Merthyr Dovan Parish (CP/AP) through time

Merthyr Dovan 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.

Numbers of houses. Overcrowding: persons per room. Amenities: central heating, baths and WCs.

Formal status

The unit has had the following statuses:

Status	Abbreviation	Start	End	Authority
Civil Parish	CP			1881 Census of England and Wales, Population tables 2, Table 4 , 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'
Ancient Parish	AP			1851 Census of Great Britain, Population tables 2, Table [1] , 'Population Abstract'

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	MERTHYR DYFAN EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 156.

Higher level units

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Authority
GLAMORGAN	Ancient County	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
CARDIFF RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
BARRY AND CADOXTON USD	Sanitary District	1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area and Population in Rural Sanitary Districts'.
DINAS POWYS Hundred	Ancient District	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ST NICHOLAS	Registration sub-District	1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.

Boundaries and changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
25 Mar 1885	was reduced to enlarge	ST ANDREWS MAJOR CP/AP		1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 14, 'Changes in the Areas of Civil Parishes effected by Local Government Board Orders under the Provisions of the Divided Parishes Acts of 1876 and 1879, or by the Act of 1882'.; LGBO 17152
26 Mar 1896	was abolished to enlarge	BARRY CP/AP	Houses in 1901: 775.	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'.; LGBO 33652

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How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10484649

Date accessed: 08th April 2026