GIS of the Ancient Parishes of England and Wales, 1500-1850

UKDA study number:4828

Principal Investigators

Southall, H.R.
Burton, N.
University of Portsmouth. Department of Geography

Sponsor

New Opportunities Fund

Distributed by

UK Data Archive, University of Essex, Colchester.

March 2004

 

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Southall, H.R. and Burton, N., GIS of the Ancient Parishes of England and Wales, 1500-1850 [computer file]. Colchester, Essex: UK Data Archive [distributor], March 2004. SN: 4828 , http://dx.doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-4828-1

 

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Copyright:
Humphrey Southall, Nick Burton, the University of Portsmouth and Roger Kain and Richard Oliver

 

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4828 . GIS of the Ancient Parishes of England and Wales, 1500-1850

 

Depositors:

Southall, H.R. , University of Portsmouth. Department of Geography
Burton, N. , University of Portsmouth. Department of Geography

Principal Investigators:

Southall, H.R. , University of Portsmouth. Department of Geography
Burton, N. , University of Portsmouth. Department of Geography

Sponsor:

New Opportunities Fund

Other Acknowledgements:

Roger Kain and Richard Oliver of Exeter University are responsible for collection of the data converted to a GIS.

John Westwood and Paul Carter of the Department of Geography of University of Portsmouth are responsible for the technical work.

Abstract:

Main Topics:

In the middle of 2001 Roger Kain and Richard Oliver, from the University of Exeter, published a substantial work entitled Historic Parishes of England and Wales: Electronic Map - Gazetteer- Metadata. This was the final product of a project aimed at locating and mapping the boundaries of parish and sub-parish units of the mid-nineteenth century. The authors published the results in a series of electronic maps supplied on CD-ROM. Each one of these 115 maps contain a scanned 1”:1 mile OS New Popular Series map, overlain by the boundaries. A reference number can be found in each of the polygons that can then be used to look up information about that parish in gazetteer in an accompanying book.

A major limitation of this work is that although the boundaries are in digital form, they are divided into 115 tiles, none of which have any spatial co-ordinate information inherent in them. This means that although the maps are invaluable as a reference tool, they can not be used together within a GIS to select, analyse and present historic information.

We have therefore created a single digital map of the boundaries to provide a single, continuous coverage of polygons, each of which contain the information provided by Kain and Oliver in their accompanying book. This information includes the parish name, Ancient County, and a reference number that coincides with entries for that parish in the 1851 census report.

It is recommended that users also order disc 1 of study 4348; Historic Parishes of England and Wales : an Electronic Map of Boundaries before 1850 with a Gazetteer and Metadata



Please note: this study does not include information on named individuals and would therefore not be useful for personal family history research.

Coverage:

Time Period Covered: 1500 - 1850
Dates of Fieldwork: 01 April 2002 - 31 December 2002
Country: England and Wales
Spatial Units: County, parish and sub-parish as reported in the 1851 census report
Observation Units: Administrative units (geographical/political)
Kind of Data: Textual data; Numeric data; Image

Universe Sampled:

Location of Units of Observation: Cross-national; National; Subnational
Population: County, parish and sub-parish as reported in the 1851 census report

Methodology:

Time Dimensions: Cross-sectional (one-time) study
Sampling Procedures: No sampling (total universe)
Method of Data Collection: Conversion of electronic boundaries to GIS format
Data Sources: Kain, R.J.P., and Oliver, R.R. (2001) "Historic parishes of England and Wales: Electronic Map - Gazetteer - Metadata", Colchester: History Data Service. ISBN 0 9540032 0 9.
Control Operations: Systematic review of the data and production of an error log
Weighting: No information supplied

Language(s) of Written Materials:

Study Description: English
Study Documentation: English

Access:

Access Conditions: The depositor has specified that registration is required and standard conditions of use apply. The depositor may be informed about usage. See terms and conditions of access for further information.
Availability: UK Data Service
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Date of First Release:

30 March 2004

Copyright:

Humphrey Southall, Nick Burton, the University of Portsmouth and Roger Kain and Richard Oliver


File last updated:

17 June 2014