Britwell Prior Parish (CP/Ch) through time

Britwell Prior Parish (CP/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.

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
BRITWELL PRIOR	Preferred	English		1912	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 393.
BRIGHTWELL PRIOR	Alternate	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 393.

Formal status

The unit has had the following statuses:

Status	Abbreviation	Start	End	Authority
Civil Parish	CP	1866	1912	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.
Chapelry	Ch		1866	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	End	Authority
OXFORDSHIRE	Ancient County	1912	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 393.
HENLEY RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1912	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 393.
EWELME Hundred	Ancient District	1912	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 393.
HENLEY RSD	Sanitary District		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 393.
HENLEY RD	Local Government District	1912	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 393.
WATLINGTON	Registration sub-District	1912	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'.
NEWINGTON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1866	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 393.

Boundaries and changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
01 Oct 1912	was abolished to create	BRITWELL CP	Area: 720 acres. Population in 1921: 55.	1921 Census of England and Wales, Table 6, 'Intercensal Changes in Boundaries, 1911-21'.; The County of Oxford (Britwell) Confirmation Order, 1912 (No. 59587)

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How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Britwell Prior Parish (CP/Ch) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10321360

Date accessed: 08th April 2026