Michaelstone super Avon Lower Parish (CP/Hmlt)

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 following alternate names exist for this unit:

Name Status Language Start End Authority
MICHAELSTONE SUPER AVON LOWER Preferred English     1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
LOWER MICHAELSTONE Alternate English     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
MICHAELSTONE LOWER Alternate English     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
MICHAELSTON LOWER Alternate English     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'.

The unit has had the following statuses:

Status Abbreviation Start End Authority
Civil Parish CP     1911 Census of England and Wales, Population tables 2, 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'
Hamlet Hmlt     1831 Census of Great Britain, Abstract of answers, Table [1] , 'Population Abstract'

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
GLAMORGAN Ancient County     1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
NEATH RegD/PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. 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'.
ABERAVON USD Sanitary District     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area and Population in Rural Sanitary Districts'.
MARGAM 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'.
NEATH RD Local Government 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'.
NEATH RSD Sanitary District     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area and Population in Rural Sanitary Districts'.
MICHAELSTON SUPER AVAN CP/AP Parish-level Unit     1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date Type of change Other unit involved Area transferred Authority
30 Sep 1894 was reduced to enlarge PORT TALBOT AP/CP Houses in 1901: 34.   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 31580
09 Nov 1921 was abolished to enlarge PORT TALBOT AP/CP Area: 988 acres.   1931 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Intercensal Changes in Boundaries, 1921-31'.; M. of H. Provisional Orders Confirmation (Aberavon and Neath Extension) Act, 1921

Boundary Map of Michaelstone super Avon Lower Parish (CP/Hmlt)

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, Michaelstone super Avon Lower Parish (CP/Hmlt) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10485058

Date accessed: 09th April 2026