Pemberton Parish (CP/Tn) through time

Pemberton 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	1920	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	PEMBERTON EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 192.

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. 192.
WIGAN RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		1920	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 192.
PEMBERTON UD	Local Government District	1894	1904	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 192.
PEMBERTON	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'.
PEMBERTON USD	Sanitary District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 192.
WEST DERBY Wap/Hundred	Ancient District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 192.
WIGAN MB/CB	Local Government District	1904	1920	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 192.
WIGAN CP/Tn/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 192.

Boundaries and changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
01 Apr 1920	was abolished to enlarge	WIGAN CP/Tn/AP	Area: 2895 acres. Population in 1921: 24091.	1921 Census of England and Wales, Table 6, 'Intercensal Changes in Boundaries, 1911-21'.; The Wigan (Union of Townships) Order, 1920 (No. 65884)

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How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10375617

Date accessed: 09th April 2026