Available Themes

Population

Population

Densities and rates of growth. Age structure: concentrations of young people, and of the old.
Housing

Housing

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

Preferred Name:
BIRKBECK FELLS COMMON
Unit Type:
Parish-level Unit
Status:
Extra-Parochial Area (until by 1901)
Date created:
 
Date abolished:
by 1901
Unit ID:
10595733
Authorities:
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'.

Alternative names

The following alternative names exist:

Name Status Language Start End Authority
BIRKBECK FELLS COMMON Preferred English   by 1901 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'.
BIRKBECK FELLS COMMON TO CROSBY RAVENSWORTH Alternate English     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'.
UNDIVIDED MOOR COMMON TO THE TOWNSHIP OF BIRKBECK FELLS AND TO PART OF THE TOWNSHIP OF CROSBY RAVENSWORTH Alternate English     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.

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
WESTMORLAND Ancient County   by 1901 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'.
WEST WARD RegD/PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. District   by 1901 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'.
MORLAND Registration sub-District   by 1901 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'.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date Type of change Other unit involved Area transferred Authority
  was abolished to create LANDS COMMON TO ORTON AND CROSBY RAVENSWORTH ExP   1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 12, 'Registration County, Districts, and Sub-Districts, with their Constituent Civil Parishes - Area; Houses and Population 1891 and 1901, and Separate Occupiers 1901'.

Lower level units

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

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Birkbeck Fells Common ExP through time | Census tables with data for the Parish-level Unit, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10595733

Date accessed: 19th April 2024