Livesey Parish (Tn/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 unit has had the following statuses:

Status Abbreviation Start End Authority
Township Tn     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991) Permission granted to project.
Civil Parish CP 1866   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991) Permission granted to project.

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. 182.
BLACKBURN RegD/PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. District     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 182.
BLACKBURN USD Sanitary District 1875 1893 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 182.
BLACKBURN RSD Sanitary District 1875 1894 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 182.
BLACKBURN MB/CB Local Government District 1877 1893 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 182.
BLACKBURN Wap/Hundred Ancient District     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 182.
BLACKBURN RD Local Government District     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 182.
DARWEN 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'.
WITTON Registration sub-District     1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 12, 'Registration County, Districts, and Sub-Districts, with their Constituent Civil Parishes - Area; Houses and Population 1891 and 1901, and Separate Occupiers 1901'.
BLACKBURN AP/CP Parish-level Unit   1866 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 182.

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date Type of change Other unit involved Area transferred Authority
25 Mar 1893 was reduced to enlarge BLACKBURN AP/CP Houses in 1901: 1575.   1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 14, 'Changes in the Boundaries of Civil Parishes, effected Local Government Acts of 1899 and 1894, and by Local Acts since 1891 - Inhabited Houses and Population 1901'.; Blackburn Corporation Act, 1892
09 Nov 1901 was reduced to enlarge BLACKBURN AP/CP Population in 1911: 1863.   1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 13, 'Changes in the boundaries of civil parishes during the intercensal period 1901-11; effected under the provisions of the Local Government Acts of 1888 and 1894, and by Local Acts'.; The Blackburn Corporation Act, 1901
01 Oct 1922 was reduced to enlarge BLACKBURN AP/CP Area: 225 acres.   1931 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Intercensal Changes in Boundaries, 1921-31'.; Blackburn Corporation Act, 1922

Boundary Map of Livesey Parish (Tn/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, Livesey Parish (Tn/CP) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10371636

Date accessed: 08th April 2026