Great Ouseburn Parish (CP/AP) through time

Great Ouseburn Parish (CP/AP)

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.

How we use the land; crops and farm animals.

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
GREAT OUSEBURN	Preferred	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 591.
OUSEBURN GREAT	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			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991) Permission granted to project.
Ancient Parish	AP			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991) Permission granted to project.

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
UPPER DUNSFORTH WITH BRANTON GREEN CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 537.

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	GREAT OUSEBURN EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 591.

Higher level units

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
YORKSHIRE	Ancient County			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 591.
GREAT OUSEBURN RegD/GilU/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 591.
WEST RIDING Riding	Division of Ancient County			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 591.
CLARO Wap	Ancient District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 591.
GREAT OUSEBURN RD	Local Government District	1894	1938	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 591.
GREAT OUSEBURN RSD	Sanitary District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 591.
NIDDERDALE RD	Local Government District	1938	1974	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 591.
WHIXLEY	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 1960	was enlarged by the abolition of	UPPER DUNSFORTH WITH BRANTON GREEN CP/Tn	Area: 344 acres.	1961 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Intercensal Changes of Boundary (between 8th April, 1951 and 23rd April, 1961)', for 'LAA, CP'.; M. of H. and Local Government Order No. 8386. The West Riding of Yorkshire (Parish of Upper Dunsforth with Branton Green) Confirmation Order, 1960

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How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10458470

Date accessed: 08th April 2026