Winterborne Tomson Parish (AP/CP) through time

Winterborne Tomson Parish (AP/CP)

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

The following alternate names exist for this unit:

Name	Status	Language	Authority
WINTERBORNE TOMSON	Preferred	English	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 122.
THOMSON	Alternate	English	1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
WINTERBORNE THOMSON	Alternate	English	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
WINTERBOURNE TOMSON	Alternate	English	1931 Census of England and Wales, Table B, 'Areas altered between 26th April, 1931 and 30th June, 1934, showing constitution as at the latter date, in terms of constitution as at the former date, together with particulars of acreage and population'.

Formal status

The unit has had the following statuses:

Status	Abbreviation	Start	End	Authority
Ancient Parish	AP			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.
Civil Parish	CP		1933	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.

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	WINTERBOURNE TOMSON EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 122.

Higher level units

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	End	Authority
DORSET	Ancient County		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 122.
BLANDFORD RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 122.
BLANDFORD RSD	Sanitary District		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 122.
BLANDFORD RD	Local Government District	1933	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 122.
COOMBS DITCH Hundred	Ancient District		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 122.
MILTON ABBAS	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'.

Maps Census reports

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Winterborne Tomson Parish (AP/CP) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10462150

Date accessed: 15th January 2026