Flintshire (Poor Law/Registration County) through time

Flintshire Poor Law/Registration County

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

The following alternate names for this unit exist:

Name	Status	Language	Authority
FLINTSHIRE	Preferred	English	M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 70.
FLINT	Alternate	English	M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 70.
FLINTSH	Alternate	English	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	Authority
HAWARDEN RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850	Statement of the Names of the Several Unions and Poor Law Parishes of England and Wales; and of the Population, Area, and Rateable Value thereof in 1881 (168)
HOLYWELL RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850	Statement of the Names of the Several Unions and Poor Law Parishes of England and Wales; and of the Population, Area, and Rateable Value thereof in 1881 (182)
FLINT USD	Sanitary District		1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Sanitary Districts situated within the [Division] Division in 1881, and Population of the same in 1871'.
HOLYWELL USD	Sanitary District		1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Sanitary Districts situated within the [Division] Division in 1881, and Population of the same in 1871'.
HOLYWELL RSD	Sanitary District		1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Sanitary Districts situated within the [Division] Division in 1881, and Population of the same in 1871'.
MOLD USD	Sanitary District		1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Sanitary Districts situated within the [Division] Division in 1881, and Population of the same in 1871'.

Other related units

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association	Other unit involved	Type of unit	Authority
was succeeded by	FLINTSHIRE	Administrative County	M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 71.
was succeeded by	FLINTSHIRE	District/Unitary Authority	M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 70.
was preceded by	FLINTSHIRE	Ancient County	M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 999.

Higher level units

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
WALES Dep	Country	1851	1930	M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 70.
WALES	Poor Law/Registration Division			1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Registration divisions and Counties - Area, and population at each successive Census'.

Boundaries and changes

We know of no boundary changes affecting this unit.

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How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Flintshire (Poor Law/Registration County) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10173012

Date accessed: 13th December 2025