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

Administrative unit

Worcestershire RegC

Poor Law/Registration County

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.

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 132,422 in 1801 to 562,351 in 1911.
Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1911: In 1851, only 5.05 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 5.67 per cent were.
Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 140.8 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1871, and the lowest was 116.11 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:: WORCESTERSHIRE
Unit Type:: Poor Law/Registration County
Date created:: 1851
Date abolished:: 1930
Unit ID:: 10054783
Authorities:: F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 469.

Worcestershire RegC

Alternative names

The following alternative names exist:

Name	Status	Language	Start	End	Authority
WORCESTERSHIRE	Preferred	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 999.
WORCESTER	Alternate	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 469.

Unit associations

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association	Other unit involved	Type of unit	Authority
was succeeded by	WORCESTERSHIRE	Administrative County	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 763.
was succeeded by	WORCESTERSHIRE	Modern (post 1974) County	Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
was preceded by	WORCESTERSHIRE	Ancient County	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 761.

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: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 469.
WEST MIDLAND	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
BROMSGROVE RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 761.
DROITWICH RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 761.
EVESHAM RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 761.
KIDDERMINSTER RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 761.
KINGS NORTON RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 761.
MARTLEY RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 761.
PERSHORE RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 761.
STOURBRIDGE RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 761.
TENBURY RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 761.
UPTON UPON SEVERN RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 761.
WORCESTER RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 761.
BALSALL HEATH USD	Sanitary District	1875	1891	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 762.
BEWDLEY USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 762.
BROMSGROVE RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 762.
BROMSGROVE COUNTRY USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 762.
BROMSGROVE TOWN USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 762.
DROITWICH USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 762.
DROITWICH RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 762.
EVESHAM RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 762.
EVESHAM USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 762.
GREAT MALVERN USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 762.
KIDDERMINSTER USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 762.
KIDDERMINSTER RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 762.
KINGS NORTON RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 762.
LOWER MITTON USD	Sanitary District	1875	1889	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 762.
MALVERN LINK USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 762.
MARTLEY RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 762.
MATHON USD	Sanitary District	1875	1892	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 762.
OLDBURY USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 762.
PERSHORE RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 762.
REDDITCH RSD	Sanitary District	1875	1891	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 487.
REDDITCH USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 762.
STOURBRIDGE USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 763.
STOURBRIDGE RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 763.
STOURPORT USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 763.
TENBURY RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 763.
UPTON ON SEVERN RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 763.
WORCESTER RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 763.
WORCESTER USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 763.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Worcestershire 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/10054783

Date accessed: 05th November 2024