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

Administrative unit

Durham RegD/PLU

Poor Law Union/Reg. District

Historical statistics
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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 1881 to 1911: Population grew from 64,321 in 1881 to 82,610 in 1911.
Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1881 to 1911: In 1881, only 3.26 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 3.95 per cent were.
Infant Mortality Rate 1881 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 186.19 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1901, and the lowest was 150.14 in 1881.
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:: DURHAM
Unit Type:: Poor Law Union/Reg. District
Status:: Poor Law Union (after 1837)
Registration District (after April 01st, 1875)
Date created:: 10 Jan 1837
Date abolished:: 1930
Unit ID:: 10055945
Authorities:: F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 664.

Durham RegD/PLU, County Durham

Notes:

This area excluded that covered by Lanchester Poor Law Union. Durham Poor Law Union was always defined like this, but the Registration District was defined in this way only in 1875.

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	DURHAM RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
COUNTY DURHAM	Poor Law/Registration County	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 664.
COUNTY DURHAM	Administrative County			Ministry of Health, Persons in Receipt of Poor-Law Relief (England and Wales) (H.M.S.O.)

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
BRANDON	Registration sub-District	01 Apr 1875		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'.
DURHAM	Registration sub-District	01 Apr 1875		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'.
BEARPARK CP	Parish-level Unit	1894		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 92.
BELFORD CP/Ch/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1844	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 92.
BELMONT Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit	1894		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 92.
BRANCEPETH CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 94.
BRANDON AND BYSHOTTLES CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 94.
BROOM CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866	1937	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 94.
CASSOP CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866	1887	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 95.
CASSOP CUM QUARRINGTON CP	Parish-level Unit	1887		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 95.
COXHOE CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 97.
CROSSGATE Tn/CP	Parish-level Unit		1916	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 97.
DURHAM CP	Parish-level Unit	1916		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 98.
DURHAM CASTLE AND PRECINCTS CP/ExP	Parish-level Unit	1858	1916	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 98.
DURHAM COLLEGE ExP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1858	1916	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 98.
DURHAM MAGDALEN PLACE CP/ExP	Parish-level Unit	1858	1916	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 98.
DURHAM ST MARY LE BOW CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		1916	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 99.
DURHAM ST MARY THE LESS AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		1916	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 99.
DURHAM ST NICHOLAS CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		1916	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 99.
ELVET CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866	1916	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 100.
FRAMWELLGATE CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866	1916	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 101.
FRAMWELLGATE MOOR CP	Parish-level Unit	1894		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 101.
HETT CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 105.
KIMBLESWORTH CP/AP/ExP	Parish-level Unit	1858		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 107.
LANDS COMMON TO BRANDON AND BYSHOTTLES AND BRANCEPETH ExP	Parish-level Unit			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'.
NEVILLES CROSS CP	Parish-level Unit	1894	1935	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 110.
PITTINGTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 111.
QUARRINGTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866	1887	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 112.
SHADFORTH CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 113.
SHERBURN Tn/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 113.
SHERBURN HOUSE CP/ExP	Parish-level Unit	1858		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 114.
SHINCLIFFE CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 114.
ST GILES CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		1916	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 113.
STOCKLEY CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866	1937	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 115.
ST OSWALDS CP	Parish-level Unit	1895	1935	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 113.
SUNDERLAND BRIDGE Tn/CP	Parish-level Unit	1866		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 116.
TUDHOE CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866	1937	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 117.
WHITWELL HOUSE CP/ExP	Parish-level Unit	1858		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 118.
WILLINGTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866	1937	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 119.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Durham 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/10055945

Date accessed: 05th November 2024