Available Themes

Population

Population

Densities and rates of growth. Age structure: concentrations of young people, and of the old.
Housing

Housing

Numbers of houses. Overcrowding: persons per room. Amenities: central heating, baths and WCs.

Preferred Name:
FOUR TOWERS
Unit Type:
Parish-level Unit
Status:
Extra-Parochial Area (until 1858)
Civil Parish (after 1858)
Date created:
 
Date abolished:
1885
Unit ID:
10488229
Authorities:
1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.

Alternative names

We know of no alternate names.

Unit associations

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association Other unit involved Type of unit Authority
was succeeded by FOUR TOWERS EExP Ecclesiastical Parish F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 418.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
SOMERSET Ancient County   1885 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
WINCANTON RegD/PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. District 1858 1885 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 674.
BRUTON Hundred Ancient District   1885 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
BRUTON Registration sub-District     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'.
WINCANTON RSD Sanitary District   1885 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 672.

Boundary changes

We know of no boundary changes affecting this unit.

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10488229

Date accessed: 23rd April 2024