Bowood (Parish) through time

Bowood 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.

Numbers of houses. Overcrowding: persons per room. Amenities: central heating, baths and WCs.

Alternative names

We know of no alternate names.

Lower level units

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

Other related units

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association	Other unit involved	Type of unit	Authority
was succeeded by	BOWOOD EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 531.

Higher level units

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	End	Authority
WILTSHIRE	Ancient County		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 531.
CALNE RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1890	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 531.
CALNE Hundred	Ancient District		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 531.
CALNE RSD	Sanitary District	1890	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 531.
CALNE	Registration sub-District		1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.

Boundaries and changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
26 Mar 1890	was abolished to create	CALNE WITHOUT CP	Houses in 1901: 24.	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 25403

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How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10399040

Date accessed: 07th November 2025