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Here we are presenting statistics for a historical unit, which may have changed its boundaries significantly during the period covered.

Preferred Name:
CLERKENWELL
Unit Type:
Parish-level Unit
Status:
Ancient Parish
Civil Parish
Vestry
Date created:
 
Date abolished:
 
Unit ID:
10129837
Authorities:
F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 319.

Alternative names

The following alternative names exist:

Name Status Language Start End Authority
CLERKENWELL Preferred English     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 319.
CLERKENWELL ST JAMES Alternate English     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 319.
CLERKENWELL ST JAMESS Alternate English     1821 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ST JAMES CLERKENWELL Alternate English     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.

Unit associations

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association Other unit involved Type of unit Authority
was succeeded by CLERKENWELL EP Ecclesiastical Parish F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 319.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
MIDDLESEX Ancient County     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 319.
CLERKENWELL PLPar/RegD Poor Law Union/Reg. District   1869 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 649.
HOLBORN RegD/PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. District 1869   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 319.
AMWELL Registration sub-District     1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 12, 'Registration County, Districts, and Sub-Districts, with their Constituent Civil Parishes - Area; Houses and Population 1891 and 1901, and Separate Occupiers 1901'.
CLERKENWELL Lon_SDist Sanitary District     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area and Population in Rural Sanitary Districts'.
CLERKENWELL 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'.
FINSBURY MetB Local Government District     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 319.
GOSWELL STREET Registration sub-District     1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 12, 'Registration County, Districts, and Sub-Districts, with their Constituent Civil Parishes - Area; Houses and Population 1891 and 1901, and Separate Occupiers 1901'.
OSSULSTONE Hundred Ancient District     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 319.
PENTONVILLE Registration sub-District     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
ST JAMES CLERKENWELL Registration sub-District     1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 12, 'Registration County, Districts, and Sub-Districts, with their Constituent Civil Parishes - Area; Houses and Population 1891 and 1901, and Separate Occupiers 1901'.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date Type of change Other unit involved Area transferred Authority
1899 was reduced to enlarge HORNSEY ST MARY CP/AP Houses in 1901: 225.   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'.; London Government Act, 1899
01 Apr 1915 was abolished to create FINSBURY CP Area: 317 acres. Population in 1921: 50322.   1921 Census of England and Wales, Table 6, 'Intercensal Changes in Boundaries, 1911-21'.; The County of London (Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury) Confirmation Order, 1915 (No. 63338)
  was reduced to enlarge HORNSEY ST MARY CP/AP Population in 1901: 1133.   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'.; London Government Act (1899)
  was reduced to enlarge ISLINGTON Vest/AP/CP Population in 1901: 1396.   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'.; London Government Act (1899)
  was enlarged by gaining part of ISLINGTON Vest/AP/CP Population in 1901: 2139.   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'.; London Government Act (1899)
  was reduced to enlarge ISLINGTON Vest/AP/CP Population in 1901: 0.   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'.; London Government Act (1899)
  was enlarged by gaining part of LIBERTY OF SAFFRON HILL HATTON GARDEN ELY RENTS AND ELY PLACE CP/ParLib Population in 1901: 838.   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'.; London Government Act (1899)
  was reduced to enlarge LIBERTY OF SAFFRON HILL HATTON GARDEN ELY RENTS AND ELY PLACE CP/ParLib Population in 1901: 3.   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'.; London Government Act (1899)
  was reduced to enlarge ST ANDREW HOLBORN ABOVE THE BARS WITH ST GEORGE THE MARTYR CP Population in 1901: 535.   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'.; London Government Act (1899)
  was reduced to enlarge ST ANDREW HOLBORN ABOVE THE BARS WITH ST GEORGE THE MARTYR CP Population in 1901: 240.   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'.; London Government Act (1899)
  was enlarged by gaining part of ST PANCRAS Vest/CP/AP Population in 1901: 0.   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'.; London Government Act (1899)
  was reduced to enlarge ST PANCRAS Vest/CP/AP Population in 1901: 43.   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'.; London Government Act (1899)

Lower level units

We know of no units which were contained within this unit.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Clerkenwell Vest/CP/AP through time | Census tables with data for the Parish-level Unit, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10129837

Date accessed: 19th March 2024