Drakes Island Extra-parochial Area (ExP)

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

Notes

The 1871 census notes that Drake's Island, together with Plymouth Breakwater, was included in the return for St. Andrew's parish in 1861, but 'they are, however, stated to be in no way connected with that or any other parish'. Drake's Island is not listed by the census after 1881, but is not mentioned in the boundary change lists in the 1891 census, so it is unclear what happened to it.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
DEVON Ancient County     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'.
PLYMOUTH RegD/Inc Poor Law Union/Reg. District     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'.
PLYMOUTH SOUTH WEST Registration sub-District     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'.
Maps Census reports

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Drakes Island Extra-parochial Area (ExP) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12798477

Date accessed: 09th April 2026