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

Administrative unit

Salisbury RegD/PLU

Poor Law Union/Reg. District

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Life & Death

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Total Population 1801 to 1911: Population grew from 9,867 in 1801 to 31,395 in 1911.
Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1911: In 1851, only 6. per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 6.97 per cent were.
Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 114.16 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1901, and the lowest was 88.37 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:: SALISBURY
Unit Type:: Poor Law Union/Reg. District
Status:: Poor Law Union
Registration District
Date created:: 1836
Date abolished:
Unit ID:: 10099596
Authorities:: F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 702.

Salisbury RegD/PLU, Wiltshire

Alternative names

The following alternative names exist:

Name	Status	Language	Start	End	Authority
ALDERBURY	Official	English		28 May 1895	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 702.
SALISBURY	Preferred	English	28 May 1895		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 702.
ALDERBURY SALISBURY	Alternate	English			Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

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
WILTSHIRE	Poor Law/Registration County	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 702.
WILTSHIRE	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
15 Dec 1869	was enlarged by gaining part of	NEW FOREST RegD/PLU	Lyndhurst lost the parish of No Mans Land to Downton	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Jan 1884	was enlarged by gaining part of	STOCKBRIDGE RegD/PLU	The parish of West Dean moved to Alderbury sub-district	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
ALDERBURY	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'.
BRITFORD	Registration sub-District		01 Jul 1888	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office)
DOWNTON	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'.
SALISBURY	Registration sub-District	21 May 1869		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'.
ALDERBURY CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1866	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 529.
BRITFORD AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 532.
CLARENDON PARK CP/ParLib/ExP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 535.
COOMBE BISSETT CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 535.
DOWNTON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 537.
EARLDOMS CP/ExP	Parish-level Unit		1896	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 537.
EAST GRIMSTEAD CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 539.
EAST HARNHAM CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit		1904	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 539.
FISHERTON ANGER CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 538.
FISHERTON ANGER WITHIN CP	Parish-level Unit	1894	1905	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 538.
FISHERTON ANGER WITHOUT CP	Parish-level Unit	1894	1905	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 538.
HARNHAM CP	Parish-level Unit	1904	1905	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 539.
HOMINGTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 540.
LANDFORD AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 542.
LANGLEY WOOD CP/ExP	Parish-level Unit		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 542.
LAVERSTOCK AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 543.
MELCHET PARK CP/ExP	Parish-level Unit		by 1861	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
MILFORD CP	Parish-level Unit	1904	1905	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 544.
MILFORD CP/Tg	Parish-level Unit		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 544.
MILFORD WITHIN CP	Parish-level Unit	1894	1905	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 545.
MILFORD WITHOUT CP	Parish-level Unit	1894	1904	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 545.
MORGANS VALE AND WOODFALLS CP	Parish-level Unit	1923		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 545.
NEW SARUM CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 547.
NO MANS LAND CP/ExP	Parish-level Unit	15 Dec 1869		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 545.
NUNTON AND BODENHAM CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 545.
ODSTOCK AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 545.
OLD SARUM CP/ExP	Parish-level Unit		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 548.
PITTON AND FARLEY CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 546.
REDLYNCH CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 547.
SALISBURY ST EDMUND CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 547.
SALISBURY ST MARTIN CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		1905	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 547.
SALISBURY ST THOMAS AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		1905	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 547.
SALISBURY THE CLOSE OF THE CANONS OF THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH CP/ExP	Parish-level Unit	1858	1905	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 547.
STANDLYNCH CP/ExP	Parish-level Unit		1897	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 549.
STANDLYNCH WITH CHARLTON ALL SAINTS CP	Parish-level Unit	1897		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 549.
STRATFORD SUB CASTLE AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 549.
STRATFORD TONY AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 549.
WEST DEAN CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1883	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 536.
WEST GRIMSTEAD CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 539.
WEST HARNHAM CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 539.
WHITEPARISH CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 552.
WINTERSLOW AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 522.

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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Salisbury 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/10099596

Date accessed: 19th April 2024