Alternative names

The following alternative names exist:

Name	Status	Language	Start	End	Authority
BISHOPSWORTH	Preferred	English	1852		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 417.
BISHOPSWORTH ST PETER	Alternate	English			1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Ecclesiastical parishes or districts - Families or separate occupiers, and population, 1911'.

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
SOMERSET	Ancient County	1852		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 417.
BEDMINSTER	Rural Deanery	1901		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 417.
BRISTOL	Rural Deanery	1852	1866	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 417.
BRISTOL	Rural Deanery	1887	1901	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 417.
BRISTOL CITY CITY DIVISION	Rural Deanery	1866	1887	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 417.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
1844	was created from part of	BEDMINSTER EP		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 416.
1902	was reduced to create	BEDMINSTER ST ALDHELM EP		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 417.
1962	was reduced to create	BRISTOL ST ANDREW HARTCLIFFE EP		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 417.

Lower level units

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