Wells St Andrew Parish (CP/ParLib) through time

Wells St Andrew Parish (CP/ParLib)

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.

Alternative names

The following alternate names exist for this unit:

Name	Status	Language	End	Authority
WELLS ST ANDREW	Preferred	English	1933	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 441.
ST ANDREW	Alternate	English		1861 Census of England and Wales, Table 1, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1851 and 1861, in Districts, Sub-districts, Parishes and Places'.
ST ANDREW LIBERTY	Alternate	English		1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
WELLS ANDREW ST	Alternate	English		1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
WELLS CITY ANDREW ST	Alternate	English		1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.

Formal status

The unit has had the following statuses:

Status	Abbreviation	Start	End	Authority
Civil Parish	CP	1866	1933	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.
Parish Liberty	ParLib		1866	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. 441.
WELLS RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 441.
WELLS USD	Sanitary District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 441.
WELLS MB	Local Government District	1866	1933	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 441.
WELLS	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'.
WELLS FORUM Hundred	Ancient District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 441.

Boundaries and changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
01 Apr 1933	was abolished to create	WELLS CP	Area: 52 acres. Population in 1931: 290.	1931 Census of England and Wales, Table B, 'Areas altered between 26th April, 1931 and 30th June, 1934, showing constitution as at the latter date, in terms of constitution as at the former date, together with particulars of acreage and population'.; M. of H. Order No. 77130. The Somerset Review Order, 1933

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How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Wells St Andrew Parish (CP/ParLib) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10445541

Date accessed: 08th April 2026