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Here we are presenting statistics for a historical unit, which may have changed its boundaries significantly during the period covered.

Preferred Name:
MERE
Unit Type:
Parish-level Unit
Status:
Ancient Parish (until early)
Extra-Parochial Area (early - 1858)
Civil Parish (1858 - 1931)
Date created:
 
Date abolished:
1931
Unit ID:
10435705
Authorities:
F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 272.

Notes:

Parts of Kesteven.

Alternative names

We know of no alternate names.

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
LINCOLNSHIRE Ancient County     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 272.
LINCOLN RegD/PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. District     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 272.
BRANSTON RD Local Government District     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 272.
LANGOE Wap Ancient District 1840S   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 272.
LINCOLN RSD Sanitary District     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 272.
LINCOLN AD_City/CntyOfIt Ancient District 1410 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 701.
LINCOLN SOUTH WEST 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'.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date Type of change Other unit involved Area transferred Authority
01 Apr 1931 was abolished to create BRANSTON AND MERE CP Area: 1395 acres.   1931 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Intercensal Changes in Boundaries, 1921-31'.; M. of H. Order No. 74993-The Parts of Kesteven (Alterations and Districts and Parishes) Order, 1930

Lower level units

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

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Mere CP/AP/ExP through time | Census tables with data for the Parish-level Unit, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10435705

Date accessed: 28th March 2024