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

Administrative unit

Huddersfield RegD/PLU

Poor Law Union/Reg. District

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Total Population 1801 to 1911: Population grew from 47,079 in 1801 to 188,425 in 1911.
Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1911: In 1851, only 3.24 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 4.71 per cent were.
Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 171.9 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1891, and the lowest was 122.47 in 1911.
Occupational Structure in 1881:

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Preferred Name:: HUDDERSFIELD
Unit Type:: Poor Law Union/Reg. District
Status:: Poor Law Union
Registration District
Date created:: 1837
Date abolished:
Unit ID:: 10081762
Authorities:: F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 776.

Huddersfield RegD/PLU, Yorkshire

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
WEST RIDING	Poor Law/Registration County	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 776.
WEST RIDING	Administrative County			Ministry of Health, Persons in Receipt of Poor-Law Relief (England and Wales) (H.M.S.O.)

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
01 Jan 1914	was enlarged by gaining part of	HALIFAX RegD/PLU	Area: 16 acres. Population in 1921: 13.	1921 Census of England and Wales, Table 6, 'Intercensal Changes in Boundaries, 1911-21'.; Registrar General's Order

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
ALMONDBURY	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'.
GOLCAR	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'.
HOLMFIRTH	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'.
HONLEY	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'.
HUDDERSFIELD	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'.
KIRKBURTON	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'.
KIRKHEATON	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'.
LOCKWOOD	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'.
MELTHAM	Registration sub-District		01 Jul 1878	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office)
NEW MILL	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'.
SLAITHWAITE	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'.
ALMONDBURY AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1837	1924	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 505.
AUSTONLEY CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1837	1921	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 508.
CARTWORTH CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1837	1921	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 526.
CUMBERWORTH Tn/CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 533.
CUMBERWORTH HALF CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1876	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 533.
DALTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1837	1924	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 533.
FARNLEY TYAS CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1837	1925	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 543.
FULSTONE CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 546.
GOLCAR CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 549.
HEPWORTH CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 557.
HOLME CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 560.
HOLMFIRTH CP	Parish-level Unit	1921	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 560.
HONLEY CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 560.
HUDDERSFIELD CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 562.
KIRKBURTON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 569.
KIRKHEATON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 570.
LEPTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 575.
LINDLEY CUM QUARMBY CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit	1837	1924	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 576.
LINGARDS CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1837	1896	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 576.
LINTHWAITE CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 576.
LOCKWOOD CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit	1837	1924	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 577.
LONGWOOD CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit	1837	1924	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 577.
MARSDEN CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit	1898	1937	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 580.
MARSDEN IN ALMONDBURY CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1837	1898	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 580.
MARSDEN IN HUDDERSFIELD CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1837	1898	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 580.
MELTHAM Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 581.
NETHERTHONG CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit	1837	1921	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 586.
SCAMMONDEN CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 601.
SCHOLES CP	Parish-level Unit	1894		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 602.
SHELLEY CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 605.
SHEPLEY CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 605.
SKELMANTHORPE CP	Parish-level Unit	1876	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 607.
SLAITHWAITE CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 608.
SOUTH CROSLAND CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 532.
SOUTH HOLME CP	Parish-level Unit	1894	1895	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 560.
THURSTONLAND CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1837	1925	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 619.
THURSTONLAND AND FARNLEY TYAS CP	Parish-level Unit	1925	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 619.
UPPERTHONG CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1837	1921	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 621.
WHITLEY UPPER CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 626.
WOOLDALE CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1837	1921	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 629.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Huddersfield 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/10081762

Date accessed: 20th April 2024