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

Administrative unit

London 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 958,863 in 1801 to 4,521,685 in 1911.
Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1911: In 1851, only 3.61 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 4.89 per cent were.
Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 170.59 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1871, and the lowest was 130.93 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:: LONDON
Unit Type:: Poor Law/Registration County
Date created:: 1851
Date abolished:: 1930
Unit ID:: 10166512
Authorities:: F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 297.

London RegC

Notes:

London, or "the Metropolis", meaning an aggregate of Registration Districts much larger than the City of London, was identified in census reports from 1851 onwards. The first report of the Poor Law Board to similarly identify London was that of the 1st of July 1857.

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 succeeded by	LONDON	Administrative County	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 643.
was preceded by	LONDON	Ancient County	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 643.

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. 297.
LONDON	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
BERMONDSEY RegD/PLPar	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		1870	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
BETHNAL GREEN RegD/PLPar	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	01 Apr 1857		1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
CAMBERWELL RegD/PLPar	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	01 Apr 1857		1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
CHARTERHOUSE ElizPLPar	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		26 Mar 1877	Statement of the Names of the Several Unions and Poor Law Parishes of England and Wales; and of the Population, Area, and Rateable Value thereof in 1881 (180)
CHELSEA RegD/PLPar	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	01 Apr 1857		1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
CITY OF LONDON RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 643.
CITY OF WESTMINSTER RegD/PLPar/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	01 Apr 1857		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 644.
CLERKENWELL PLPar/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District			1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
EAST LONDON RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 643.
FULHAM RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	01 Apr 1857		1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
FULHAM PLPar	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	01 Apr 1857		1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
GRAYS INN ElizPLPar	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		1881	Local Government Board, Poor Law Returns to Parliament from 1871 onwards (HMSO)
GREENWICH RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	01 Apr 1857		1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
HACKNEY RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	01 Apr 1857		1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
HAMMERSMITH PLPar	Poor Law Union/Reg. District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 643.
HAMPSTEAD RegD/PLPar	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	01 Apr 1857		1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
HOLBORN RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	01 Apr 1857		1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
INNER TEMPLE ElizPLPar	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		1881	Statement of the Names of the Several Unions and Poor Law Parishes of England and Wales; and of the Population, Area, and Rateable Value thereof in 1881 (96)
ISLINGTON RegD/PLPar	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	01 Apr 1857		1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
KENSINGTON RegD/PLU/PLPar	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	01 Apr 1857		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 644.
KENSINGTON RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District			1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
LAMBETH RegD/PLPar	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	01 Apr 1857		1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
LEWISHAM RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	01 Apr 1857		1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
LIMEHOUSE PLPar	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1921	01 Apr 1925	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 306.
LINCOLNS INN ElizPLPar	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		1883	Local Government Board, Poor Law Returns to Parliament from 1871 onwards (HMSO)
MIDDLE TEMPLE ElizPLPar	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		1881	Statement of the Names of the Several Unions and Poor Law Parishes of England and Wales; and of the Population, Area, and Rateable Value thereof in 1881 (96)
MILE END OLD TOWN RegD/PLPar	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	01 Apr 1857		1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
NEWINGTON ST MARY RegD/PLPar	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		1869	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
PADDINGTON RegD/PLPar	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	01 Apr 1857		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 644.
POPLAR RegD/PLU/PLPar	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	01 Apr 1857		1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
ROTHERHITHE RegD/PLPar	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		1869	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
SHOREDITCH RegD/PLPar	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	01 Apr 1857		1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
SOUTHWARK RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	01 Apr 1857		1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
SOUTHWARK ST GEORGE THE MARTYR RegD/PLPar	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		1869	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
STEPNEY RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	01 Apr 1857		1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
STEPNEY PLU/PLPar	Poor Law Union/Reg. District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 644.
ST GEORGE IN THE EAST RegD/PLPar	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	01 Apr 1857		1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
ST GEORGES PLPar/RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District			1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ST GILES IN THE FIELDS AND ST GEORGE BLOOMSBURY RegD/PLPar	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	01 Apr 1857		1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
ST JAMES RegD/PLPar	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		1868	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ST LUKE RegD/PLPar	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		1869	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ST MARGARET AND ST JOHN RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		1870	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ST MARTIN IN THE FIELDS RegD/PLPar	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		1868	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ST MARYLEBONE RegD/PLPar	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	01 Apr 1857		1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
ST OLAVE RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	01 Apr 1857		1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
ST PANCRAS RegD/PLPar	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	01 Apr 1857		1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
STRAND RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	01 Apr 1857		1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
WANDSWORTH PLU/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	01 Apr 1857		1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
WEST LONDON RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 643.
WESTMINSTER RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	01 Apr 1857		1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
WHITECHAPEL RegD/PLU/PLPar	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	01 Apr 1857		1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
WOOLWICH RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	01 Apr 1857		1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
FULHAM Lon_SDist	Sanitary District	1855	1899	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 650.
GREENWICH Lon_SDist	Sanitary District	1889	1900	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 644.
HACKNEY Lon_SDist	Sanitary District	1889	1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 644.
HOLBORN Lon_SDist	Sanitary District	1889	1900	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 644.
LEE Lon_SDist	Sanitary District	1889	1900	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 644.
LEWISHAM Lon_SDist	Sanitary District	1889	1900	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 644.
LIMEHOUSE Lon_SDist	Sanitary District	1889	1900	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 644.
PLUMSTEAD Lon_SDist	Sanitary District	1889	1900	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 644.
POPLAR Lon_SDist	Sanitary District	1889	1900	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 644.
ST GILES Lon_SDist	Sanitary District	1889	1900	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 644.
ST OLAVE Lon_SDist	Sanitary District	1889	1900	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 644.
STRAND Lon_SDist	Sanitary District	1889	1900	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 645.
ST SAVIOURS Lon_SDist	Sanitary District	1889	1900	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 645.
WANDSWORTH Lon_SDist	Sanitary District	1889	1900	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 645.
WESTMINSTER Lon_SDist	Sanitary District	1889	1900	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 645.
WHITECHAPEL Lon_SDist	Sanitary District	1889	1900	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 645.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, London 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/10166512

Date accessed: 30th October 2024