Gloucester Ancient City (AD_City/CntyOfIt) through time

Gloucester Ancient City (AD_City/CntyOfIt)

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
City	AD_City			1831 Census of Great Britain, Abstract of answers, Table [1] , 'Population Abstract'
County of Itself	CntyOfIt	1483	1889	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
COLLEGE PRECINCTS ExP	Parish-level Unit			1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
GLOUCESTER HOLY TRINITY CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1483	1889	1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
GLOUCESTER ST ALDATE CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1483	1889	1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
GLOUCESTER ST CATHERINE CP/Ch/AP	Parish-level Unit	1483	1889	1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
GLOUCESTER ST JOHN THE BAPTIST AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1483	1889	1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
GLOUCESTER ST MARY DE CRYPT CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1483	1889	1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
GLOUCESTER ST MARY DE GRACE CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1483	1889	1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
GLOUCESTER ST MARY DE LODE AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1483	1889	1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
GLOUCESTER ST MICHAEL AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1483	1889	1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
GLOUCESTER ST NICHOLAS AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1483	1889	1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
GLOUCESTER ST OWEN CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1483	1889	1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.

Higher level units

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
GLOUCESTERSHIRE	Ancient County	1483	1889	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. XIII.

Maps Census reports

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Gloucester Ancient City (AD_City/CntyOfIt) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10516365

Date accessed: 08th April 2026