London RegC through time | Census tables with data for the Poor Law/Registration County

Administrative unit

London RegC

Poor Law/Registration County

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Population

Densities and rates of growth. Age structure: concentrations of young people, and of the old.

Industry

How people made their living: identifying farming communities, pit villages, mill towns and so on.

Life & Death

Numbers of babies born. Deaths, especially infant deaths. Causes of death by age and gender.

Work & Poverty

Unemployment rates and poor relief. What proportions of men and of women did paid work?

Housing

Numbers of houses. Overcrowding: persons per room. Amenities: central heating, baths and WCs.

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Total Population 1801 to 1911: Population grew from 958,863 in 1801 to 4,521,685 in 1911.
Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1911: In 1851, only 3.61 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 4.89 per cent were.
Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 170.59 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1871, and the lowest was 130.93 in 1911.
Occupational Structure in 1881:

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

Preferred Name:: LONDON
Unit Type:: Poor Law/Registration County
Date created:: 1851
Date abolished:: 1930
Unit ID:: 10166512
Authorities:: F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 297.

London RegC

Alternative names

We know of no alternate names.

Unit associations

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association	Other unit involved	Type of unit	Authority
was succeeded by	LONDON	Administrative County	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 643.
was preceded by	LONDON	Ancient County	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 643.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
ENGLAND Dep	Country	1851	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 297.
LONDON	Poor Law/Registration Division			1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Registration divisions and Counties - Area, and population at each successive Census'.

Boundary changes

We know of no boundary changes affecting this unit.

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
BATTERSEA PLPar	Poor Law Union/Reg. District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 643.
BERMONDSEY PLPar	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1904		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 643.
BERMONDSEY PLPar/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		1870	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
BETHNAL GREEN PLPar/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1881		1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
CAMBERWELL PLPar/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1881		1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
CHELSEA PLPar/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1881		1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
CITY OF LONDON PLU/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 643.
CITY OF WESTMINSTER PLU/PLPar/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1889		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 644.
CLERKENWELL PLPar/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District			1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
EAST LONDON PLU/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 643.
FULHAM PLU/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1881		1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
FULHAM PLPar	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1881		1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
GREENWICH PLU/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1881		1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
HACKNEY PLU/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1881		1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
HAMMERSMITH PLPar	Poor Law Union/Reg. District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 643.
HAMPSTEAD PLPar/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1881		1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
HOLBORN PLU/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1881		1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
ISLINGTON PLPar/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1881		1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
KENSINGTON RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District			1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
KENSINGTON PLPar/PLU/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1889		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 644.
LAMBETH PLPar/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1881		1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
LEWISHAM PLU/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1881		1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
LIMEHOUSE PLPar	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1921	1927	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 306.
MILE END OLD TOWN PLPar/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1881		1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
NEWINGTON ST MARY PLPar/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		1869	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
PADDINGTON PLPar/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1889		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 644.
POPLAR PLPar/PLU/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1881		1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
ROTHERHITHE PLPar/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		1869	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
SHOREDITCH PLPar/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1881		1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
SOUTHWARK PLU/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1881		1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
SOUTHWARK ST GEORGE THE MARTYR PLPar/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		1869	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
STEPNEY PLU/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1881		1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
STEPNEY PLPar/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 644.
ST GEORGE IN THE EAST PLPar/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1881		1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
ST GEORGES PLU/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District			1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ST GILES IN THE FIELDS AND ST GEORGE BLOOMSBURY PLPar/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1881		1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
ST JAMES PLPar/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		1868	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ST LUKE PLPar/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		1869	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ST MARGARET AND ST JOHN PLU/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		1870	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ST MARTIN IN THE FIELDS PLPar/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		1868	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ST MARYLEBONE PLPar/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1881		1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
ST OLAVE PLU/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1881		1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
ST PANCRAS PLPar/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1881		1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
STRAND PLU/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1881		1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
WANDSWORTH PLPar/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1881		1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
WANDSWORTH RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1881		1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
WEST LONDON PLU/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 643.
WESTMINSTER PLU/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1881		1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
WHITECHAPEL PLPar/PLU/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1881		1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
WOOLWICH PLU/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1881		1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
FULHAM Lon_SDist	Sanitary District	1855	1899	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 650.
GREENWICH Lon_SDist	Sanitary District	1889	1900	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 644.
HACKNEY Lon_SDist	Sanitary District	1889	1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 644.
HOLBORN Lon_SDist	Sanitary District	1889	1900	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 644.
LEE Lon_SDist	Sanitary District	1889	1900	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 644.
LEWISHAM Lon_SDist	Sanitary District	1889	1900	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 644.
LIMEHOUSE Lon_SDist	Sanitary District	1889	1900	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 644.
PLUMSTEAD Lon_SDist	Sanitary District	1889	1900	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 644.
POPLAR Lon_SDist	Sanitary District	1889	1900	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 644.
ST GILES Lon_SDist	Sanitary District	1889	1900	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 644.
ST OLAVE Lon_SDist	Sanitary District	1889	1900	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 644.
STRAND Lon_SDist	Sanitary District	1889	1900	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 645.
ST SAVIOURS Lon_SDist	Sanitary District	1889	1900	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 645.
WANDSWORTH Lon_SDist	Sanitary District	1889	1900	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 645.
WESTMINSTER Lon_SDist	Sanitary District	1889	1900	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 645.
WHITECHAPEL Lon_SDist	Sanitary District	1889	1900	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 645.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, London RegC through time | Census tables with data for the Poor Law/Registration County, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10166512

Date accessed: 30th September 2023