Wixford Parish (CP/Ch) through time

Wixford 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.

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
Civil Parish	CP	early		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991) Permission granted to project.
Chapelry	Ch			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991) Permission granted to project.

Higher level units

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Authority
WARWICKSHIRE	Ancient County	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 457.
ALCESTER RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 457.
ALCESTER RD	Local Government District	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 457.
ALCESTER RSD	Sanitary District	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 457.
ALCESTER	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'.
BARLINCHWAY Hundred	Ancient District	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 457.
BIDFORD	Registration sub-District	1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
SALFORD PRIORS CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 457.

Boundaries and changes

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How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10322650

Date accessed: 08th April 2026