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

Created: 1837   Abolished: 01 Jul 1877

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?
Place marker map of Great Britain and Ireland

Notes

This area covered the Poor Law Union of Presteigne. Up to 1870 there was a larger Registration District of Presteigne which also covered the Poor Law Union of Kington, but after 1870 Presteigne Registration District covered the same area as the Poor Law Union.

The unit has had the following statuses:

Status Abbreviation Start End Authority
Poor Law Union PLU     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991) Permission granted to project.
Registration District RegD 01 Apr 1870   1861 Census of England and Wales, Population tables 2, Table 1 , 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1851 and 1861, in Districts, Sub-districts, Parishes and Places'

This unit contained the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
PRESTEIGNE Registration sub-District 01 Apr 1870 01 Jul 1877 Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office)
BYTON CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1836 1836 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 125.
CASCOB CP/AP Parish-level Unit   01 Jul 1877 1871 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1861 and 1871, in the Parishes and Places comprised in each Superintendent Registrar's District'.
COMBE Tn/CP Parish-level Unit 1836 01 Jul 1877 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 126.
DISGOED CP/AP Parish-level Unit   01 Jul 1877 1871 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1861 and 1871, in the Parishes and Places comprised in each Superintendent Registrar's District'.
KNILL AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1836 01 Jul 1877 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 130.
LINGEN AP/CP Parish-level Unit   01 Jul 1877 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
LITTON AND CASCOB CP/Tn Parish-level Unit   01 Jul 1877 1871 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1861 and 1871, in the Parishes and Places comprised in each Superintendent Registrar's District'.
LOWER KINSHAM CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1836 01 Jul 1877 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 130.
NORTON CP/AP Parish-level Unit   01 Jul 1877 1871 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1861 and 1871, in the Parishes and Places comprised in each Superintendent Registrar's District'.
PILLETH AP/CP Parish-level Unit   01 Jul 1877 1871 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1861 and 1871, in the Parishes and Places comprised in each Superintendent Registrar's District'.
PRESTEIGN CP/AP Parish-level Unit   01 Jul 1877 1871 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1861 and 1871, in the Parishes and Places comprised in each Superintendent Registrar's District'.
RODD NASH AND LITTLE BRAMPTON CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1836 01 Jul 1877 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 134.
STAPLETON CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1836 01 Jul 1877 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 134.
UPPER KINSHAM CP/AP Parish-level Unit   01 Jul 1877 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 130.
WHITTON CP/AP Parish-level Unit   01 Jul 1877 1871 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1861 and 1871, in the Parishes and Places comprised in each Superintendent Registrar's District'.
WILLEY Tn/CP Parish-level Unit   01 Jul 1877 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 136.

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association Other unit involved Type of unit Authority
was preceded by PRESTEIGNE RegD Poor Law Union/Reg. District Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
HEREFORDSHIRE Poor Law/Registration County 1850 01 Jul 1877 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 671.
RADNORSHIRE Poor Law/Registration County 1850 01 Jul 1877 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 671.

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date Type of change Other unit involved Area transferred Authority
01 Jul 1877 was abolished to enlarge KINGTON RegD/PLU Knill, Upper Kinsham, Byton, Lingen, Combe, Lower Kinsham, Willey, Stapleton and ?odd, Nash and Little Brampton formed the new sub-district of Kinsham in Kington. The RD of Presteigne was dissolved   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Jul 1877 was abolished to enlarge KNIGHTON RegD/PLU The civil parish of Cascob, the parishes of Norton, Pilleth, and Whitton and the townships of Discoed, Litton and Cascod, and Presteigne formed Presteigne sub-district. This was as part of the dissolution of Presteigne RD   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10145478

Date accessed: 09th April 2026