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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:
NORTON HAWKFIELD
Unit Type:
Parish-level Unit
Status:
Tything (until 1896)
Civil Parish (1866 - 1896)
Date created:
 
Date abolished:
1896
Unit ID:
10438615
Authorities:
F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 433.

Alternative names

The following alternative names exist:

Name Status Language Start End Authority
NORTON HAWKFIELD Preferred English   1896 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 433.
NORTON HAWFIELD Alternate English     1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.

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
SOMERSET Ancient County     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 433.
CLUTTON RegD/PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. District 1866 1896 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 433.
CHEW Hundred Ancient District     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 433.
CHEW MAGNA Registration sub-District     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
CLUTTON RSD Sanitary District     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 433.
CLUTTON RD Local Government District   1896 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 433.
CHEW MAGNA AP/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 433.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date Type of change Other unit involved Area transferred Authority
18 Aug 1882 was reduced to enlarge DUNDRY CP/Ch   1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 14, 'Changes in the Areas of Civil Parishes effected by Local Government Board Orders under the Provisions of the Divided Parishes Acts of 1876 and 1879, or by the Act of 1882'.; D.P. ACT, 1882
24 Mar 1884 was reduced to enlarge DUNDRY CP/Ch   1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 14, 'Changes in the Areas of Civil Parishes effected by Local Government Board Orders under the Provisions of the Divided Parishes Acts of 1876 and 1879, or by the Act of 1882'.; LGBO 15680
01 Apr 1896 was abolished to enlarge NORTON MALREWARD AP/CP Houses in 1901: 4.   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 33993

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10438615

Date accessed: 19th March 2024