Towersey Parish (Ch/CP) through time

Towersey Parish (Ch/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.

Formal status

The unit has had the following statuses:

Status	Abbreviation	Start	End	Authority
Chapelry	Ch		early	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.
Civil Parish	CP	early		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	TOWERSEY EP	Ecclesiastical Parish	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 41.

Higher level units

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE	Ancient County			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 41.
THAME RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 41.
ASHENDON Hundred	Ancient District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 41.
BULLINGDON RD	Local Government District	1934		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 407.
LONG CRENDON RD	Local Government District		1934	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 41.
THAME RSD	Sanitary District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 41.
THAME	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'.
THAME AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		early	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 41.

Boundaries and changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
01 Apr 1934	was abolished to create	LONGWICK CUM ILMER CP	Area: 1 acres. Population in 1931: 0.	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'.; M. of H. Order No. 77936. The Bucks Review Order, 1934; 1.4.1933 M. of H. Provisional Order Confirmation (Buckingham and Oxford) Act, 1933

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How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10031527

Date accessed: 21st January 2026