Chichester St James Parish

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

Notes

Originally hospital

The following alternate names for this unit exist:

Name Status Language Start End Authority
CHICHESTER ST JAMES Preferred English     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 506.
ST JAMES 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'.

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

We know of no associations with other units.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
SUSSEX Ancient County     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 506.
CHICHESTER Inc Poor Law Union/Reg. District   1869 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 506.
CHICHESTER Inc/RegD Poor Law Union/Reg. District   1896 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 506.
CHICHESTER USD Sanitary District     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 506.
CHICHESTER MB Local Government District 1835 1896 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 506.
CHICHESTER Registration sub-District     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date Type of change Other unit involved Area transferred Authority
26 Mar 1896 was abolished to create CHICHESTER CP Houses in 1901: 7.   1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 14, 'Changes in the Boundaries of Civil Parishes, effected Local Government Acts of 1899 and 1894, and by Local Acts since 1891 - Inhabited Houses and Population 1901'.; LGBO 34011

Boundary Map of Chichester St James Parish

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, Chichester St James (Parish) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10285409

Date accessed: 11th November 2025