Cottles Parish (CP/ExP)

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 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.
Extra-Parochial Area ExP   1885 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. 536.
BRADFORD ON AVON RegD/PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. District   1885 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 536.
BRADFORD Hundred Ancient District     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 536.
BRADFORD RSD Sanitary District   1885 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 536.
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'.

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date Type of change Other unit involved Area transferred Authority
25 Mar 1885 was enlarged by gaining part of BRADFORD ON AVON AP/CP Sterts Green and Atworth Chapelry Houses in 1891: 152.   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 18189

Boundary Map of Cottles Parish (CP/ExP)

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, Cottles Parish (CP/ExP) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10402116

Date accessed: 08th April 2026