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

Administrative unit

Wirral RegD/PLU

Poor Law Union/Reg. District

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Total Population 1801 to 1911: Population grew from 9,430 in 1801 to 61,792 in 1911.
Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1911: In 1851, only 2.62 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 4.26 per cent were.
Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 120. infant deaths per thousand live births in 1891, and the lowest was 92.97 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:: WIRRAL
Unit Type:: Poor Law Union/Reg. District
Status:: Poor Law Union
Registration District
Date created:: 1837
Date abolished:: 1930
Unit ID:: 10075440
Authorities:: F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 642.

Wirral RegD/PLU, Cheshire

Alternative names

The following alternative names exist:

Name	Status	Language	Start	End	Authority
WIRRAL	Preferred	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 642.
WIRRALL	Alternate	English			1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.

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
CHESHIRE	Poor Law/Registration County	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 642.
CHESHIRE	Administrative County			Ministry of Health, Persons in Receipt of Poor-Law Relief (England and Wales) (H.M.S.O.)

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
02 Jul 1861	was reduced to create	BIRKENHEAD RegD/PLU	Birkenhead was split from the Wirral to become a separate Union and RD	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Apr 1898	was reduced to enlarge	BIRKENHEAD RegD/PLU	Rock Ferry and Lower Bebbington	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
BEBINGTON	Registration sub-District	01 Dec 1892		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'.
BIRKENHEAD	Registration sub-District		02 Jul 1861	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
EASTHAM	Registration sub-District			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'.
NESTON	Registration sub-District			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'.
WALLASEY	Registration sub-District		02 Jul 1861	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office)
WOODCHURCH	Registration sub-District			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'.
ARROWE CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 6.
BARNSTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 7.
BEBINGTON AND BROMBOROUGH CP	Parish-level Unit	1922		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 8.
BIDSTON CUM FORD CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1836	1891	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 8.
BIRKENHEAD ST MARY Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit	1836	1891	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 9.
BRIMSTAGE CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 11.
BROMBOROUGH CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 11.
BURTON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 12.
CALDY CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 12.
CHILDER THORNTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866	1950	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 37.
CLAUGHTON WITH GRANGE CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1836	1891	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 15.
EASTHAM CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 17.
ELLESMERE PORT CP	Parish-level Unit	1911		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 18.
FRANKBY CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 18.
GAYTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 19.
GRANGE CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 19.
GREASBY Tn/CP	Parish-level Unit	1866		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 20.
GREAT MEOLSE CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 26.
GREAT NESTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866	1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 28.
GREAT SUTTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866	1950	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 36.
HESWALL CUM OLDFIELD CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 21.
HIGHER BEBINGTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1922	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 8.
HOOSE CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 21.
HOOTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866	1950	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 21.
HOYLAKE CUM WEST KIRBY CP	Parish-level Unit	1894		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 21.
IRBY CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 22.
LANDICAN CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866	1933	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 23.
LEDSHAM CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 24.
LEIGHTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866	1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 24.
LISCARD CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1836	1891	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 24.
LITTLE MEOLSE CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 26.
LITTLE NESTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866	1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 28.
LITTLE SUTTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866	1950	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 37.
LOWER BEBINGTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866	1922	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 8.
MORETON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866	1928	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 27.
NESS CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 28.
NESTON CUM PARKGATE CP	Parish-level Unit	1894		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 28.
NETHERPOOL CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866	1911	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 28.
NEWTON WITH LARTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866	1889	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 28.
NOCTORUM CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1836	1891	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 29.
OVERPOOL CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866	1911	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 30.
OXTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1836	1891	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 30.
PENSBY Tn/CP	Parish-level Unit	1866		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 30.
POULTON CUM SEACOMBE CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1836	1891	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 31.
POULTON CUM SPITAL CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 31.
PRENTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866	1933	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 31.
PUDDINGTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 32.
RABY Tn/CP	Parish-level Unit	1866		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 32.
ROCK FERRY CP	Parish-level Unit	1894	1898	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 32.
SAUGHALL MASSIE CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866	1933	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 34.
STORETON Tn/CP	Parish-level Unit	1866		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 36.
THINGWALL CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866	1933	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 37.
THORNTON HOUGH CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 37.
THURSTASTON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 38.
TRANMERE Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit	1836	1891	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 38.
UPTON BY BIRKENHEAD AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		1933	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 39.
WALLASEY CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1836	1891	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 39.
WEST KIRBY AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 23.
WHITBY CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1911	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 40.
WILLASTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 41.
WOODCHURCH CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		1933	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 42.

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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Wirral RegD/PLU through time | Census tables with data for the Poor Law Union/Reg. District, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 07th November 2024