Lavant Parish (CP)

Created: 1872  

Statistics

Population

Population

Densities and rates of growth. Age structure: concentrations of young people, and of the old.
Industry

Industry

How people made their living: identifying farming communities, pit villages, mill towns and so on.
Housing

Housing

Numbers of houses. Overcrowding: persons per room. Amenities: central heating, baths and WCs.
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Notes

Youngs' gives this unit a relationship to a hundred, but there is no evidence it was ever an ancient parish, instead it was the result of Mid Lavant AP and East Lavant AP amalgamating.

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association Other unit involved Type of unit Authority
was succeeded by LAVANT EP Ecclesiastical Parish F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 515.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
SUSSEX Ancient County 1872   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 515.
WESTHAMPNETT RegD/PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. District 1872   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 515.
BOXGROVE 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'.
CHICHESTER RD Local Government District 1933 1974 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 515.
SINGLETON Registration sub-District     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
WESTBOURNE AND SINGLETON Hundred Ancient District 1872   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 515.
WESTHAMPNETT RD Local Government District 1894 1933 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 515.
WESTHAMPNETT RSD Sanitary District     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 515.

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date Type of change Other unit involved Area transferred Authority
1872 was created from part of EAST LAVANT CP/AP   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 515.
1872 was created from part of MID LAVANT CP/AP   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 516.

Boundary Map of Lavant Parish (CP)

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, Lavant Parish (CP) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10319432

Date accessed: 09th April 2026