Leicester Abbey Parish (CP/ExP) through time

Leicester Abbey Parish (CP/ExP)

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.

Social class and socio-economic groups. Concentrations of professionals, and of unskilled labourers.

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	1858	1896	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991) Permission granted to project.
Extra-Parochial Area	ExP			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
LEICESTERSHIRE	Ancient County			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 230.
BARROW UPON SOAR RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1858	1892	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 230.
LEICESTER RegD/PLU/PLPar	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1892	1896	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 230.
BARROW UPON SOAR RSD	Sanitary District	1875	1892	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 230.
LEICESTER USD	Sanitary District	1892	1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 230.
LEICESTER CB/MB	Local Government District	1892	1896	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 230.
ROTHLEY	Registration sub-District			1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
WEST GOSCOTE Hundred	Ancient District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 230.
WEST LEICESTER	Registration sub-District			1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.

Boundaries and changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
26 Mar 1892	was reduced to enlarge	BEAUMONT LEYS CP/ExP	Houses in 1901: 4.	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'.; Leicester Extension Act, 1891
26 Mar 1896	was reduced to create	LEICESTER CP	Houses in 1901: 244.	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 32954
26 Mar 1896	was reduced to create	LEICESTER CP	Houses in 1901: 303.	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 32954

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How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Leicester Abbey Parish (CP/ExP) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10383183

Date accessed: 08th April 2026