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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:
Registration District (until January 01st, 1885)
Date created:
 
Date abolished:
01 Jan 1885
Unit ID:
10477013
Authorities:
F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 644.

Notes:

This Registration District originally covered the areas of Kensington, Paddington and Fulham parishes, each of which was also a Poor Law Union or Parish. In 1875 Fulham, with Hammersmith, became a separate Registration District, and in 1885 Kensington and Paddington became Registration DistrictRegistration Districts in their own rights.

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     1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
MIDDLESEX Poor Law/Registration County   1885 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 Apr 1875 was reduced to create FULHAM RegD/PLU Fulham, St. Paul Hammersmith, and St. Peter Hammersmith became part of the new RD of Fulham   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
14 Jun 1883 was reduced to enlarge HENDON PLU/RegD Part of St. Mary Paddington parish transferred to parish of Willesdon   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
FULHAM Registration sub-District   01 Apr 1875 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
KENSINGTON SOUTH Registration sub-District   01 Jan 1885 1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
KENSINGTON TOWN Registration sub-District   01 Jan 1885 1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
ST JOHN PADDINGTON Registration sub-District   01 Jan 1885 Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office)
ST MARY PADDINGTON Registration sub-District   01 Jan 1885 Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office)
ST PAUL HAMMERSMITH Registration sub-District   01 Apr 1875 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
ST PETER HAMMERSMITH Registration sub-District   01 Apr 1875 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
FULHAM Vest/AP/CP Parish-level Unit   01 Apr 1875 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
HAMMERSMITH Vest/Ch/CP Parish-level Unit 1837 1845 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 325.
KENSINGTON Vest/AP/CP Parish-level Unit   01 Jan 1885 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 331.
PADDINGTON Vest/CP/AP Parish-level Unit   01 Jan 1885 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10477013

Date accessed: 29th March 2024