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