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

Created: 1837   Abolished: 1930

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     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
BOLTON EASTERN Registration sub-District   01 Feb 1886 Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office)
BOLTON WESTERN Registration sub-District   01 Feb 1886 Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office)
EDGEWORTH Registration sub-District   01 Apr 1902 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
FARNWORTH 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'.
GREAT BOLTON Registration sub-District 01 Feb 1886 01 Oct 1902 Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office)
GREAT BOLTON AND LEVER 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'.
HALLIWELL 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'.
HORWICH 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'.
LITTLE BOLTON 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'.
SHARPLES Registration sub-District   01 Apr 1902 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
SOUTH WEST BOLTON 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'.
TONGE 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'.
TURTON 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'.
WEST HOUGHTON Registration sub-District   01 Feb 1884 Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office)
ASTLEY BRIDGE CP Parish-level Unit 1894 1898 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 144.
BELMONT CP Parish-level Unit 1894 1925 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 146.
BOLTON CP Parish-level Unit 1895   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 150.
BRADSHAW CP/Ch Parish-level Unit 1837 1898 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 152.
BREIGHTMET CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1837 1898 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 152.
DARCY LEVER CP/Tn Parish-level Unit   1898 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 179.
DEANE CP Parish-level Unit 1894 1898 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 161.
EDGEWORTH CP/Tn Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 164.
ENTWISTLE CP/Tn Parish-level Unit   1898 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 165.
FARNWORTH CP/Ch Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 166.
GREAT BOLTON CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1837 1895 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 150.
GREAT LEVER CP/Tn Parish-level Unit   1898 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 179.
HALLIWELL CP Parish-level Unit   1895 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 169.
HARWOOD CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1837 1898 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 170.
HEATON CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1837 1898 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 172.
HORWICH Ch/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 174.
KEARSLEY Tn/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 176.
LITTLE BOLTON CP/Ch Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 150.
LITTLE HULTON CP/Ch Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 175.
LITTLE LEVER CP/Tn Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 179.
LONGWORTH CP/Tn Parish-level Unit   1898 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 182.
LOSTOCK CP/Tn Parish-level Unit   1898 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 183.
MIDDLE HULTON CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1837 1898 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 175.
OVER HULTON CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1837 1898 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 175.
QUARLTON CP/Tn Parish-level Unit   1898 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 195.
RUMWORTH CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1837 1895 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 198.
SHARPLES CP/Tn Parish-level Unit   1894 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 200.
SMITHILLS CP Parish-level Unit 1894 1898 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 201.
TONGE CP Parish-level Unit 1894 1898 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 204.
TONGE WITH HAULGH CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1837 1895 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 204.
TURTON CP/Ch Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 206.
WESTHOUGHTON Tn/CP/Ch Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 210.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
LANCASHIRE Poor Law/Registration County 1850   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 681.
LANCASHIRE Administrative County     Ministry of Health, Persons in Receipt of Poor-Law Relief (England and Wales) (H.M.S.O.)

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10030160

Date accessed: 08th April 2026