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

Created: 1859  

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: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991) Permission granted to project.

This unit contained the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
HARTLEPOOL Registration sub-District Before 1861   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'.
BRIERTON CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1859 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 94.
CLAXTON Ch/CP Parish-level Unit 1859 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 96.
DALTON PIERCY CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1859 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 97.
ELWICK Tn/CP Parish-level Unit 1859 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 100.
ELWICK HALL CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1859 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 100.
GREATHAM CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1859 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 102.
HART AP/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 103.
HARTLEPOOL CP/PA Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 103.
MIDDLETON CP Parish-level Unit 1894 1936 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 109.
SEATON CP Parish-level Unit 1894 1967 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 113.
SEATON CAREW CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1866 1921 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 113.
STRANTON CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 116.
THORPE BULMER CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1866 1936 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 117.
THROSTON CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1866 1936 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 117.
THROSTON RURAL CP Parish-level Unit 1894 1932 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 117.
WEST HARTLEPOOL CP Parish-level Unit 1894 1967 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 103.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
COUNTY DURHAM Poor Law/Registration County 1850   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 664.
COUNTY DURHAM 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
25 Mar 1859 was created from part of STOCKTON RegD/PLU Hartelpool split from Stockton   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10139960

Date accessed: 08th April 2026