Ascott Parish (CP/Hmlt) through time

Ascott Parish (CP/Hmlt)

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.

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	Start	End	Authority
ASCOTT	Preferred	English		1932	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 391.
ASCOT	Alternate	English			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'.

Formal status

The unit has had the following statuses:

Status	Abbreviation	Start	End	Authority
Civil Parish	CP	1866	1932	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.
Hamlet	Hmlt		1932	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.

Higher level units

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
OXFORDSHIRE	Ancient County			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 391.
THAME RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1866		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 391.
LEWKNOR	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'.
THAME RSD	Sanitary District	1866		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 391.
THAME RD	Local Government District		1932	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 391.
GREAT MILTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 391.

Boundaries and changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
01 Apr 1932	was abolished to enlarge	STADHAMPTON Ch/AP/CP	Area: 581 acres. Population in 1931: 55.	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. 76241. The Oxfordshire Review Order, 1932

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How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10315013

Date accessed: 08th April 2026