Bolton Eastern SubD through time | Census tables with data for the Registration sub-District

Administrative unit

Bolton Eastern SubD

Registration sub-District

Historical statistics
Key findings
Relationships and changes

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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.

Housing

Numbers of houses. Overcrowding: persons per room. Amenities: central heating, baths and WCs.

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Total Population 1801 to 1881: Population grew from 12,549 in 1801 to 25,919 in 1881.
Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1881: In 1851, 2.93 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1881 only 2.85 per cent were.
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:: BOLTON EASTERN
Unit Type:: Registration sub-District
Date created:
Date abolished:: 01 Feb 1886
Unit ID:: 10562790
Authorities:: Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office)

Bolton Eastern SubD, Lancashire

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
BOLTON RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		01 Feb 1886	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office)

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
GREAT BOLTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit			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'.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Bolton Eastern SubD through time | Census tables with data for the Registration sub-District, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10562790

Date accessed: 28th April 2025