North Owersby Parish (CP/Tn) through time

North Owersby Parish (CP/Tn)

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.

Parts of Lindsey.

Alternative names

The following alternate names exist for this unit:

Name	Status	Language	Start	End	Authority
NORTH OWERSBY	Preferred	English		1936	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 274.
OWERSBY NORTH	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	1936	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991) Permission granted to project.
Township	Tn			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991) Permission granted to project.

Higher level units

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	End	Authority
LINCOLNSHIRE	Ancient County		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 274.
CAISTOR RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 274.
CAISTOR PLU/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 274.
CAISTOR RSD	Sanitary District		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 274.
CAISTOR RD	Local Government District		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 274.
MARKET RASEN	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'.
WALSHCROFT Wap	Ancient District		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 274.
OWERSBY CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1866	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 274.

Boundaries and changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
01 Apr 1936	was abolished to create	OWERSBY CP	Area: 3443 acres. Population in 1931: 249.	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. 84619. The County of Lincoln, Parts of Lindsey, Review Order, 1936

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How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10446260

Date accessed: 08th April 2026