Lidsing (Parish) through time

Lidsing 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

The following alternate names for this unit exist:

Name	Status	Language	End	Authority
LIDSING	Preferred	English	1913	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 279.
LIDGEN	Alternate	English		1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
LIDSING OR LIDGEN	Alternate	English		1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.

Lower level units

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

Other related units

We know of no associations with other units.

Higher level units

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
KENT	Ancient County			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 279.
MEDWAY RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 279.
CHATHAM AND GILLINGHAM Hundred	Ancient District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 279.
GILLINGHAM	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'.
GILLINGHAM UD/MB	Local Government District	1903	1913	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 279.
MEDWAY RSD	Sanitary District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 279.
MEDWAY RD	Local Government District	1894	1903	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 279.
GILLINGHAM AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 279.

Boundaries and changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
01 Oct 1913	was abolished to enlarge	GILLINGHAM AP/CP	Area: 443 acres. Population in 1921: 138.	1921 Census of England and Wales, Table 6, 'Intercensal Changes in Boundaries, 1911-21'.; The County of Kent (Gillingham) Confirmation Order, 1913 (No. 60249)

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How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10222140

Date accessed: 11th November 2025