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

Administrative unit

Houghton le Spring RegD/PLU

Poor Law Union/Reg. District

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Industry

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Life & Death

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

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Total Population 1801 to 1911: Population grew from 5,156 in 1801 to 50,958 in 1911.
Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1911: In 1851, 4.58 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 only 3.6 per cent were.
Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 174.75 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1901, and the lowest was 155.67 in 1891.
Occupational Structure in 1881:

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Preferred Name:: HOUGHTON LE SPRING
Unit Type:: Poor Law Union/Reg. District
Status:: Poor Law Union
Registration District
Date created:: 1837
Date abolished:: 1930
Unit ID:: 10029806
Authorities:: F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 664.

Houghton le Spring RegD/PLU, County Durham

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
COUNTY DURHAM	Poor Law/Registration County	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 664.
COUNTY DURHAM	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
HETTON LE HOLE	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'.
HOUGHTON LE SPRING	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'.
EAST AND MIDDLE HERRINGTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866	1946	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 104.
EAST RAINTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866	1937	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 112.
GREAT EPPLETON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866	1937	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 100.
HETTON LE HOLE CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit	1866	1937	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 105.
HOUGHTON LE SPRING CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 105.
LITTLE EPPLETON Tn/CP	Parish-level Unit		1937	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 100.
MOOR HOUSE CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866	1946	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 110.
MOORSLEY CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866	1937	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 110.
MORTON GRANGE CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866	1937	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 110.
NEWBOTTLE Tn/CP	Parish-level Unit	1866	1937	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 110.
OFFERTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866	1967	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 111.
PENSHAW CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit	1866	1937	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 111.
SILKSWORTH CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866	1967	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 114.
WARDEN LAW CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 118.
WEST HERRINGTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866	1946	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 105.
WEST RAINTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 112.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Houghton le Spring 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/10029806

Date accessed: 24th April 2024