Plashetts and Tynehead Parish (CP/Tn) through time

Plashetts and Tynehead Parish (CP/Tn)

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
PLASHETTS AND TYNEHEAD	Preferred	English	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 341.
PLASHETTS	Alternate	English	1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
PLASKET AND TYNEHEAD	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
Civil Parish	CP	1866	1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991) Permission granted to project.
Township	Tn			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	Start	End	Authority
NORTHUMBERLAND	Ancient County			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 341.
BELLINGHAM RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1866		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 341.
BELLINGHAM RSD	Sanitary District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 341.
BELLINGHAM RD	Local Government District		1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 341.
BELLINGHAM	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'.
TYNEDALE Wd	Ancient District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 341.
FALSTONE Ch/CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 341.

Boundaries and changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
18 Aug 1882	was reduced to enlarge	THORNEYBURN CP/Tn/AP	Moor Land	1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 14, 'Changes in the Areas of Civil Parishes effected by Local Government Board Orders under the Provisions of the Divided Parishes Acts of 1876 and 1879, or by the Act of 1882'.; D.P. ACT, 1882
01 Apr 1958	was abolished to create	FALSTONE CP	Area: 8821 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. 6785. The County of Northumberland (Parishes in the R.D. of Bellingham) Confirmation Order, 1957
01 Apr 1958	was abolished to create	KIELDER CP	Area: 20404 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. 6785. The County of Northumberland (Parishes in the R.D. of Bellingham) Confirmation Order, 1957

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How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10326837

Date accessed: 09th April 2026