Nottinghamshire Poor Law/Registration County

Created: 1851   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 following alternate names exist for this unit:

Name Status Language Start End Authority
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE Preferred English     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 353.
NOTTINGHAM Alternate English     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 353.

This unit contained the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
BASFORD RegD/PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. District 1850   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 727.
BINGHAM RegD/PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. District 1850   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 727.
EAST RETFORD RegD/PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. District 1850   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 728.
MANSFIELD RegD/PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. District 1850   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 727.
NEWARK RegD/PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. District 1850   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 727.
NOTTINGHAM RegD/PLU/PLPar Poor Law Union/Reg. District 1850   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 728.
RADFORD PLU/RegD Poor Law Union/Reg. District   01 Jul 1880 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 728.
SOUTHWELL RegD/PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. District 1850   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 728.
WORKSOP RegD/PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. District 1850   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 728.
ARNOLD USD Sanitary District   1894 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 728.
BASFORD RSD Sanitary District   1894 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 728.
BEESTON USD Sanitary District   1894 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 728.
BINGHAM RSD Sanitary District   1894 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 728.
CARLTON USD Sanitary District 1881 1894 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 728.
EAST RETFORD RSD Sanitary District   1894 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 729.
EAST RETFORD USD Sanitary District   1894 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 729.
HUCKNALL TORKARD USD Sanitary District   1894 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 728.
HUCKNALL UNDER HUTHWAITE USD Sanitary District   1894 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 728.
MANSFIELD USD Sanitary District   1894 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 728.
MANSFIELD RSD Sanitary District   1894 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 728.
MANSFIELD WOODHOUSE USD Sanitary District   1894 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 728.
NEWARK RSD Sanitary District   1894 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 728.
NEWARK UPON TRENT USD Sanitary District   1894 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 728.
NOTTINGHAM USD Sanitary District   1894 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 728.
RADFORD RSD Sanitary District   1894 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 729.
SOUTHWELL RSD Sanitary District   1894 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 729.
SUTTON IN ASHFIELD USD Sanitary District   1894 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 729.
WARSOP USD Sanitary District   1894 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 729.
WEST BRIDGFORD USD Sanitary District 1891 1894 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 728.
WORKSOP RSD Sanitary District   1894 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 729.
WORKSOP USD Sanitary District   1894 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 729.

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association Other unit involved Type of unit Authority
was succeeded by NOTTINGHAMSHIRE Administrative County F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 729.
was succeeded by NOTTINGHAMSHIRE Modern (post 1974) County Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
was preceded by NOTTINGHAMSHIRE Ancient County F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 727.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
ENGLAND Dep Country 1851 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 353.
NORTH MIDLAND Poor Law/Registration Division     1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Registration divisions and Counties - Area, and population at each successive Census'.

Boundary Map of Nottinghamshire Poor Law/Registration County

If the boundaries of the Poor Law/Registration County 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, Nottinghamshire Poor Law/Registration County through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10134742

Date accessed: 08th April 2026