Poulton Cum Seacombe Parish (CP/Tn)

Abolished: 1912

Statistics

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.
Place marker map of Great Britain and Ireland

The following alternate names exist for this unit:

Name Status Language Start End Authority
POULTON CUM SEACOMBE Preferred English     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 31.
POULTON WITH SEACOMB Alternate English     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'.

The unit has had the following statuses:

Status Abbreviation Start End Authority
Township Tn   1912 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991) Permission granted to project.
Civil Parish CP 1866 1912 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991) Permission granted to project.

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association Other unit involved Type of unit Authority
was succeeded by POULTON EP Ecclesiastical Parish F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 31.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
CHESHIRE Ancient County   1912 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 31.
BIRKENHEAD RegD/PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. District 1891 1912 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 31.
WIRRAL RegD/PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. District 1836 1891 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 31.
WALLASEY MB/UD/CB Local Government District 1910 1912 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 31.
WALLASEY 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'.
WALLASEY USD Sanitary District 1866 1912 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 31.
WALLASEY MB/UD/CB Local Government District 1894 1910 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 31.
WIRRAL Hundred Ancient District   1912 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 31.
WALLASEY CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 31.

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date Type of change Other unit involved Area transferred Authority
01 Apr 1912 was abolished to enlarge WALLASEY CP/AP Area: 835 acres. Population in 1921: 35604.   1921 Census of England and Wales, Table 6, 'Intercensal Changes in Boundaries, 1911-21'.; The County of Chester (Wallasey) Confirmation Order, 1912 (No. 58295)

Boundary Map of Poulton Cum Seacombe Parish (CP/Tn)

If the boundaries of the Parish-level Unit changed over time, this map will show all the different boundaries.

Maps Census reports

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Poulton Cum Seacombe Parish (CP/Tn) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10082250

Date accessed: 08th February 2026