Wem RegD/PLU through time | Census tables with data for the Poor Law Union/Reg. District

Administrative unit

Wem RegD/PLU

Poor Law Union/Reg. District

Historical statistics
Key findings
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Population

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

Industry

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

Life & Death

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

Work & Poverty

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

Housing

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

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Total Population 1861 to 1911: Population grew from 10,644 in 1861 to 10,646 in 1911.
Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1861 to 1911: In 1861, only 7.35 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 8.33 per cent were.
Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 91.27 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1901, and the lowest was 61.95 in 1911.
Occupational Structure in 1881:

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

Preferred Name:: WEM
Unit Type:: Poor Law Union/Reg. District
Status:: Poor Law Union
Registration District (after January 01st, 1853)
Date created:: 1837
Date abolished:: 1930
Unit ID:: 10139119
Authorities:: F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 737.

Wem RegD/PLU, Shropshire

Notes:

This area was the Poor Law Union of Wem. After 1853 it was also the Registration District, but previously Wem Registration District covered the Poor Law Unions of Wem and Whitchurch.

Alternative names

We know of no alternate names.

Unit associations

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association	Other unit involved	Type of unit	Authority
was preceded by	WEM RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
SHROPSHIRE	Poor Law/Registration County	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 737.
SHROPSHIRE	Administrative County			Ministry of Health, Persons in Receipt of Poor-Law Relief (England and Wales) (H.M.S.O.)

Boundary changes

We know of no boundary changes affecting this unit.

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
PREES	Registration sub-District	01 Jan 1853		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'.
WEM	Registration sub-District	01 Jan 1853		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'.
BROUGHTON Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 382.
CLIVE Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 383.
GRINSHILL AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 386.
LEE BROCKHURST Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 388.
LOPPINGTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 388.
MORETON CORBET AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 390.
PREES CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 391.
SHAWBURY AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 393.
STANTON UPON HINE HEATH AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 395.
WEM AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		1900	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 396.
WEM RURAL CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 396.
WEM URBAN CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 396.
WESTON UNDER REDCASTLE Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 397.
WHIXALL PA/CP	Parish-level Unit	1894		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 397.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Wem RegD/PLU 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/10139119

Date accessed: 28th April 2024