Sherburn House (Parish) through time

Sherburn House 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.

Social class and socio-economic groups. Concentrations of professionals, and of unskilled labourers.

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

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Higher level units

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
COUNTY DURHAM	Ancient County			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 114.
DURHAM RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		01 Apr 1875	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'.
DURHAM RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1858		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 114.
DURHAM RSD	Sanitary District	1858		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 114.
DURHAM RD	Local Government District	1858		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 114.
DURHAM	Registration sub-District			1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'.
DURHAM Wd	Ancient District	1829		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 114.
EASINGTON Wd	Ancient District		1829	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 114.

Boundaries and changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
01 Apr 1946	was enlarged by gaining part of	SHINCLIFFE CP/Tn	Area: 55 acres.	1951 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Intercensal changes of Boundary (between 30th June, 1934, and 8th April, 1951)', for 'Administrative Areas (excluding Wards)'.; M. of H. Order No. 104821. County of Durham (Durham Rural Parishes) Confirmation Order, 1946

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How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10034966

Date accessed: 13th December 2025