Newcastle upon Tyne Poor Law Union/Registration District (RegD/PLU/PLPar)

Created: 1836  

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
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE Preferred English     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 721.
NEWCASTLE ON TYNE Alternate English     Local Government Board, Poor Law Returns to Parliament from 1871 onwards (HMSO)

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   1914 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991) Permission granted to project.
Poor Law Parish PLPar 1914   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
ALL SAINTS 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'.
BENWELL Registration sub-District 01 Jan 1905   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'.
BYKER 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'.
ELSWICK Registration sub-District 01 Jan 1905   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'.
ST ANDREW 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'.
ST NICHOLAS 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'.
WESTGATE Registration sub-District   01 Jan 1905 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
BENWELL CP/Ch Parish-level Unit 1866 1914 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 319.
BYKER CP/Ch Parish-level Unit 1866 1914 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 322.
ELSWICK CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1866 1914 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 327.
FENHAM CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1866 1914 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 328.
HEATON CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1866 1914 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 331.
JESMOND CP/Tn Parish-level Unit   1914 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 334.
MOOT HALL PRECINCTS CP 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'.
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1914 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 339.
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE CP Parish-level Unit 1914   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 339.
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE ALL SAINTS CP/Ch Parish-level Unit   1914 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 339.
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE ST ANDREW CP/Ch Parish-level Unit   1914 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 339.
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE ST JOHN CP/Ch Parish-level Unit   1914 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 339.
WESTGATE CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1866 1914 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 349.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
NORTHUMBERLAND Poor Law/Registration County 1850   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 721.
NORTHUMBERLAND Administrative County     Ministry of Health, Persons in Receipt of Poor-Law Relief (England and Wales) (H.M.S.O.)

Boundary Map of Newcastle upon Tyne Poor Law Union/Registration District (RegD/PLU/PLPar)

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, Newcastle upon Tyne Poor Law Union/Registration District (RegD/PLU/PLPar) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10139466

Date accessed: 08th April 2026