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

Preferred Name:
KENSINGTON
Unit Type:
Poor Law Union/Reg. District
Status:
Poor Law Union (1837 - 1845)
Poor Law Parish (after 1845)
Registration District (after 01-JAN-1885)
Date created:
1837
Date abolished:
 
Unit ID:
10111729
Authorities:
F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 644.

Alternative names

We know of no alternate names.

Unit associations

We know of no associations with other units.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
LONDON Poor Law/Registration County 1889   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 644.
MIDDLESEX Poor Law/Registration County     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 644.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date Type of change Other unit involved Area transferred Authority
01 Jan 1895 was reduced to create PADDINGTON PLPar/RegD St. John Paddington and St, Mary Paddington separated to form new RD of Paddington   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Apr 1901 was enlarged by gaining part of CHELSEA PLPar/RegD Chelsea Kensal Town abolished - parts to Kensington Town and new SD of North West Paddington. Parts of Kensington Town also went to from North West Paddington. See also note for Paddington   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Apr 1901 was reduced to enlarge PADDINGTON PLPar/RegD Kensington Town and Chelsea Kensal Town went to form the new SD of North West Paddington   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
KENSINGTON CENTRAL Registration sub-District 01 May 1910   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'.
KENSINGTON NORTH Registration sub-District 01 May 1910   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'.
KENSINGTON SOUTH Registration sub-District 01 Jan 1885   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'.
KENSINGTON TOWN Registration sub-District 01 Jan 1885   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
FULHAM CP/AP/Vest Parish-level Unit 1837 1845 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 649.
HAMMERSMITH CP/Ch/Vest Parish-level Unit 1837 1845 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 325.
KENSINGTON CP/AP/Vest Parish-level Unit 1837 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 331.
PADDINGTON AP/CP/Vest Parish-level Unit 1837 1845 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 649.
How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Kensington PLPar/PLU/RegD through time | Census tables with data for the Poor Law Union/Reg. District, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10111729

Date accessed: 24th September 2023