Wycomb and Chadwell Parish (CP/PA)

Abolished: 1936

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 following alternate names exist for this unit:

Name Status Language Start End Authority
WYCOMB AND CHADWELL Preferred English   1936 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 241.
CHADWELL Alternate English     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
CHADWELL AND WYCOMB Alternate English     1871 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1861 and 1871, in the Parishes and Places comprised in each Superintendent Registrar's District'.

The unit has had the following statuses:

Status Abbreviation Start End Authority
Civil Parish CP 1866 1936 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991) Permission granted to project.
Parochial Area PA   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
LEICESTERSHIRE Ancient County     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 241.
MELTON MOWBRAY RegD/PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. District     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 241.
CLAWSON Registration sub-District     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
MELTON AND BELVOIR RD Local Government District 1935 1936 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 241.
MELTON MOWBRAY RSD Sanitary District     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 241.
MELTON MOWBRAY RD Local Government District   1935 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 241.
WALTHAM 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'.
WEST GOSCOTE Hundred Ancient District     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 241.
ROTHLEY Tn/AP/CP Parish-level Unit   1866 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 241.

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date Type of change Other unit involved Area transferred Authority
01 Apr 1936 was abolished to enlarge SCALFORD AP/CP Area: 781 acres. Population in 1931: 106.   1931 Census of England and Wales, Table B, 'Areas altered between 26th April, 1931 and 30th June, 1934, showing constitution as at the latter date, in terms of constitution as at the former date, together with particulars of acreage and population'.; M. of H. Order No. 84988. The County of Leicester (Melton and Belvoir RD) (Union of Parishes) Confirmation Order, 1936

Boundary Map of Wycomb and Chadwell Parish (CP/PA)

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, Wycomb and Chadwell Parish (CP/PA) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10393565

Date accessed: 08th April 2026