Broad Clyst Registration Sub-District through time

Broad Clyst Registration Sub-District

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 babies born. Deaths, especially infant deaths. Causes of death by age and gender.

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
BROAD CLYST	Preferred	English		01 Aug 1897	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
BROAD CLIST	Alternate	English		01 Aug 1897	1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Authority
BROAD CLYST AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
CLYST HYDON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
CLYST ST LAWRENCE AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
WHIMPLE AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.

Higher level units

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
ST THOMAS RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		01 Aug 1897	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Maps Census reports

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Broad Clyst Registration Sub-District through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10564098

Date accessed: 08th April 2026