East London (Poor Law Union/Registration District) through time

East London Poor Law Union/Registration District

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

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

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

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

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

Numbers going to church, and the kinds of churches they went to. The different religions of modern Britain.

Alternative names

We know of no alternate names.

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
CRIPPLEGATE	Registration sub-District		01 Jan 1870	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
ST BOTOLPH	Registration sub-District		01 Jan 1870	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
GLASSHOUSE YARD CP/ExP/ParLib	Parish-level Unit	1866	1869	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 323.
ST BOTOLPH ALDERSGATE CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1837	1869	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 339.
ST BOTOLPH WITHOUT ALDGATE CP/ParPart	Parish-level Unit	1837	1869	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 339.
ST BOTOLPH WITHOUT BISHOPSGATE AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1837	1869	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 299.
ST GILES CRIPPLEGATE CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1837	1869	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 340.

Other related units

We know of no associations with other units.

Higher level units

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
LONDON	Poor Law/Registration County	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 643.
MIDDLESEX	Poor Law/Registration County		1869	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table 2, 'Number of Day and Sunday Schools in the 624 Districts or Unions, classified according to their sources of maintenance'.

Boundaries and changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
01 Jan 1870	was abolished to enlarge	CITY OF LONDON RegD/PLU	East London RD became part of London City	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

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How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, East London (Poor Law Union/Registration District) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10167449

Date accessed: 08th November 2025