Willesden Poor Law Union/Registration District (PLPar/RegD)

Created: 1896  

Statistics

Population

Population

Densities and rates of growth. Age structure: concentrations of young people, and of the old.
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.
Place marker map of Great Britain and Ireland

The unit has had the following statuses:

Status Abbreviation Start End Authority
Poor Law Parish PLPar 1896   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.
Registration District RegD 01 Oct 1909   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'

This unit contained the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
WILLESDEN Registration sub-District 01 Oct 1909   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'.
WILLESDEN AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1896 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 648.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
MIDDLESEX Poor Law/Registration County 1850   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 648.
MIDDLESEX 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 Oct 1909 was created from part of HENDON PLU/RegD Willesden was separated from Hendon   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Boundary Map of Willesden Poor Law Union/Registration District (PLPar/RegD)

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, Willesden Poor Law Union/Registration District (PLPar/RegD) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10139156

Date accessed: 08th April 2026