Belchalwell Parish (AP/CP) through time

Belchalwell Parish (AP/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.

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	Start	End	Authority
BELCHALWELL	Preferred	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 106.
BELLCHALWELL	Alternate	English			1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.

Formal status

The unit has had the following statuses:

Status	Abbreviation	Start	End	Authority
Ancient Parish	AP			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.
Civil Parish	CP		1884	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	BELCHALWELL EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 106.

Higher level units

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	End	Authority
DORSET	Ancient County		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 106.
STURMINSTER RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1884	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 106.
CRANBORNE Hundred	Ancient District		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 106.
STURMINSTER RSD	Sanitary District	1884	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 106.
STURMINSTER	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'.

Boundaries and changes

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How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10449285

Date accessed: 08th April 2026