Tadcaster Poor Law Union/Registration District (RegD/PLU)

Statistics

Population

Population

Densities and rates of growth. Age structure: concentrations of young people, and of the old.
Industry

Industry

How people made their living: identifying farming communities, pit villages, mill towns and so on.
Life & Death

Life & Death

Numbers of babies born. Deaths, especially infant deaths. Causes of death by age and gender.
Work & Poverty

Work & Poverty

Unemployment rates and poor relief. What proportions of men and of women did paid work?
Housing

Housing

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

Birthplace & Religion

Numbers going to church, and the kinds of churches they went to. The different religions of modern Britain.
Place marker map of Great Britain and Ireland

The unit has had the following statuses:

Status Abbreviation Start End Authority
Registration District RegD     1911 Census of England and Wales, Population tables 2, 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'
Poor Law Union PLU 1862   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991) Permission granted to project.

This unit contained the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
ABERFORD 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'.
BILTON Registration sub-District   28 May 1862 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
BRAMHAM Registration sub-District   28 May 1862 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
SHERBURN 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'.
TADCASTER 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'.
ABERFORD AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1862 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 502.
ACASTER SELBY CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1869 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 502.
ALLERTON BYWATER CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1869 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 504.
APPLETON ROEBUCK CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1869 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 506.
ASKHAM BRYAN AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1869 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 507.
AUSTHORPE CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1862 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 508.
BARKSTON CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1869 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 510.
BARWICK IN ELMET AND SCHOLES AP/CP Parish-level Unit 16 Aug 1869 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 511.
BILBROUGH CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1869 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 514.
BOLTON PERCY CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1869 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 517.
CATTERTON CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 31 May 1865 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 526.
CHURCH FENTON AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1869 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 543.
COLTON Tn/CP Parish-level Unit 1862 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 529.
GARFORTH CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1869 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 547.
GREAT AND LITTLE PRESTON CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1869 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 594.
GRIMSTON CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1862 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 550.
HEALAUGH CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1864 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 555.
HUDDLESTON CUM LUMBY CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1862 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 563.
KIPPAX AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1869 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 568.
KIRKBY WHARFE AND NORTH MILFORD CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1862 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 570.
LEAD Tn/CP Parish-level Unit 1862 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 573.
LEDSHAM CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1869 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 573.
LEDSTON CP/Tn Parish-level Unit soon after 1869 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 574.
LOTHERTON CUM ABERFORD Tn/CP Parish-level Unit 1862 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 577.
MICKLEFIELD Ch/Tn/CP Parish-level Unit 1869 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 582.
NEWTHORPE CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1862 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 587.
NEWTON KYME CUM TOULSTON CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1869 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 588.
OXTON Tn/CP Parish-level Unit 1862 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 592.
PARLINGTON CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1862 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 592.
RYTHER CUM OSSENDYKE Tn/CP Parish-level Unit 1869 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 599.
SAXTON WITH SCARTHINGWELL CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1869 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 601.
SHERBURN IN ELMET AP/CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1869 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 605.
SOUTH MILFORD CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1869 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 584.
STEETON Tn/CP Parish-level Unit 1869 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 613.
STURTON GRANGE CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1862 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 614.
STUTTON WITH HAZLEWOOD ExP/CP Parish-level Unit 1862 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 614.
SWILLINGTON CP/AP Parish-level Unit 16 Aug 1869 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 615.
TADCASTER EAST CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1869 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 615.
TADCASTER WEST Tn/CP Parish-level Unit 1862 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 615.
TOWTON CP/Tn Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 621.
ULLESKELF Tn/CP Parish-level Unit 1869 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 621.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
WEST RIDING Poor Law/Registration County 1850   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 779.
WEST RIDING Administrative County     Ministry of Health, Persons in Receipt of Poor-Law Relief (England and Wales) (H.M.S.O.)

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date Type of change Other unit involved Area transferred Authority
28 May 1861 was reduced to create WETHERBY RegD/PLU Newly formed RD of Wetherby gained Bardsey with Rigton, East Keswick, Scarcroft , Wathersome, Bilton, Healaugh, Wighill, and Bickerton from Tadcaster   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
26 Mar 1862 was enlarged by gaining part of HUNSLET RegD/PLPar/PLU Austhorpe   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
26 Mar 1862 was enlarged by gaining part of PONTEFRACT RegD/PLU Townships of Newthorpe, Huddleston and Lumby   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
28 May 1862 was reduced to create BRAMHAM RegD New RD of Bramham formed as follows: Barwick-in-Elmet, Barkston Ash, Kirk Fenton, Saxton-with-Scarthingwell, Newton Kyme with Toulston, East Tadcaster and Ulleskelf, Bilborough, Catterton, Acaster, Selby, Appleton Roebuck, Bolton Percy, Steeton, Braham wi??   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
22 Mar 1865 was enlarged by gaining part of BRAMHAM RegD East Tadcaster   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
31 May 1865 was enlarged by gaining part of BRAMHAM RegD Catterton   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
06 Aug 1869 was enlarged by gaining part of KIRKSTALL RegD Whitkirk lost the parish of Swillington to Aberford as part of the dissolution of Kirkstall   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
16 Aug 1869 was enlarged by the abolition of BRAMHAM RegD All of Bramham merged back into Tadcaster   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
16 Aug 1869 was reduced to enlarge SELBY RegD/PLU Biggin and Little Fenton   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
16 Aug 1869 was enlarged by gaining part of SELBY RegD/PLU Selby lost the township of Ryther-with-Ossendike to Appleton Roebuck   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
23 Aug 1869 was enlarged by gaining part of PONTEFRACT RegD/PLU The parish of Garforth and the townships of South Milford, Allerton Bywater, Great and Little Preston, Kippax, Ledsham, Ledstone, and Micklefield transferred. Many of these   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Feb 1913 was reduced to enlarge LEEDS RegD/PLU/PLPar/PLPar Area: 228 acres. Population in 1921: 2207.   1921 Census of England and Wales, Table 6, 'Intercensal Changes in Boundaries, 1911-21'.; Registrar General's Order

Boundary Map of Tadcaster Poor Law Union/Registration District (RegD/PLU)

If the boundaries of the Poor Law Union/Reg. District changed over time, this map will show all the different boundaries.

Maps Census reports

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Tadcaster Poor Law Union/Registration District (RegD/PLU) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10029557

Date accessed: 08th April 2026