Witham Poor Law Union/Registration District (PLU/RegD)

Created: 1835   Abolished: 01 Jul 1880

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
Poor Law Union PLU     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.
Registration District RegD     1881 Census of England and Wales, Population tables 2, Table 4 , 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'

This unit contained the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
COGGESHALL Registration sub-District   01 Jul 1880 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
KELVEDON Registration sub-District   01 Jul 1880 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
WITHAM Registration sub-District   01 Jul 1880 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
FAIRSTEAD CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1835 01 Jul 1880 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 137.
FAULKBOURNE AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1835 01 Jul 1880 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 137.
FEERING CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1835 01 Jul 1880 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 137.
GREAT BRAXTED CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1835 01 Jul 1880 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 131.
GREAT COGGESHALL AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1835 01 Jul 1880 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 134.
HATFIELD PEVEREL CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1835 01 Jul 1880 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 140.
INWORTH CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1835 01 Jul 1880 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 143.
KELVEDON AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1835 01 Jul 1880 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 143.
LITTLE BRAXTED CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1835 01 Jul 1880 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 132.
LITTLE COGGESHALL CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1835 01 Jul 1880 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 134.
MARKSHALL CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1835 01 Jul 1880 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 145.
MESSING CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1835 01 Jul 1880 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 145.
RIVENHALL AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1835 01 Jul 1880 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 148.
TERLING AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1835 01 Jul 1880 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 152.
ULTING AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1835 01 Jul 1880 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 153.
WICKHAM BISHOPS AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1835 01 Jul 1880 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 156.
WITHAM AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1835 01 Jul 1880 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 156.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
ESSEX Poor Law/Registration County 1850 01 Jul 1880 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 600.

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date Type of change Other unit involved Area transferred Authority
01 Jul 1880 was abolished to enlarge BRAINTREE RegD/PLU The parishes of Fairstead, Faulkbourn, Feering, Great Coggleshall, Hatfield Peverell, Kelvedon, Little Coggleshall, Marks Hall, Rivenhall, Terling, and Witham were transferred to Braintree as the major part of the dissolution of Witham   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Jul 1880 was reduced to enlarge LEXDEN AND WINSTREE RegD/PLU The parishes of Messing and Inworth were transferred as part of the dissolution of Witham   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Jul 1880 was reduced to enlarge MALDON RegD/PLU The parishes of Great Braxted, Little Braxted, Witham Bishops, and Ulting were transferred as part of the dissolution of Witham   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10139168

Date accessed: 08th April 2026