Broad Town Parish (CP/Hmlt/Ch) through time

Broad Town Parish (CP/Hmlt/Ch)

Densities and rates of growth. Age structure: concentrations of young people, and of the old.

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	Authority
Civil Parish	CP	1866	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.
Hamlet	Hmlt		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.
Chapelry	Ch		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) 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	BROAD TOWN EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 532.

Higher level units

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	Authority
WILTSHIRE	Ancient County		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 532.
CRICKLADE AND WOOTTON BASSETT RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1866	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 532.
CRICKLADE AND WOOTON BASSETT RSD	Sanitary District		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 532.
CRICKLADE AND WOOTTON BASSETT RD	Local Government District		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 532.
KINGSBRIDGE Hundred	Ancient District		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 532.
WOOTTON BASSETT	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'.
CLYFFE PYPARD AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 532.

Boundaries and changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
24 Mar 1884	was enlarged by gaining part of	BROAD HINTON AP/CP	All that part within the consolidated chapelry of Broad Town Houses in 1891: 39.	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 16423
24 Mar 1884	was enlarged by gaining part of	CLYFFE PYPARD AP/CP	All that part within the consolidated chapelry of Broad Town Houses in 1891: 76.	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 16423

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How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Broad Town Parish (CP/Hmlt/Ch) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10400417

Date accessed: 08th April 2026