Brancepeth (Parish) through time

Brancepeth 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

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Authority
BRANDON AND BYSHOTTLES CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 94.
CROOK Ch	Parish-level Unit	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 97.
CROOK AND BILLY ROW CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 97.
HEDLEYHOPE Tn/CP	Parish-level Unit	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 104.
HELMINGTON ROW CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 104.
STOCKLEY CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 115.
WILLINGTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 119.

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	BRANCEPETH EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 94.

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. 94.
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			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 94.
BRANDON	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'.
DARLINGTON Wd	Ancient District		1829	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 94.
DURHAM RSD	Sanitary District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 94.
DURHAM RD	Local Government District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 94.
DURHAM Wd	Ancient District	1829		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 94.

Boundaries and changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
21 Dec 1881	was enlarged by gaining part of	BRANDON AND BYSHOTTLES CP/Tn	South Brandon Farm Houses in 1891: 1.	1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 14, 'Changes in the Areas of Civil Parishes effected by Local Government Board Orders under the Provisions of the Divided Parishes Acts of 1876 and 1879, or by the Act of 1882'.; LGBO 13172
21 Dec 1881	was reduced to enlarge	STOCKLEY CP/Tn	Houses in 1891: 284.	1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 14, 'Changes in the Areas of Civil Parishes effected by Local Government Board Orders under the Provisions of the Divided Parishes Acts of 1876 and 1879, or by the Act of 1882'.; LGBO 13173

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How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10072773

Date accessed: 15th December 2025