Droitwich 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.
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
CLAINES Registration sub-District   01 Oct 1897 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
DROITWICH 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'.
OMBERSLEY 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'.
CLAINES CP/AP/Ch Parish-level Unit   1885 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 475.
CROWLE AP/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 476.
CRUTCH CP/ExP Parish-level Unit 1858 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 476.
DODDERHILL CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 476.
DODDERHILL IN LIBERTIES CP/PA Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 476.
DOVERDALE CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 476.
DROITWICH CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 477.
DROITWICH ST ANDREW CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 477.
DROITWICH ST NICHOLAS CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 477.
DROITWICH ST PETER AP/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 477.
ELMBRIDGE Ch/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 478.
ELMLEY LOVETT AP/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 478.
GRAFTON MANOR CP/Ch/ExP Parish-level Unit   24 Mar 1863 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
HADZOR AP/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 479.
HAMPTON LOVETT CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 479.
HANBURY AP/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 479.
HARTLEBURY AP/CP/Tn Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 480.
HIMBLETON AP/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 480.
HINDLIP CP/AP/Ch Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 480.
HUDDINGTON CP/Ch Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 481.
LAND COMMON TO DROITWICH ST ANDREW AND DROITWICH ST PETER THE WRANGLING DIVISION ExP 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'.
MARLBOROUGH IN THE VINES CP/ExP Parish-level Unit 1858 1884 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 484.
MARTIN HUSSINGTREE AP/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 484.
NORTH CLAINES CP Parish-level Unit 1885   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 475.
ODDINGLEY AP/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 485.
OMBERSLEY CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 486.
PAPER MILLS CP/ExP Parish-level Unit 1858   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 486.
SALWARPE CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 488.
SHELL CP/ExP Parish-level Unit 1858 1884 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 488.
SOUTH CLAINES CP Parish-level Unit 1894 1898 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 475.
STOCK AND BRADLEY Ch/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 489.
TIBBERTON CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 490.
UNNAMED CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 490.
UPPER MITTON CP/Hmlt Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 484.
UPTON WARREN CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 490.
WARNDON AP/Ch/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 491.
WESTWOOD CP/ExP/Ch Parish-level Unit 1858 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 491.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
WORCESTERSHIRE Poor Law/Registration County 1850   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 761.
WORCESTERSHIRE 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
24 Mar 1862 was reduced to enlarge BROMSGROVE RegD/PLU The sub-district iof Droitwich lost the parish of Grafton Manor to the sub-district of Bromsgrove   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Oct 1885 was reduced to enlarge WORCESTER RegD/PLU Parish of South Claines transferred to North Worcester sub-district, Worcester district. NB: note in report   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Jan 1915 was reduced to enlarge WORCESTER RegD/PLU Area: 166 acres. Population in 1921: 765.   1921 Census of England and Wales, Table 6, 'Intercensal Changes in Boundaries, 1911-21'.; Registrar General's Order
01 Mar 1921 was reduced to enlarge KIDDERMINSTER RegD/PLU Area: 284 acres. Population in 1921: 495.   1921 Census of England and Wales, Table 6, 'Intercensal Changes in Boundaries, 1911-21'.; Registrar General's Order
01 Mar 1921 was reduced to enlarge WORCESTER RegD/PLU Area: 20 acres.   1921 Census of England and Wales, Table 6, 'Intercensal Changes in Boundaries, 1911-21'.; Registrar General's Order

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10111717

Date accessed: 08th April 2026