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

Created: 1837  

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
ALMONDBURY 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'.
GOLCAR 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'.
HOLMFIRTH 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'.
HONLEY 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'.
HUDDERSFIELD 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'.
KIRKBURTON 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'.
KIRKHEATON 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'.
LOCKWOOD 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'.
MELTHAM Registration sub-District   01 Jul 1878 Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office)
NEW MILL 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'.
SLAITHWAITE 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'.
ALMONDBURY AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1837 1924 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 505.
AUSTONLEY CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1837 1921 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 508.
CARTWORTH CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1837 1921 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 526.
CUMBERWORTH Tn/CP/Ch Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 533.
CUMBERWORTH HALF CP/Tn Parish-level Unit   1876 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 533.
DALTON CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1837 1924 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 533.
FARNLEY TYAS CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1837 1925 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 543.
FULSTONE CP/Tn Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 546.
GOLCAR CP/Ch Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 549.
HEPWORTH CP/Tn Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 557.
HOLME CP/Tn Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 560.
HOLMFIRTH CP Parish-level Unit 1921 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 560.
HONLEY CP/Ch Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 560.
HUDDERSFIELD CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 562.
KIRKBURTON AP/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 569.
KIRKHEATON AP/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 570.
LEPTON CP/Tn Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 575.
LINDLEY CUM QUARMBY CP/Ch Parish-level Unit 1837 1924 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 576.
LINGARDS CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1837 1896 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 576.
LINTHWAITE CP/Ch Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 576.
LOCKWOOD CP/Ch Parish-level Unit 1837 1924 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 577.
LONGWOOD CP/Ch Parish-level Unit 1837 1924 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 577.
MARSDEN CP/Ch Parish-level Unit 1898 1937 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 580.
MARSDEN IN ALMONDBURY CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1837 1898 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 580.
MARSDEN IN HUDDERSFIELD CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1837 1898 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 580.
MELTHAM Ch/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 581.
NETHERTHONG CP/Ch Parish-level Unit 1837 1921 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 586.
SCAMMONDEN CP/Ch Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 601.
SCHOLES CP Parish-level Unit 1894   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 602.
SHELLEY CP/Tn Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 605.
SHEPLEY CP/Tn Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 605.
SKELMANTHORPE CP Parish-level Unit 1876 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 607.
SLAITHWAITE CP/Tn Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 608.
SOUTH CROSLAND CP/Ch Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 532.
SOUTH HOLME CP Parish-level Unit 1894 1895 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 560.
THURSTONLAND CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1837 1925 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 619.
THURSTONLAND AND FARNLEY TYAS CP Parish-level Unit 1925 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 619.
UPPERTHONG CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1837 1921 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 621.
WHITLEY UPPER CP/Tn Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 626.
WOOLDALE CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1837 1921 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 629.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
WEST RIDING Poor Law/Registration County 1850   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 776.
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
01 Jan 1914 was enlarged by gaining part of HALIFAX RegD/PLU Area: 16 acres. Population in 1921: 13.   1921 Census of England and Wales, Table 6, 'Intercensal Changes in Boundaries, 1911-21'.; Registrar General's Order

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10081762

Date accessed: 08th April 2026