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

Created: 1835  

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: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.

This unit contained the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
AMPTHILL 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'.
CRANFIELD 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'.
SHILLINGTON 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'.
WOBURN Registration sub-District 01 Oct 1899   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'.
AMPTHILL AP/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 4.
ASPLEY GUISE CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1899 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 4.
ASPLEY HEATH CP Parish-level Unit 1899 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 4.
BATTLESDEN CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1899 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 4.
CLOPHILL CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 5.
CRANFIELD AP/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 6.
EVERSHOLT CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1899 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 6.
FLITTON AP/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 6.
FLITWICK CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 6.
GRAVENHURST CP Parish-level Unit 1888   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 6.
HARLINGTON AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1899 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 6.
HAYNES CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 7.
HIGHAM GOBION CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 7.
HOLCOT CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1899 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 7.
HOUGHTON CONQUEST AP/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 7.
HUSBORNE CRAWLEY CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1899 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 7.
LIDLINGTON CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 8.
LOWER GRAVENHURST CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1888 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 6.
MARSTON MORETAINE AP/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 8.
MAULDEN CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 8.
MILLBROOK CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 9.
MILTON BRYAN AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1899 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 9.
POTSGROVE CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1899 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 9.
PULLOXHILL CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 9.
RIDGMONT AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1899 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 9.
SALFORD CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1899 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 9.
SHILLINGTON AP/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 10.
SILSOE CP/Hmlt Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 10.
STEPPINGLEY AP/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 10.
TINGRITH AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1899 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 11.
TODDINGTON AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1899 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 11.
UPPER GRAVENHURST CP/Ch/AP Parish-level Unit   1888 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 6.
WESTONING AP/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 11.
WOBURN AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1899 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 11.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
BEDFORDSHIRE Poor Law/Registration County 1850   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 559.
BEDFORDSHIRE 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 Oct 1897 was reduced to enlarge HITCHIN RegD/PLU Parts of Shillington lost to Hitchin   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Oct 1899 was enlarged by the abolition of WOBURN PLU/RegD Woburn was abolished and Salford, Holcutt, Ridgemont, Husborne Crawley, Aspley, Aspley Guise, Aspley Heath, Woburn, Potsgrove, Milton Brayant, Eversholt, Tingrith, Harlington, Toddington and Battlesden transfered   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10043980

Date accessed: 09th April 2026