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Here we are presenting statistics for a historical unit, which may have changed its boundaries significantly during the period covered.
The following alternative names exist:
Name | Status | Language | Start | End | Authority |
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WESTHOUGHTON | Preferred | English | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 210. | ||
WEST HOUGHTON | Alternate | English | 1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'. |
This unit was associated with the following other units:
Nature of association | Other unit involved | Type of unit | Authority |
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was succeeded by | WEST HOUGHTON EP | Ecclesiastical Parish | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 174. |
This unit was part of the following units:
This unit was affected by the following changes:
Date | Type of change | Other unit involved | Area transferred | Authority |
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30 Sep 1898 | was enlarged by gaining part of | OVER HULTON CP/Tn | Houses in 1901: 191. | 1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 14, 'Changes in the Boundaries of Civil Parishes, effected Local Government Acts of 1899 and 1894, and by Local Acts since 1891 - Inhabited Houses and Population 1901'.; The Bolton, Turton, and Westhoughton Ext. Act, 1898 |
We know of no units which were contained within this unit.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Westhoughton Tn/CP/Ch through time | Census tables with data for the Parish-level Unit, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10356088
Date accessed: 29th September 2024