Available Themes

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.

Preferred Name:
HARPURHEY
Unit Type:
Parish-level Unit
Status:
Township
Civil Parish (1866 - 1896)
Date created:
 
Date abolished:
 
Unit ID:
10354201
Authorities:
F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 170.

Alternative names

We know of no alternate names.

Unit associations

We know of no associations with other units.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
LANCASHIRE Ancient County     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 170.
MANCHESTER RegD Poor Law Union/Reg. District 1840 01 Oct 1874 1871 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1861 and 1871, in the Parishes and Places comprised in each Superintendent Registrar's District'.
PRESTWICH RegD/PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. District 1850 1896 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 170.
BLACKLEY Registration sub-District     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
MANCHESTER USD Sanitary District 1885 1894 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 170.
MANCHESTER CB/MB Local Government District 1885 1896 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 170.
PRESTWICH RSD Sanitary District 1875 1885 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 170.
SALFORD Hundred Ancient District     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 170.
MANCHESTER AP/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 170.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date Type of change Other unit involved Area transferred Authority
26 Mar 1896 was abolished to create NORTH MANCHESTER CP Houses in 1901: 3474.   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 33847

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, Harpurhey CP/Tn through time | Census tables with data for the Parish-level Unit, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10354201

Date accessed: 19th March 2024