Chorlton 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

Notes

The Poor Law pauper returns from 1911 onward indicate that Chorlton Union changed it's name to South Manchester. The History of the Workhouse website identifies the change occurring in 1910. As the exact date and Act implementing the change are not currently identified and this affects a unit preferred name, South Manchester has been entered as a alternate name until such time as more details emerge.

The following alternate names exist for this unit:

Name Status Language Start End Authority
CHORLTON Preferred English     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 681.
SOUTH MANCHESTER Alternate English     Higginbotham, History of the Workhouse (Chorlton)

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
ARDWICK 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'.
CHORLTON UPON MEDLOCK 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'.
DIDSBURY 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'.
HULME 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'.
ARDWICK CP/Ch/Tn Parish-level Unit   1896 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 143.
BARTON UPON IRWELL CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1837 1849 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 146.
BURNAGE CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1837 1910 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 153.
CHORLTON CUM HARDY CP/Ch Parish-level Unit 1837 1910 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 157.
CHORLTON UPON MEDLOCK CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1837 1896 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 157.
DIDSBURY CP/Ch Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 162.
FLIXTON AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1837 1849 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 167.
GORTON CP/Ch Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 168.
HULME CP/Tn Parish-level Unit   1896 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 175.
LEVENSHULME CP/Tn Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 179.
MOSS SIDE CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1837 1910 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 188.
OPENSHAW CP/Tn Parish-level Unit   1896 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 191.
RUSHOLME CP/Ch/Tn Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 198.
SOUTH MANCHESTER CP Parish-level Unit 1896 1916 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 185.
STRETFORD CP/Ch Parish-level Unit 1837 1849 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 203.
URMSTON CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1837 1849 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 207.
WEST GORTON CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 168.
WITHINGTON CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1837 1910 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 213.

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.

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date Type of change Other unit involved Area transferred Authority
09 Nov 1913 was enlarged by gaining part of STOCKPORT RegD/PLU Area: 45 acres. Population in 1921: 57.   1921 Census of England and Wales, Table 6, 'Intercensal Changes in Boundaries, 1911-21'.; Registrar General's Order
09 Nov 1913 was enlarged by gaining part of STOCKPORT RegD/PLU Area: 45 acres. Population in 1921: 57.   1921 Census of England and Wales, Table 6, 'Intercensal Changes in Boundaries, 1911-21'.; Registrar-General's Order

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10030262

Date accessed: 08th April 2026