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

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 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: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.

This unit contained the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
AMWELL Registration sub-District 02 Aug 1869 01 Dec 1901 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
CITY ROAD Registration sub-District 02 Aug 1869 01 Aug 1901 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
CLERKENWELL Registration sub-District 01 Apr 1908   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'.
GOSWELL STREET Registration sub-District 02 Aug 1869 01 Dec 1901 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
HOLBORN 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'.
NORTH CLERKENWELL Registration sub-District 01 Dec 1901 01 Apr 1908 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
OLD STREET Registration sub-District 02 Aug 1869 01 Jul 1891 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
PENTONVILLE Registration sub-District 02 Aug 1869 01 Apr 1897 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
SAFFRON HILL Registration sub-District   01 Jun 1893 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
SOUTH CLERKENWELL Registration sub-District 01 Dec 1901 01 Apr 1908 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
ST ANDREW EASTERN Registration sub-District   01 Nov 1897 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
ST JAMES CLERKENWELL Registration sub-District 02 Aug 1869 01 Dec 1901 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
ST LUKE Registration sub-District 02 Aug 1869   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'.
WHITECROSS STREET Registration sub-District 02 Aug 1869 01 Oct 1900 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
CHARTER HOUSE CP/ExP Parish-level Unit   1915 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 318.
CLERKENWELL Vest/CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1869   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 319.
FINSBURY CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 305.
FURNIVALS INN CP/ExP Parish-level Unit 1858 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 323.
GLASSHOUSE YARD CP/ExP/ParLib Parish-level Unit 1901 1915 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 644.
GRAYS INN CP/ExP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 324.
LIBERTY OF SAFFRON HILL HATTON GARDEN ELY RENTS AND ELY PLACE CP/ParLib Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 333.
LINCOLNS INN ExP/CP Parish-level Unit     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'.
ST ANDREW HOLBORN ABOVE THE BARS WITH ST GEORGE THE MARTYR CP Parish-level Unit   1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 339.
STAPLE INN CP/ExP Parish-level Unit 1858   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 344.
ST GILES IN THE FIELDS AND ST GEORGE BLOOMSBURY CP Parish-level Unit 1914 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 340.
ST LUKE Vest/CP Parish-level Unit 1869   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 341.
ST SEPULCHRE AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1845 1915 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 342.

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'.
LONDON Administrative County     Ministry of Health, Persons in Receipt of Poor-Law Relief (England and Wales) (H.M.S.O.)
MIDDLESEX Poor Law/Registration County   1889 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 643.

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date Type of change Other unit involved Area transferred Authority
02 Aug 1869 was enlarged by the abolition of ST LUKE RegD/PLPar St. Luke united to Holborn   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
26 Mar 1877 was enlarged by the abolition of CHARTERHOUSE ElizPLPar   Statement of the Names of the Several Unions and Poor Law Parishes of England and Wales; and of the Population, Area, and Rateable Value thereof in 1881 (180)
01 Jan 1902 was enlarged by gaining part of CITY OF LONDON RegD/PLU Parish of Glasshouse Yard   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10154900

Date accessed: 08th April 2026