High and Low Highlaws Parish (CP/Tn) through time

High and Low Highlaws Parish (CP/Tn)

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 exist for this unit:

Name	Status	Language	Start	End	Authority
HIGH AND LOW HIGHLAWS	Preferred	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 332.
HIGH AND LOW HIGHLAWS OR HEIGHLEY	Alternate	English			1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.

Formal status

The unit has had the following statuses:

Status	Abbreviation	Start	End	Authority
Township	Tn			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991) Permission granted to project.
Civil Parish	CP	1866	1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991) Permission granted to project.

Higher level units

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
NORTHUMBERLAND	Ancient County			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 332.
MORPETH RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1866		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 332.
MORPETH RD	Local Government District		1955	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 332.
MORPETH RSD	Sanitary District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 332.
MORPETH Wd	Ancient District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 332.
MORPETH	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'.
MITFORD AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 332.

Boundaries and changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
01 Apr 1935	was reduced to enlarge	MORPETH AP/CP/Tn	Area: 53 acres. Population in 1931: 34.	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. 81246. The Northumberland Review Order, 1935
01 Apr 1955	was abolished to enlarge	HEBRON CP/Ch	Area: 1317 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. 4893. The County of Northumberland (Parishes in the R.D. of Morpeth) Confirmation Order, 1955

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How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, High and Low Highlaws Parish (CP/Tn) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10318853

Date accessed: 15th February 2026