Kington 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.
Place marker map of Great Britain and Ireland

The unit has had the following statuses:

Status Abbreviation Start End Authority
Registration District RegD 01 Apr 1870   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
BRILLEY Registration sub-District 01 Apr 1870   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'.
KINGTON Registration sub-District 01 Apr 1870   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'.
KINSHAM Registration sub-District   01 Feb 1903 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
RADNOR Registration sub-District 01 Apr 1870   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'.
BRILLEY CP/Ch/AP Parish-level Unit 1891   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 124.
BURLINGJOBB AND OLD RADNOR Tn/CP Parish-level Unit     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'.
BYTON CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1836 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 125.
COLFA CP/Ch Parish-level Unit     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'.
COMBE Tn/CP Parish-level Unit 1836 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 126.
EARDISLEY CP/AP Parish-level Unit BY 1911   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 127.
EDNOL CP/Tn Parish-level Unit     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'.
EVENJOBB CP/Tn Parish-level Unit     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'.
GLADESTRY CP/AP Parish-level Unit BY 1901   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'.
GLASGWM CP/AP Parish-level Unit BY 1901   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'.
HARPTON AND WOLFPITS CP/Tn Parish-level Unit     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'.
HUNTINGTON CP/AP/Ch Parish-level Unit 1891   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 129.
KINGTON CP/Tn/AP Parish-level Unit BY 1911 1894 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 130.
KINGTON RURAL CP Parish-level Unit 1894   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 130.
KINGTON URBAN CP Parish-level Unit 1894   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 130.
KINNERTON SALFORD AND BADLAND CP/Tn Parish-level Unit     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'.
KINSHAM CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1886   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 130.
KNILL AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1836 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 130.
LINGEN AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1836 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 131.
LLANDEGLAU AP/CP Parish-level Unit 01 Apr 1870   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'.
LLANFIHANGEL NANT MELAN CP/Tn/AP Parish-level Unit 01 Apr 1870   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'.
LOWER HARPTON Tn/CP Parish-level Unit 1866   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 128.
LOWER KINSHAM CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1836 1886 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 130.
LYONSHALL AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1891   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 132.
MICHAELCHURCH ON ARROW CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1891   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'.
NEWCHURCH AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1891   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'.
NEW RADNOR CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1891   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'.
OLD RADNOR CP/AP Parish-level Unit     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'.
PEMBRIDGE CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1891   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 133.
RODD NASH AND LITTLE BRAMPTON CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1836 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 134.
STAPLETON CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1836 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 134.
STAUNTON ON ARROW CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1891   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 134.
TITLEY AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1891   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 135.
TRE WERN AND GWAETHLA Tn/CP Parish-level Unit     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'.
UPPER KINSHAM CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1836 1886 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 130.
WALTON AND WOMASTON Tn/CP Parish-level Unit     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'.
WILLERSLEY AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1891   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 136.
WILLEY Tn/CP Parish-level Unit 1836 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 136.
WINFORTON AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1891   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 136.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
HEREFORDSHIRE Poor Law/Registration County 1850   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 670.
HEREFORDSHIRE 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
01 Apr 1870 was created from part of PRESTEIGNE RegD The new district of Kington was formed from the following sub-districts of Presteigne: Radnor, Brilley, and Kington   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Jul 1877 was enlarged by the abolition of PRESTEIGNE PLU/RegD Knill, Upper Kinsham, Byton, Lingen, Combe, Lower Kinsham, Willey, Stapleton and ?odd, Nash and Little Brampton formed the new sub-district of Kinsham in Kington. The RD of Presteigne was dissolved   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10043918

Date accessed: 09th April 2026