Thornton Parish (Ch/CP)

Statistics

Population

Population

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

Industry

How people made their living: identifying farming communities, pit villages, mill towns and so on.
Housing

Housing

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

The unit has had the following statuses:

Status Abbreviation Start End Authority
Chapelry Ch     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991) Permission granted to project.
Civil Parish CP 1866   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991) Permission granted to project.

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association Other unit involved Type of unit Authority
was succeeded by THORNTON EP Ecclesiastical Parish F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 617.

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. 617.
BRADFORD RegD/PLU/PLPar Poor Law Union/Reg. District 1837 1848 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 617.
BRADFORD RegD Poor Law Union/Reg. District 1837 01 Jan 1892 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 617.
NORTH BIERLEY RegD/PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. District 1848 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 617.
WEST RIDING Riding Division of Ancient County     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 617.
BRADFORD CB/MB Local Government District 1899 1974 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 617.
DENHOLME USD Sanitary District 1887 1894 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 617.
DENHOLME GATE USD Sanitary District 1875 1887 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 617.
MORLEY Wap Ancient District     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 617.
THORNTON UD Local Government District 1894 1899 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 617.
THORNTON USD Sanitary District     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 617.
THORNTON 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'.
BRADFORD AP/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 617.

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date Type of change Other unit involved Area transferred Authority
31 Dec 1894 was reduced to create DENHOLME CP Houses in 1901: 755.   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'.; L.G. Act, 1894 (Appointed day), and County Council Naming Order

Boundary Map of Thornton Parish (Ch/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, Thornton Parish (Ch/CP) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10471515

Date accessed: 08th April 2026