Holmer Parish (CP)

Created: 1884  

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

This unit was created in 1884 out of the residue of Holmer and Shelwick after transfers to Hereford MB, creating Holmer Within, and to Breinton. The 1891 census lists data for Holmer and Shelwick, but as it also lists data for Holmer Within the data must be for Holmer.

The following alternate names exist for this unit:

Name Status Language Start End Authority
HOLMER Preferred English     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 129.
HOLMER AND SHELWICK Alternate English     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
HEREFORDSHIRE Ancient County 1884   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 129.
HEREFORD RegD Poor Law Union/Reg. District 1884   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'.
HEREFORD PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. District 1884   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 129.
BURGHILL 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'.
GRIMSWORTH Hundred Ancient District 1884   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 129.
HEREFORD RSD Sanitary District 1884   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 129.
HEREFORD RD Local Government District     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 129.

Boundary Map of Holmer 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, Holmer Parish (CP) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10479216

Date accessed: 08th April 2026