 327.
BELLINGHAM RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ROTHBURY RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 327.
COQUETDALE Wd	Ancient District	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 327.
ELSDON	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'.
ROTHBURY RSD	Sanitary District	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 327.
ROTHBURY RD	Local Government District	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 327.

Boundaries and changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
01 Apr 1955	was enlarged by the abolition of	MONKRIDGE CP/Tn	Area: 5800 acres.	1961 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Intercensal Changes of Boundary (between 8th April, 1951 and 23rd April, 1961)', for 'LAA, CP'.; M. of H. and Local Government Order No. 4843. The County of Northumberland (Parishes in the R.D. of Rothbury) Confirmation Order, 1954

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How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10313995

Date accessed: 08th April 2026