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

Administrative unit

Essex 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 210,408 in 1801 to 1,329,246 in 1911.
Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1911: In 1851, 5.13 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 only 4.95 per cent were.
Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 145.17 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1901, and the lowest was 112.34 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:: ESSEX
Unit Type:: Poor Law/Registration County
Date created:: 1851
Date abolished:: 1930
Unit ID:: 10214725
Authorities:: F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 125.

Essex RegC

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 preceded by	ESSEX	Ancient County	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 599.
was succeeded by	ESSEX	Administrative County	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 602.
was succeeded by	ESSEX	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. 125.
EASTERN	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
BILLERICAY RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 599.
BRAINTREE RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 599.
CHELMSFORD RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 599.
COLCHESTER RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 600.
DUNMOW RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 600.
EPPING RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 600.
HALSTEAD RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 600.
LEXDEN AND WINSTREE RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 600.
MALDON RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 600.
ONGAR RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 600.
ORSETT RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 600.
ROCHFORD RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 600.
ROMFORD RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 600.
SAFFRON WALDEN RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 600.
TENDRING RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 600.
WEST HAM RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 600.
WITHAM PLU/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850	01 Jul 1880	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 600.
BARKING TOWN USD	Sanitary District	1882	1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 601.
BILLERICAY RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 601.
BRAINTREE RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 601.
BRAINTREE USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 601.
CHELMSFORD USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 601.
CHELMSFORD RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 601.
COLCHESTER USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 601.
DUNMOW RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 601.
EAST HAM USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 601.
EDMONTON RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 601.
EPPING RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 601.
GRAYS THURROCK USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 601.
GREAT CLACTON USD	Sanitary District	1891	1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 601.
HALSTEAD USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 601.
HALSTEAD RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 601.
HARWICH USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 601.
ILFORD USD	Sanitary District	1890	1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 601.
LEXDEN AND WINSTREE RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 601.
LEYTON USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 601.
MALDON RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 601.
MALDON USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 601.
ONGAR RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 601.
ORSETT RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 601.
ROCHFORD RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 601.
ROMFORD USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 601.
ROMFORD RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 601.
SAFFRON WALDEN USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 601.
SAFFRON WALDEN RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 601.
SOUTHEND ON SEA USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 601.
TENDRING RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 601.
WALTHAM HOLY CROSS USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 601.
WALTHAMSTOW USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 601.
WALTON ON THE NAZE USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 601.
WANSTEAD USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 601.
WEST HAM USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 601.
WEST HAM RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 601.
WITHAM RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 601.
WITHAM USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 601.
WOODFORD USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 601.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Essex 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/10214725

Date accessed: 12th October 2024