High Fotherley Parish (Tn/CP) through time

High Fotherley Parish (Tn/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.

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
HIGH FOTHERLEY	Preferred	English	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 329.
FORTHERLEY HIGH	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'.
HIGH FORTHERLEY	Alternate	English	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.

Formal status

The unit has had the following statuses:

Status	Abbreviation	Start	End	Authority
Township	Tn			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991) Permission granted to project.
Civil Parish	CP	1866		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991) 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	HIGH FOTHERLEY EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 329.

Higher level units

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	Authority
NORTHUMBERLAND	Ancient County		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 329.
HEXHAM RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1866	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 329.
BYWELL	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'.
HEXHAM RSD	Sanitary District		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 329.
HEXHAM RD	Local Government District		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 329.
TYNEDALE Wd	Ancient District		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 329.
BYWELL ST PETER CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 329.

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 abolished to enlarge	HEALEY CP/Tn	Area: 1654 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. 4871. The County of Northumberland (Parishes in the R.D. of Hexham) Confirmation Order, 1955

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How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, High Fotherley Parish (Tn/CP) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10315931

Date accessed: 08th April 2026