Little Chalfield Parish (CP/AP/ExP/Ch)

Abolished: 1885

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
LITTLE CHALFIELD Preferred English   1885 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 534.
LITTLE CHALFIELD AND COTTLES Alternate English     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.

The unit has had the following statuses:

Status Abbreviation Start End Authority
Civil Parish CP 1858 1885 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.
Ancient Parish AP   end 15th century F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.
Extra-Parochial Area ExP 17th century 1858 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.
Chapelry Ch end 15th century 17th Century F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
WILTSHIRE Ancient County     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 534.
BRADFORD ON AVON RegD/PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. District   1885 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 534.
BRADFORD Hundred Ancient District     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 534.
BRADFORD RSD Sanitary District   1885 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 534.
BRADFORD SOUTH EASTERN 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'.
GREAT CHALFIELD CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 534.

Boundary Map of Little Chalfield Parish (CP/AP/ExP/Ch)

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, Little Chalfield Parish (CP/AP/ExP/Ch) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10400788

Date accessed: 08th April 2026