Woburn (Parish) through time

Woburn Parish

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

How people made their living: identifying farming communities, pit villages, mill towns and so on.

Social class and socio-economic groups. Concentrations of professionals, and of unskilled labourers.

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

Alternative names

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Lower level units

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

Other related units

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association	Other unit involved	Type of unit	Authority
was succeeded by	WOBURN EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 11.

Higher level units

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
BEDFORDSHIRE	Ancient County			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 11.
AMPTHILL RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1899	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 11.
WOBURN PLU/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1835	1899	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 11.
AMPTHILL RD	Local Government District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 11.
MANSHEAD Hundred	Ancient District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 11.
WOBURN RSD	Sanitary District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 11.
WOBURN	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'.

Boundaries and changes

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How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Woburn (Parish) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10081907

Date accessed: 13th November 2025