Hunslet Poor Law Union/Registration District (RegD/PLPar/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

Notes

According to Youngs, Hunslet was created as a Poor Law unit only in 1862. It was listed as a Registration District in 1851, and in all subsequent censuses, but its history as a Registration District between 1862 and 1869 was very complex. Strictly speaking, the unit that existed in 1851 and 1861 was re-named Kirkstall in 1862 and abolished in 1869. However, a new 'Hunslet' was simultaneously created in 1862 and enlarged in 1869, so we treat Hunslet as having a continuous existence and Kirkstall RD as existing only between 1862 and 1869.

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 Parish PLPar 1862 1869 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991) Permission granted to project.
Poor Law Union PLU 1869   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
HOLBECK Registration sub-District   16 Oct 1862 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
HUNSLET 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'.
KIRKSTALL Registration sub-District   06 Nov 1862 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
NORTH EAST LEEDS Registration sub-District   06 Nov 1862 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
ROTHWELL Registration sub-District   06 Nov 1862 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
ROTHWELL Registration sub-District 10 Aug 1869   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'.
TEMPLENEWSAM Registration sub-District 01 Nov 1907   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'.
WHITKIRK Registration sub-District   06 Nov 1862 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
WHITKIRK Registration sub-District 16 Aug 1869 01 Nov 1907 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
WORTLEY Registration sub-District   06 Nov 1862 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
HUNSLET CP/Ch Parish-level Unit 06 Nov 1862 1925 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 564.
MIDDLETON CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 10 Aug 1869 1920 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 583.
OSMONDTHORPE CP Parish-level Unit 1894 1925 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 590.
OULTON WITH WOODLESFORD CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 10 Aug 1869   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 591.
ROTHWELL AP/CP Parish-level Unit 10 Aug 1869 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 598.
TEMPLENEWSHAM CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 10 Aug 1869 1928 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 616.
THORPE STAPLETON CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 10 Aug 1869 1925 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 619.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
WEST RIDING Poor Law/Registration County     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 777.
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
22 Jul 1861 was reduced to enlarge WAKEFIELD RegD/PLU Lofthouse with Carlton   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
06 Nov 1862 was reduced to create KIRKSTALL RegD SD of Hunslet remained as Hunslet, rest of RD of Hunslet became the RD of Kirkstall   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
16 Oct 1862 was reduced to create HOLBECK RegD/PLU/PLPar/PLPar Township of Holbeck made into Holbeck SD and transferred to create Holbeck RD   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
26 Mar 1862 was reduced to enlarge TADCASTER RegD/PLU Austhorpe   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
06 Aug 1869 was enlarged by gaining part of KIRKSTALL RegD Hunslet gained Rothwell, Temple Newsam, Thorpe Stapleton, Whitkirk SD, and Rothwell SD as part of the dissolution of Kirkstall   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
10 Jul 1869 was enlarged by gaining part of WAKEFIELD RegD/PLU Oulton with Woodlesford   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Feb 1897 was reduced to enlarge HOLBECK RegD/PLU/PLPar/PLPar Hunslet (part of)   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Feb 1897 was enlarged by gaining part of HOLBECK RegD/PLU/PLPar/PLPar Holbeck (part of)   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Boundary Map of Hunslet Poor Law Union/Registration District (RegD/PLPar/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, Hunslet Poor Law Union/Registration District (RegD/PLPar/PLU) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10029818

Date accessed: 08th April 2026