Alcester Parish (CP)

Created: 1894   Abolished: 1921

Statistics

Population

Population

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

Housing

Numbers of houses. Overcrowding: persons per room. Amenities: central heating, baths and WCs.
Place marker map of Great Britain and Ireland

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
DORSET Ancient County     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 105.
SHAFTESBURY RegD/Inc/PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. District 1894 1921 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 105.
SHAFTESBURY RD Local Government District   1921 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 105.
SHAFTESBURY 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'.

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date Type of change Other unit involved Area transferred Authority
31 Dec 1894 was created from part of SHAFTESBURY ST JAMES AP/CP Houses in 1901: 44.   1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 14, 'Changes in the Boundaries of Civil Parishes, effected Local Government Acts of 1899 and 1894, and by Local Acts since 1891 - Inhabited Houses and Population 1901'.; LGBO 31568 (Appointed day, 1894)
09 Nov 1921 was abolished to enlarge SHAFTESBURY CP Area: 51 acres.   1931 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Intercensal Changes in Boundaries, 1921-31'.; M. of H. Provisional Order Confirmation (Shaftesbury Extension) Act, 1921

Boundary Map of Alcester Parish (CP)

If the boundaries of the Parish-level Unit changed over time, this map will show all the different boundaries.

Maps Census reports

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10447525

Date accessed: 08th April 2026