Gibbet Hill Parish (CP/ExP)

Abolished: 1891

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

Notes

Parts of Holland.

The following alternate names exist for this unit:

Name Status Language Start End Authority
GIBBET HILL Preferred English   1891 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 261.
GIBBET HILLS Alternate English     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
GIBBET HILLS AND FORTY FOOT BRIDGE Alternate English     1861 Census of England and Wales, Table 1, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1851 and 1861, in Districts, Sub-districts, Parishes and Places'.

The unit has had the following statuses:

Status Abbreviation Start End Authority
Civil Parish CP 1858 1891 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991) Permission granted to project.
Extra-Parochial Area ExP   1858 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991) Permission granted to project.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
LINCOLNSHIRE Ancient County     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 261.
BOSTON RegD/PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. District 1862 1891 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 261.
BOSTON RSD Sanitary District   1891 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 261.
KIRTON Hundred/Wap Ancient District     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 261.
SWINESHEAD 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'.
Maps Census reports

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Gibbet Hill Parish (CP/ExP) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10417715

Date accessed: 08th April 2026