Clerkenwell (Poor Law Union/Registration District) through time

Clerkenwell 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

The following alternate names for this unit exist:

Name	Status	Language	Start	End	Authority
CLERKENWELL	Preferred	English		1869	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 649.
ST JAMES CLERKENWELL	Alternate	English			Poor Law Board, Poor Law Returns to Parliament pre 1871 (HMSO)

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	End	Authority
AMWELL	Registration sub-District	02 Aug 1869	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
GOSWELL STREET	Registration sub-District	02 Aug 1869	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
PENTONVILLE	Registration sub-District	02 Aug 1869	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
ST JAMES CLERKENWELL	Registration sub-District	02 Aug 1869	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
CLERKENWELL Vest/CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1869	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 649.

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			1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
MIDDLESEX	Poor Law/Registration County		1869	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 649.

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, Clerkenwell (Poor Law Union/Registration District) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10477025

Date accessed: 12th November 2025