Bishops Hull Parish (Ch/CP) through time

Bishops Hull Parish (Ch/CP)

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.

How we use the land; crops and farm animals.

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
Chapelry	Ch			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.
Civil Parish	CP	Early	1885	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.

Other related units

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association	Other unit involved	Type of unit	Authority
was succeeded by	BISHOPS HULL EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 428.

Higher level units

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	End	Authority
SOMERSET	Ancient County		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 428.
TAUNTON RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1885	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 428.
TAUNTON USD	Sanitary District	1885	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 428.
TAUNTON RSD	Sanitary District	1885	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 428.
TAUNTON	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'.
TAUNTON AND TAUNTON DEAN Hundred	Ancient District		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 428.
TAUNTON ST MARY MAGDALENE AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 428.

Boundaries and changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
18 Aug 1882	was enlarged by gaining part of	BRADFORD AP/CP		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'.; D.P. ACT, 1882

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How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10434865

Date accessed: 08th April 2026