Castle Ward RD through time | Census tables with data for the Local Government District

Administrative unit

Castle Ward RD

Local Government District

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Total Population 1911 to 1961: Population grew from 11,921 in 1911 to 24,856 in 1961.
Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1911 to 1971: Population pyramids, using 5-year age groups.
Infant Mortality Rate 1911 to 1973: The highest rate recorded was 135.34 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1913, and the lowest was 8.96 in 1973.

Here we are presenting statistics for a historical unit, which may have changed its boundaries significantly during the period covered.

Preferred Name:: CASTLE WARD
Unit Type:: Local Government District
Status:: Rural District
Date created:: 1894
Date abolished:: 1974
Unit ID:: 10108937
Authorities:: F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 723.

Castle Ward RD, Northumberland

Alternative names

The following alternative names exist:

Name	Status	Language	Start	End	Authority
CASTLE WARD	Preferred	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 723.
E270835	CASWEB identifiers for 1971 Local Govt Districts	English

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
NORTHUMBERLAND	Administrative County	1894	1974	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 723.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
01 Apr 1935	was reduced to enlarge	GOSFORTH UD	parts of the CPs of East Brunton, Fawdon, & North Gosforth Area: 434 acres. Population in 1931: 195.	1931 Census of England and Wales, Table B, 'Areas altered between 26th April, 1931 and 30th June, 1934, showing constitution as at the latter date, in terms of constitution as at the former date, together with particulars of acreage and population'.; M. of H. Order No. 81246. The Northumberland Review Order, 1935
01 Apr 1935	was reduced to enlarge	NEWBURN UD	parts of the CPs of East Heddon, Heddon on the Wall, & Whorlton Area: 253 acres. Population in 1931: 169.	1931 Census of England and Wales, Table B, 'Areas altered between 26th April, 1931 and 30th June, 1934, showing constitution as at the latter date, in terms of constitution as at the former date, together with particulars of acreage and population'.; M. of H. Order No. 81246. The Northumberland Review Order, 1935
01 Apr 1935	was reduced to enlarge	NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE CB/MB	Kenton CP & parts of the CPs of Fawdon & West Brunton Area: 1597 acres. Population in 1931: 1384.	1931 Census of England and Wales, Table B, 'Areas altered between 26th April, 1931 and 30th June, 1934, showing constitution as at the latter date, in terms of constitution as at the former date, together with particulars of acreage and population'.; M. of H. Order No. 81246. The Northumberland Review Order, 1935
01 Apr 1969	was reduced to enlarge	SEATON VALLEY UD	part of Stannington CP Area: 456 acres.	1971 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Intercensal changes of Boundary (between 23rd April, 1961, and 25th April, 1971)', for 'AC, LAA, CP, NT'.; M. of H. and Local Government Order No. 41582. The County of Northumberland (Seaton Valley U.D.) Confirmation Order, 1969

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
BELSAY CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 318.
BERWICK HILL CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 319.
BITCHFIELD CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 320.
BLACK CALLERTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 322.
BLACK HEDDON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 331.
BOLAM CP/AP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 320.
BOLAM VICARAGE CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 320.
BRADFORD CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 320.
BRENKLEY CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 321.
BRUNSWICK CP	Parish-level Unit	1955		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 321.
BUTTERLAW CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 322.
CAPHEATON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 323.
CHEESEBURN GRANGE CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 323.
COLDCOATS CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 324.
DALTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 325.
DARRAS HALL CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 325.
DINNINGTON CP/AP/Tn	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 325.
EACHWICK CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 326.
EAST BRUNTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 321.
EAST HEDDON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 331.
EAST MATFEN CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 337.
EAST SHAFTOE CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 344.
FAWDON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1935	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 328.
FENWICK CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 328.
GALLOWHILL CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 329.
HARLOW HILL CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 330.
HARNHAM CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 330.
HAWKWELL CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 331.
HAZLERIGG CP	Parish-level Unit	1955		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 331.
HEDDON ON THE WALL Tn/AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 331.
HEUGH CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 332.
HIGHAM DYKES CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 332.
HIGH CALLERTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 322.
HORTON GRANGE CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 333.
HOUGHTON AND CLOSE HOUSE CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 333.
INGOE CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 334.
KEARSLEY CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 334.
KENTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1935	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 334.
KIRKHEATON CP/ExP/Ch	Parish-level Unit		1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 334.
KIRKLEY CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 335.
LITTLE CALLERTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1894	1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 723.
MASON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 336.
MATFEN CP	Parish-level Unit	1955		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 337.
MILBOURNE CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 337.
MILBOURNE GRANGE CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 337.
NESBITT CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 338.
NEWBIGGIN CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 338.
NEWHAM CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 340.
NORTH DISSINGTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 326.
NORTH GOSFORTH Tn/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 329.
OGLE CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 341.
OUSTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 341.
PONTELAND AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 341.
PRESTWICK CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 342.
RIPLINGTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 342.
RUDCHESTER CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 343.
RYAL CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 343.
SHILVINGTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 344.
SHORTFLATT CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 344.
SOUTH DISSINGTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 326.
STAMFORDHAM CP	Parish-level Unit	1955		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 345.
STANNINGTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 345.
TREWICK CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 347.
TWIZELL CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 347.
WALLRIDGE CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 348.
WEST BRUNTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 321.
WEST HEDDON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 331.
WEST MATFEN CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 337.
WEST SHAFTOE CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 344.
WHALTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 349.
WHITCHESTER CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 349.
WHORLTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 350.
WOOLSINGTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 351.

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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Castle Ward RD through time | Census tables with data for the Local Government District, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10108937

Date accessed: 20th April 2024