Highway Parish (CP/Ch) through time

Highway 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.

Formal status

The unit has had the following statuses:

Status	Abbreviation	Start	End	Authority
Civil Parish	CP	Early	1890	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.
Chapelry	Ch		1952	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. 540.
CALNE RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1890	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 540.
CALNE RSD	Sanitary District	1890	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 540.
CALNE	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'.
POTTERNE AND CANNINGS Hundred	Ancient District		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 540.
BREMHILL CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 540.

Boundaries and changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
26 Mar 1890	was abolished to enlarge	HILMARTON AP/CP	Houses in 1901: 16.	1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 14, 'Changes in the Boundaries of Civil Parishes, effected Local Government Acts of 1899 and 1894, and by Local Acts since 1891 - Inhabited Houses and Population 1901'.; LGBO 25403

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How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10404939

Date accessed: 08th April 2026