Smallburgh Poor Law Union/Registration District (RegD/Inc/PLU) through time

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

Created: 1837 Abolished: 1930

Statistics

Population

Densities and rates of growth. Age structure: concentrations of young people, and of the old.

Industry

How people made their living: identifying farming communities, pit villages, mill towns and so on.

Life & Death

Numbers of babies born. Deaths, especially infant deaths. Causes of death by age and gender.

Work & Poverty

Unemployment rates and poor relief. What proportions of men and of women did paid work?

Housing

Numbers of houses. Overcrowding: persons per room. Amenities: central heating, baths and WCs.

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

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

Alternative names

The following alternate names exist for this unit:

Name	Status	Language	Start	End	Authority
TUNSTEAD AND HAPPING	Official	English		1870	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
SMALLBURGH	Preferred	English	1870		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
TUNSTEAD	Alternate	English			1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.

Formal status

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'
Incorporation	Inc		1870	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.
Poor Law Union	PLU	1870		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
LUDHAM	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'.
NORTH WALSHAM	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'.
SMALLBURGH	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'.
STALHAM	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'.
ASHMANHAUGH CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		1870	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
ASHMANHAUGH CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1870	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
BACTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		1870	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
BACTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1870	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
BARTON TURF AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1870	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
BARTON TURF AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		1870	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
BEESTON ST LAWRENCE CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1870	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
BEESTON ST LAWRENCE CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		1870	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
BRADFIELD AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1870	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
BRADFIELD AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		1870	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
BRUMSTEAD AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		1870	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
BRUMSTEAD AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1870	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
CATFIELD CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		1870	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
CATFIELD CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1870	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
CROSTWIGHT AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1870	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
CROSTWIGHT AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		1870	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
DILHAM AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		1870	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
DILHAM AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1870	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
EAST RUSTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		1870	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
EAST RUSTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1870	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
ECCLES CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1785	1870	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
ECCLES CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1870	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
EDINGTHORPE CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1870	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
EDINGTHORPE CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		1870	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
FELMINGHAM AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1870	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
FELMINGHAM AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		1870	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
HAPPISBURGH AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		1870	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
HAPPISBURGH AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1870	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
HEMPSTEAD WITH ECCLES CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1785	1870	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
HEMPSTEAD WITH ECCLES CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1870	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
HICKLING CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1870	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
HICKLING CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		1870	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
HONING AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1870	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
HONING AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		1870	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
HORNING AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1870	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
HORNING AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		1870	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
HORSEY AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1870	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
HORSEY AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		1870	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
HOVETON ST JOHN CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		1870	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
HOVETON ST JOHN CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1870	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
HOVETON ST PETER AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		1870	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
HOVETON ST PETER AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1870	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
INGHAM AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1870	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
INGHAM AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		1870	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
IRSTEAD CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1870	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
IRSTEAD CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		1870	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
LESSINGHAM AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1870	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
LESSINGHAM AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		1870	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
LUDHAM CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		1870	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
LUDHAM CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1870	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
NEATISHEAD AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1870	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
NEATISHEAD AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		1870	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
NORTH WALSHAM AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	01 Jun 1884	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
PALLING AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		1870	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
PALLING AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1870	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
PASTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		1870	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
PASTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1870	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
POTTER HEIGHAM AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		1870	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
POTTER HEIGHAM AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1870	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
RIDLINGTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1870	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
RIDLINGTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		1870	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
SCO RUSTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		1870	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
SCO RUSTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1870	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
SLOLEY CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1870	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
SLOLEY CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		1870	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
SMALLBURGH CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1870	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
SMALLBURGH CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		1870	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
STALHAM AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		1870	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
STALHAM AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1870	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
SUTTON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1870	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
SUTTON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		1870	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
SWAFIELD AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1870	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
SWAFIELD AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		1870	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
TUNSTEAD CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		1870	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
TUNSTEAD CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1870	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
WALCOTT CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		1870	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
WALCOTT CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1870	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
WAXHAM CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		1870	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
WAXHAM CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1870	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
WESTWICK CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1870	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
WESTWICK CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		1870	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
WITTON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		1870	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
WITTON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1870	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
WORSTEAD AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		1870	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
WORSTEAD AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1870	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.

Higher level units

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
NORFOLK	Poor Law/Registration County	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
NORFOLK	Administrative County			Ministry of Health, Persons in Receipt of Poor-Law Relief (England and Wales) (H.M.S.O.)

Boundaries and changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
01 Jun 1884	was enlarged by gaining part of	ERPINGHAM RegD/PLU	Parish of North Walsham transferred to Bacton sub-district (renamed North Walsham)	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

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How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Smallburgh Poor Law Union/Registration District (RegD/Inc/PLU) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10085690

Date accessed: 08th April 2026