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Population

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

Preferred Name:
CHORLEY CHESHIRE
Unit Type:
Sanitary District
Status:
Urban Sanitary District (until 1894)
Date created:
1875
Date abolished:
1894
Unit ID:
10139296
Authorities:
F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 643.

Notes:

This unit is named by Youngs simply as "CHORLEY", but to avoid ambiguity we give its preferred name in the form used by the 1891 Census of Population.

Alternative names

The following alternative names exist:

Name Status Language Start End Authority
CHORLEY CHESHIRE Preferred English     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Ages of Males and Females in Sanitary Districts'.
CHORLEY Alternate English     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 643.

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
NORTH WESTERN Poor Law/Registration Division     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Ages of Males and Females in Sanitary Districts'.
CHESHIRE Poor Law/Registration County 1875 1894 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 643.

Boundary changes

We know of no boundary changes affecting this unit.

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
BOLLINFEE CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1875 1894 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 9.
CHORLEY CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1866   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 14.
POWNALL FEE CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1875 1888 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 31.
How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Chorley Cheshire USD through time | Census tables with data for the Sanitary District, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10139296

Date accessed: 28th March 2024