Close of the Collegiate Church of St Peter Parish (CP/ExP)

Abolished: 1922

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.
Social Structure

Social Structure

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

Housing

Numbers of houses. Overcrowding: persons per room. Amenities: central heating, baths and WCs.
Place marker map of Great Britain and Ireland

Notes

The 'Collegiate Church of St Peter' is better known as Westminster Abbey.

The following alternate names exist for this unit:

Name Status Language Start End Authority
CLOSE OF THE COLLEGIATE CHURCH OF ST PETER Preferred English     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 320.
THE CLOSE OF THE COLLEGIATE CHURCH OF ST PETER 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
Extra-Parochial Area ExP   1858 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.
Civil Parish CP 1858 1922 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
MIDDLESEX Ancient County   1922 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 320.
CITY OF WESTMINSTER RegD/PLPar/PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. District 1913 1922 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 320.
ST GEORGES PLPar/RegD/PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. District 1870 1913 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 320.
ST MARGARET AND ST JOHN RegD/PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. District   01 Jul 1870 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
CITY OF WESTMINSTER AND ITS LIBERTY AD_City/Liberty Ancient District     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 320.
ST MARGARET AND ST JOHN 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'.
ST MARGARET WESTMINSTER Registration sub-District     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
WESTMINSTER MetB Local Government District   1922 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 320.

Boundary Map of Close of the Collegiate Church of St Peter Parish (CP/ExP)

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, Close of the Collegiate Church of St Peter Parish (CP/ExP) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10164576

Date accessed: 18th February 2026