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Here we are presenting statistics for a historical unit, which may have changed its boundaries significantly during the period covered.

Preferred Name:
FILKINS
Unit Type:
Parish-level Unit
Status:
Civil Parish (1896 - 1954)
Date created:
1896
Date abolished:
1954
Unit ID:
10345698
Authorities:
F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 397.

Alternative names

We know of no alternate names.

Unit associations

We know of no associations with other units.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
OXFORDSHIRE Ancient County 1896 1954 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 397.
WITNEY RegD/PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. District 1896   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 397.
BURFORD Registration sub-District 1896   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'.
WITNEY RD Local Government District 1896 1954 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 397.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date Type of change Other unit involved Area transferred Authority
26 Mar 1896 was created from part of BROADWELL CP/AP Houses in 1901: 111.   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'.; LGBO 33607
01 Apr 1954 was abolished to create FILKINS AND BROUGHTON POGGS CP Area: 1781 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. 3881. The County of Oxford (Chipping Norton and Witney R.Ds.) Confirmation Order, 1954

Lower level units

We know of no units which were contained within this unit.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Filkins CP through time | Census tables with data for the Parish-level Unit, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10345698

Date accessed: 19th April 2024