Wether Fell Parish (PA/CP)

Abolished: After 1901

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

Notes

The divisions of the moorland in the Aysgarth area were clearly poorly defined, and the census reports often list units for which they do not provide separate statistics. Wether Fell was listed as a separate unit by Youngs and by the 1891 and 1901 censuses, the censuses putting it in Hawes sub-District. In 1911, 1921 and 1931 Wether Fell is listed with Mossdale Moor, so that combination is treated here as a new unit.

The following alternate names exist for this unit:

Name Status Language Start End Authority
WETHER FELL Preferred English     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 625.
WETHERFELL PEAT GROUND Alternate English     1871 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1861 and 1871, in the Parishes and Places comprised in each Superintendent Registrar's District'.

The unit has had the following statuses:

Status Abbreviation Start End Authority
Parochial Area PA   1934 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991) Permission granted to project.
Civil Parish CP   1934 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991) Permission granted to project.

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. 625.
AYSGARTH RegD/PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. District     1871 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1861 and 1871, in the Parishes and Places comprised in each Superintendent Registrar's District'.
NORTH RIDING Riding Division of Ancient County     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 625.
AYSGARTH RD Local Government District     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 625.
HAWES Registration sub-District     1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 12, 'Registration County, Districts, and Sub-Districts, with their Constituent Civil Parishes - Area; Houses and Population 1891 and 1901, and Separate Occupiers 1901'.
Maps Census reports

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10473676

Date accessed: 09th April 2026