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

This unit contained the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
BURY ST EDMUNDS 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'.
FORNHAM Registration sub-District 01 Apr 1908   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'.
IXWORTH Registration sub-District 01 Apr 1908   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'.
ROUGHAM Registration sub-District 01 Apr 1908   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'.
AMPTON AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1907 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 448.
BARDWELL CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1907 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 449.
BARROW AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1907 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 449.
BRADFIELD COMBUST CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1907 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 450.
BRADFIELD ST CLARE CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1907 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 450.
BRADFIELD ST GEORGE CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1907 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 450.
BROCKLEY AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1907 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 451.
BURY ST EDMUNDS CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 451.
BURY ST EDMUNDS ST JAMES CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 451.
BURY ST EDMUNDS ST MARY CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 451.
CHEDBURGH AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1907 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 452.
CHEVINGTON AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1907 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 452.
CULFORD AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1907 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 453.
DENHAM AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1907 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 453.
DEPDEN AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1907 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 453.
FLEMPTON AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1907 1934 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 454.
FORNHAM ALL SAINTS AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1907 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 454.
FORNHAM ST GENEVIEVE AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1907 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 454.
FORNHAM ST MARTIN CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1907 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 454.
GREAT BARTON AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1907 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 449.
GREAT LIVERMERE AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1907 1974 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 460.
GREAT SAXHAM AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1907 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 463.
GREAT WELNETHAM AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1907 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 466.
HARDWICK CP/ExP Parish-level Unit 1907 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 456.
HARGRAVE AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1907 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 456.
HAWSTEAD AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1907 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 456.
HENGRAVE CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1907 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 456.
HORRINGER AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1907 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 457.
ICKWORTH CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1907 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 457.
INGHAM AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1907 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 458.
IXWORTH AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1907 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 458.
IXWORTH THORPE AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1907 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 458.
LACKFORD AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1907 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 459.
LITTLE LIVERMERE AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1907 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 460.
LITTLE SAXHAM CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1907 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 463.
LITTLE WELNETHAM AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1907 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 466.
NOWTON AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1907 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 461.
PAKENHAM AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1907 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 461.
REDE AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1907 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 462.
RISBY AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1907 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 462.
ROUGHAM AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1907 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 462.
RUSHBROOKE AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1907 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 463.
STANNINGFIELD AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1907 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 464.
STANTON AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1907 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 464.
TIMWORTH CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1907 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 465.
TROSTON CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1907 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 466.
WESTLEY CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1907 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 467.
WEST STOW CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1907 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 464.
WHEPSTEAD CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1907 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 467.
WORDWELL CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1907 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 468.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
SUFFOLK Poor Law/Registration County 1850   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 679.
WEST SUFFOLK 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 Apr 1908 was enlarged by the abolition of THINGOE RegD/PLU On this day Thingoe and Bury St Edmunds were united and called Bury St Edmunds   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10112096

Date accessed: 08th April 2026