Newsham Parish

Statistics

Population

Population

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

Industry

How people made their living: identifying farming communities, pit villages, mill towns and so on.
Housing

Housing

Numbers of houses. Overcrowding: persons per room. Amenities: central heating, baths and WCs.
Place marker map of Great Britain and Ireland

The following alternate names for this unit exist:

Name Status Language Start End Authority
NEWSHAM Preferred English     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 110.
NEWSAM Alternate English     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.

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

We know of no associations with other 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. 110.
STOCKTON RegD Poor Law Union/Reg. District   01 Jan 1896 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'.
STOCKTON RegD/PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. District 1866   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 110.
STOCKTON 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'.
STOCKTON RD Local Government District 1866   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 110.
STOCKTON Wd Ancient District     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 110.
STOCKTON RSD Sanitary District 1866   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 110.
YARM Registration sub-District     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'.
EGGLESCLIFFE CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 110.

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date Type of change Other unit involved Area transferred Authority
24 Mar 1887 was enlarged by gaining part of AISLABY CP/Tn Trafford Hill 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 20697

Boundary Map of Newsham Parish

If the boundaries of the Parish-level Unit changed over time, this map will show all the different boundaries.

Maps Census reports

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10144504

Date accessed: 10th December 2025