Monkton Deverill Parish (CP/Ch) through time

Monkton Deverill Parish (CP/Ch)

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.

Social class and socio-economic groups. Concentrations of professionals, and of unskilled labourers.

Numbers of houses. Overcrowding: persons per room. Amenities: central heating, baths and WCs.

Alternative names

The following alternate names exist for this unit:

Name	Status	Language	Authority
MONKTON DEVERILL	Preferred	English	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 537.
DEVERHILL MONCKTON	Alternate	English	1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
MONCKTON DEVERILL	Alternate	English	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.

Formal status

The unit has had the following statuses:

Status	Abbreviation	Start	End	Authority
Civil Parish	CP	Early	1934	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.
Chapelry	Ch		1892	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.

Higher level units

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	End	Authority
WILTSHIRE	Ancient County		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 537.
MERE RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 537.
DAMERHAM Hundred	Ancient District		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 537.
MERE RSD	Sanitary District		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 537.
MERE RD	Local Government District	1934	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 537.
MERE	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'.
LONGBRIDGE DEVERILL CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 537.

Boundaries and changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
01 Apr 1934	was abolished to enlarge	KINGSTON DEVERILL AP/CP	Area: 1814 acres. Population in 1931: 108.	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. 77934. The Wilts. Review Order, 1934

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How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10402414

Date accessed: 09th April 2026