Farne Islands (Parish) through time

Farne Islands 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.

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

Alternative names

The following alternate names for this unit exist:

Name	Status	Language	Start	End	Authority
FARNE ISLANDS	Preferred	English		1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 101.
FERNE ISLANDS	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'.

Lower level units

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

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	FARNE ISLANDS EExP	Ecclesiastical Parish	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 328.

Higher level units

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
COUNTY DURHAM	Ancient County		1844	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 101.
NORTHUMBERLAND	Ancient County	1844	1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 101.
BELFORD RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 101.
BELFORD RD	Local Government District		1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 328.
BELFORD	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'.

Boundaries and changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
01 Apr 1955	was abolished to enlarge	NORTH SUNDERLAND CP/Tn	Area: 80 acres.	1961 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Intercensal Changes of Boundary (between 8th April, 1951 and 23rd April, 1961)', for 'LAA, CP'.; M. of H. and Local Government Order No. 4837. The County of Northumberland (R.D. of Belford) Confirmation Order, 1955

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How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10184101

Date accessed: 10th December 2025