Accrington Parish (Ch/CP) through time

Accrington Parish (Ch/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.

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
ACCRINGTON	Preferred	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 142.
ACCRINGTON ST JAMES	Alternate	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 142.

Formal status

The unit has had the following statuses:

Status	Abbreviation	Start	End	Authority
Chapelry	Ch		1878	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991) Permission granted to project.
Civil Parish	CP	1878		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991) 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	ACCRINGTON EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 142.

Higher level units

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
LANCASHIRE	Ancient County			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 142.
HASLINGDEN RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1878		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 142.
ACCRINGTON USD	Sanitary District	1878		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 142.
ACCRINGTON MB	Local Government District	1878		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 142.
ACCRINGTON	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'.
BLACKBURN Wap/Hundred	Ancient District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 142.
WHALLEY Tn/AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		1878	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 142.

Boundaries and changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
01 Apr 1929	was enlarged by the abolition of	HUNCOAT CP/Tn	Area: 991 acres.	1931 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Intercensal Changes in Boundaries, 1921-31'.; Accrington Corporation Act, 1928

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How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10479447

Date accessed: 08th April 2026