Watchet Parish (CP) through time

Watchet Parish (CP)

Densities and rates of growth. Age structure: concentrations of young people, and of the old.

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

Higher level units

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	Authority
SOMERSET	Ancient County		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 440.
WILLITON RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1902	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 440.
WATCHET UD	Local Government District	1902	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 440.
WILLITON	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'.

Boundaries and changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
01 Apr 1902	was created from part of	ST DECUMANS AP/CP	Population in 1911: 1846.	1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 13, 'Changes in the boundaries of civil parishes during the intercensal period 1901-11; effected under the provisions of the Local Government Acts of 1888 and 1894, and by Local Acts'.; LGBO 43667

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How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10445309

Date accessed: 08th April 2026