Helston (Civil Parish)
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Description

Civil parish, created in 1866 from part of the parish of Wendron. Helston Poor Law Union, 1866-1930. Helston Municipal Borough, 1866-1974. Helston Urban Sanitary District, 1875-1894. Kerrier District, 1974-2009. Helston and The Lizard Community Network, 2009-present. In 1934, the parish was enlarged by 138 acres transferred from the parish of Breage, 1,796 acres transferred from the parish of Sithney and 1,771 acres transferred from the parish of Wendron.

Cornwall Parliamentary Constituency, 1209 to 1832. West Parliamentary Division, 1832-1885, and Helston Parliamentary Borough, 1867-1885. Truro Parliamentary Division, 1885-1918. Camborne Parliamentary Division, 1918-1948. St Ives Parliamentary Constituency, 1948-present.


Statistics

Grid Reference: SW 65 27
Year 1801 1851 1901 1951 2001
Acres n/a n/a 309 4,014 2,676
Population n/a n/a 3,088 5,545 9,780

Chronological Sequence

Helston, 1980, 2011


Forms by Earliest Occurrence

Helston : 1980, 2011


References

Helston

Youngs, 1980, p61

OS, 1:25000, 2011


Place Names in the Civil Parish of Helston

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