Barrow in Furness Parish (CP)

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.
Place marker map of Great Britain and Ireland

The following alternate names exist for this unit:

Name Status Language Start End Authority
BARROW IN FURNESS Preferred English     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 146.
BARROW IN FURNESS ST GEORGE Alternate English     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 146.

This unit contained the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
DALTON IN FURNESS AP/CP Parish-level Unit 01 Jan 0001   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 146.

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association Other unit involved Type of unit Authority
was succeeded by BARROW IN FURNESS EP Ecclesiastical Parish F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 146.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
LANCASHIRE Ancient County     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 146.
BARROW IN FURNESS RegD/PLPar Poor Law Union/Reg. District 01 Jul 1876   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'.
ULVERSTON RegD/PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. District 1851 01 Jul 1876 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 146.
BARROW IN FURNESS CB/MB Local Government District 1867   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 146.
BARROW IN FURNESS USD Sanitary District     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 146.
BARROW IN FURNESS 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'.
DALTON Registration sub-District     1871 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1861 and 1871, in the Parishes and Places comprised in each Superintendent Registrar's District'.
LONSDALE Hundred/Wap Ancient District     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 146.

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date Type of change Other unit involved Area transferred Authority
01 May 1878 was enlarged by gaining part of DALTON IN FURNESS AP/CP Rampside Chapelry Houses in 1891: 28.   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'.; LGBO 7880

Boundary Map of Barrow in Furness 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, Barrow in Furness Parish (CP) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10332795

Date accessed: 08th April 2026