Openshaw Parish (CP/Tn) through time

Openshaw 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.

Formal status

The unit has had the following statuses:

Status	Abbreviation	Start	End	Authority
Civil Parish	CP	1866	1896	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.

Other related units

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association	Other unit involved	Type of unit	Authority
was succeeded by	OPENSHAW EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 191.

Higher level units

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. 191.
CHORLTON RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		1896	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 191.
ARDWICK	Registration sub-District			1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
MANCHESTER USD	Sanitary District	1890	1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 191.
MANCHESTER CB/MB	Local Government District	1890	1896	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 191.
OPENSHAW USD	Sanitary District	1875	1890	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 191.
SALFORD Hundred	Ancient District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 191.
MANCHESTER AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 191.

Boundaries and changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
24 Mar 1889	was enlarged by gaining part of	DROYLSDEN CP/Tn	Little Droylsden Houses in 1891: 38.	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 22623
26 Mar 1896	was abolished to create	SOUTH MANCHESTER CP	Houses in 1901: 5782.	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'.; LGBO 33847

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How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10375230

Date accessed: 08th April 2026