Whitchurch Poor Law Union/Registration District (RegD/Inc/PLU)

Created: 1792  

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 0-4-1853   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'
Incorporation Inc   1854 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991) Permission granted to project.
Poor Law Union PLU 1854   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
MALPAS Registration sub-District by 1861   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'.
WHITCHURCH Registration sub-District by 1861   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'.
AGDEN CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1853 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 5.
BICKLEY CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1853 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 8.
BRADLEY CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1853 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 10.
CHIDLOW CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1853 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 14.
CHORLTON CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1853 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 14.
CUDDINGTON CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1853 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 16.
DUCKINGTON CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1853 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 17.
EDGE Tn/CP Parish-level Unit 1853 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 18.
HAMPTON CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1853 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 20.
IGHTFIELD AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1854   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 387.
IS COED Ch/CP Parish-level Unit by 1861   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'.
LARKTON CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1853 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 23.
MACEFEN CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1853 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 25.
MALPAS AP/Tn/CP Parish-level Unit 1853 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 25.
MARBURY WITH QUOISLEY CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1853 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 25.
NEWTON BY MALPAS Tn/CP Parish-level Unit 1853 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 28.
NORBURY CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1853 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 29.
OLDCASTLE Tn/CP Parish-level Unit 1853 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 29.
OVERTON CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1853 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 30.
STOCKTON Tn/CP Parish-level Unit 1853 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 36.
THREAPWOOD ExP/CP Parish-level Unit 1894 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 38.
TUSHINGHAM CUM GRINDLEY CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1853 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 39.
WHITCHURCH AP/Tn/CP Parish-level Unit 1792 1894 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 397.
WHITCHURCH RURAL CP Parish-level Unit 1894   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 397.
WHITCHURCH URBAN CP Parish-level Unit 1894   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 397.
WIGLAND Tn/CP Parish-level Unit 1853 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 41.
WIRSWALL CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1853 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 41.
WYCHOUGH CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1853 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 42.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
SHROPSHIRE Poor Law/Registration County 1850   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 737.
SHROPSHIRE 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 1853 was created through the abolition of WEM RegD The sub-district of Whitchurch was divided from the district of Wem and created a separate RD   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10084404

Date accessed: 08th April 2026