Edstock and Beer (Parish) through time

Edstock and Beer 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

We know of no associations with other units.

Higher level units

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
SOMERSET	Ancient County			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 425.
BRIDGWATER RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1866	1886	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 425.
BRIDGWATER RSD	Sanitary District		1886	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 425.
CANNINGTON Hundred	Ancient District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 425.
STOWEY	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'.
CANNINGTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 425.

Boundaries and changes

We know of no boundary changes affecting this unit.

Maps Census reports

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10430781

Date accessed: 08th November 2025