Cambridgeshire RegC through time | Census tables with data for the Poor Law/Registration County

Administrative unit

Cambridgeshire RegC

Poor Law/Registration County

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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 1801 to 1911: Population grew from 90,702 in 1801 to 215,109 in 1911.
Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1911: In 1851, only 4.51 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 7.89 per cent were.
Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 135.57 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1871, and the lowest was 99.18 in 1881.
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:: CAMBRIDGESHIRE
Unit Type:: Poor Law/Registration County
Date created:: 1851
Date abolished:: 1930
Unit ID:: 10041788
Authorities:: F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 45.

Cambridgeshire RegC

Alternative names

The following alternative names exist:

Name	Status	Language	Start	End	Authority
CAMBRIDGESHIRE	Preferred	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 45.
CAMBRIDGE	Alternate	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 45.

Unit associations

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association	Other unit involved	Type of unit	Authority
was preceded by	CAMBRIDGESHIRE	Ancient County	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 573.
was succeeded by	CAMBRIDGESHIRE	Administrative County	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 574.
was succeeded by	CAMBRIDGESHIRE	Modern (post 1974) County	Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
ENGLAND Dep	Country	1851	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 45.
SOUTH MIDLAND	Poor Law/Registration Division			1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Registration divisions and Counties - Area, and population at each successive Census'.

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
CAMBRIDGE RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 573.
CAXTON RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 573.
CHESTERTON RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 573.
ELY RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 573.
FLENDISH PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 47.
LINTON RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 573.
NEWMARKET RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		Census of Population (1911)
NORTH WITCHFORD RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 574.
WHITTLESEY RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 574.
WISBECH RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 574.
CAMBRIDGE USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 574.
CAMBRIDGE RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 574.
CAXTON RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 574.
CHATTERIS USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 574.
CHESTERTON USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 574.
CHESTERTON RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 574.
ELY RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 574.
ELY USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 574.
FLENDISH USD	Sanitary District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 47.
LINTON RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 574.
MARCH USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 574.
NEWMARKET RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 574.
NEWMARKET USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 574.
NORTH WITCHFORD RSD	Sanitary District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 46.
WHITTLESEY USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 574.
WHITTLESEY RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 574.
WISBECH RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 574.
WISBECH USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 574.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Cambridgeshire RegC through time | Census tables with data for the Poor Law/Registration County, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10041788

Date accessed: 30th October 2024