Edstock and Beer Parish (CP/Hmlt) through time

Edstock and Beer Parish (CP/Hmlt)

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.

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	1866	1886	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.
Hamlet	Hmlt			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	Start	End	Authority
SOMERSET	Ancient County			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 425.
BRIDGWATER RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1866	1886	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 425.
BRIDGWATER RSD	Sanitary District		1886	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 425.
CANNINGTON Hundred	Ancient District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 425.
STOWEY	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'.
CANNINGTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 425.

Maps Census reports

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Edstock and Beer Parish (CP/Hmlt) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10430781

Date accessed: 08th April 2026