Civil Parishes of England and Wales, 1891

Description:: These are digital boundaries for the system of Civil Parishes which was and is the most detailed level of local administration in England and Wales, although in many areas parish councils are now moribund. This system was created in the mid-nineteenth century, although based on an earlier system of Ancient Parishes which were primarily ecclesiastical. This file represents the system as it was used to report the 1891 Census of Population. For full details see License document included with this layer This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.
Resource Link:: https://purl.stanford.edu/nh764wk7485
Identifier:: https://purl.stanford.edu/nh764wk7485
Language:: eng
Creator:: Southall, Humphrey, Aucott, Paula, Bennett, Chris, and University of Portsmouth
Publisher:: University of Portsmouth
Provider:: Stanford
Resource Class:: Datasets
Subject:: Boundaries
Theme:: Boundaries
Date Issued:: 2009
Rights:: These data are licensed by Stanford Libraries and are available to Stanford University affiliates for non-commercial activities of research, teaching, educational or scholarly work purposes only. Affiliates are limited to current faculty, staff and students. An End User Licence outlining the full terms of use is included with this download.
Access Rights:: Restricted
Format:: Shapefile
Georeferenced:: false

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