Nuneaton Poor Law Union/Registration District

Created: 1837   Abolished: 1930

Statistics

Population

Population

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

Industry

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

Life & Death

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

Work & Poverty

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

Housing

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

Birthplace & Religion

Numbers going to church, and the kinds of churches they went to. The different religions of modern Britain.
Place marker map of Great Britain and Ireland

We know of no alternate names.

This unit contained the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
NUNEATON Registration sub-District     1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'.
ARLEY AP/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 436.
ASTLEY CP/AP Parish-level Unit between 1896/1900 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 436.
BULKINGTON CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 440.
BURTON HASTINGS AP/CP Parish-level Unit between 1896-1900 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 440.
CALDECOTE AP/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 440.
CHILVERS COTON CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 441.
NUNEATON AP/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 450.
STRETTON BASKERVILLE CP/AP Parish-level Unit between 1896-1900 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 453.
WEDDINGTON CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 455.
WOLVEY CP/AP Parish-level Unit between 1896-1900 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 457.

We know of no associations with other units.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
WARWICKSHIRE Poor Law/Registration County 1850   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 751.
WARWICKSHIRE Administrative County     Ministry of Health, Persons in Receipt of Poor-Law Relief (England and Wales) (H.M.S.O.)

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date Type of change Other unit involved Area transferred Authority
30 Apr 1851 was reduced to enlarge HINCKLEY RegD/PLU Higham-on-the-Hill, Stoke Golding, and Wolvey   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 May 1896 was enlarged by gaining part of HINCKLEY RegD/PLU Wolvey, Burton Hastings and Stretton Baskerville   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Boundary Map of Nuneaton Poor Law Union/Registration District

If the boundaries of the Poor Law Union/Reg. District changed over time, this map will show all the different boundaries.

Maps Census reports

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10221341

Date accessed: 07th November 2025