St Giles in the Fields and St George Bloomsbury Poor Law Union/Registration District (RegD/PLPar)

Created: 1837   Abolished: 1930

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
ST GILES IN THE FIELDS AND ST GEORGE BLOOMSBURY Preferred English     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 649.
ST GILES Alternate English     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 GILES AND ST GEORGE BLOOMSBURY 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 Parish PLPar     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.

This unit contained the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
BLOOMSBURY AND ST GILES SOUTH Registration sub-District   01 Aug 1902 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
ST GILES AND BLOOMSBURY Registration sub-District 01 Aug 1902   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 GILES NORTH Registration sub-District   01 Aug 1902 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
ST GILES SOUTH Registration sub-District   01 Nov 1899 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
ST GILES IN THE FIELDS AND ST GEORGE BLOOMSBURY CP Parish-level Unit   1914 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 340.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
LONDON Poor Law/Registration County 01 Apr 1857   1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
MIDDLESEX Poor Law/Registration County 1851 1889 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 649.

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date Type of change Other unit involved Area transferred Authority
24 Mar 1891 was reduced to enlarge ST PANCRAS RegD/PLPar Parts of St. Giles in the Fields and St. George Bloomsbury   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Boundary Map of St Giles in the Fields and St George Bloomsbury Poor Law Union/Registration District (RegD/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, St Giles in the Fields and St George Bloomsbury Poor Law Union/Registration District (RegD/PLPar) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10154730

Date accessed: 08th April 2026