Widnes Parish (CP/Tn) through time

Widnes 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		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.

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
FARNWORTH Ch	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. p166.

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. 212.
PRESCOT RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 212.
WEST DERBY Wap/Hundred	Ancient District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 212.
WIDNES USD	Sanitary District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 212.
WIDNES MB	Local Government District	1892	1974	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 212.
WIDNES	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'.
PRESCOT AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 212.

Boundaries and changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
09 Nov 1920	was enlarged by gaining part of	CUERDLEY CP/Tn	Area: 407 acres. Population in 1921: 47.	1921 Census of England and Wales, Table 6, 'Intercensal Changes in Boundaries, 1911-21'.; M. of H. Provisional Order Confirmation (Widnes Extension) Act, 1920
09 Nov 1920	was enlarged by the abolition of	DITTON CP/Tn	Area: 1587 acres. Population in 1921: 3114.	1921 Census of England and Wales, Table 6, 'Intercensal Changes in Boundaries, 1911-21'.; M. of H. Provisional Order Confirmation (Widnes Extension) Act, 1920
09 Nov 1920	was enlarged by gaining part of	HALEWOOD Tn/CP	Area: 673 acres. Population in 1921: 1534.	1921 Census of England and Wales, Table 6, 'Intercensal Changes in Boundaries, 1911-21'.; M. of H. Provisional Order Confirmation (Widnes Extension) Act, 1920

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How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10385040

Date accessed: 08th April 2026