Our historical statistics are always for precisely defined areas, usually administrative units, not "places". We know about the following units named after Bideford. Each has its own "home page" with much more information. Click on a tick to go directly to a particular statistical theme.

Administrative Area:	Popu- lation	Life+ Death	Indu- stry	Work+ Poverty	Social Class	Hous- ing	Learn +Lang	Roots+ Relig.	Land Use
Bideford RegD/PLU
Bideford MB
Bideford RD
Bideford RSD
Bideford Borough
Bideford SubD
Bideford LabMkt
Bideford USD
Bideford AP/CP
Bideford EP

Be careful! A unit may cover just the town or village, but it may include a big surrounding area. For example, in England and Wales rural districts — units with RD or RSD suffixes — may even exclude the places they are named after. The "Units covering this place" tab lists units whose boundaries contained Bideford.

Election Results

We know of no constituencies that were named after Bideford; where constituencies had more than one name, we base this on their "preferred" name. Constituencies that covered the point location we hold for Bideford will be listed on the "Units covering this place" tab. You can search for constituencies or other units that covered a particular location you are interested in by typing a postcode into our home page, or by using our Historic maps section, zooming in, selecting the Information option, and then clicking on your location.

This website includes information on many different historical units, including census data and other statistics. The boundaries of these units covered Bideford:

Administrative Area:	Popu- lation	Life+ Death	Indu- stry	Work+ Poverty	Social Class	Hous- ing	Learn +Lang	Roots+ Relig.	Land Use
Bideford AP/CP
Bideford MB
Bideford RegD/PLU
Torridge District
Devon County O41area
Devon AdmC
Devon AncC
Devon
Devon RegC
the South West GovOf
Great Britain Dep
England and Wales Dep

Click on a tick for direct access to that theme.

Election Results

Election results are available for these constituencies which covered Bideford.

Constituencies	Start Date	End Date
Devonshire Northern PDivCon	1832	1867
Devonshire North Devonshire PDivCon	1868	1884
Devonshire North Western Or Barnstaple PDivCon	1885	1917
Devonshire Barnstaple PDivCon	1918	1948
Torrington CCon	1949	1973
North Devon CCon	1974	1982
Torridge and West Devon CCon	1983	2009

Please note that these units are listed here because their boundaries covered the point location we hold for Bideford. You can search for units that covered the particular location you are interested in by typing a postcode into our home page, or by using our Historic maps section, zooming in, selecting the Information option, and then clicking on your location. Units will also not be listed here if we hold no computerised boundaries for them, such as Registration sub-Districts and Sanitary Districts.