Portsmouth Poor Law Union/Registration District (RegD/PLPar/PLU)

Created: 18 Jul 1836   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
PORTSEA ISLAND Official English   01 Apr 1900 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
PORTSMOUTH Preferred English 01 Apr 1900   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 617.

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 1900   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.
Poor Law Union PLU 18 Jul 1836 1900 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
KINGSTON Registration sub-District   01 Oct 1899 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
KINGSTON AND EAST SOUTHSEA Registration sub-District 01 Oct 1899   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'.
LANDPORT Registration sub-District   01 Oct 1899 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
NORTH END AND BUCKLAND Registration sub-District 01 Oct 1899   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'.
PORTSEA AND LANDPORT Registration sub-District 01 Oct 1899   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'.
PORTSEA TOWN Registration sub-District   01 Oct 1899 1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
PORTSMOUTH AND MID SOUTHSEA Registration sub-District 01 Oct 1899   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'.
PORTSMOUTH AND SOUTHSEA Registration sub-District   01 Oct 1899 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
GREAT SALTERNS CP/ExP Parish-level Unit 1858 1900 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 617.
PORTSEA CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1900 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 617.
PORTSMOUTH AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1836 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 617.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
HAMPSHIRE Poor Law/Registration County 1850   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 617.
HAMPSHIRE 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
01 Jan 1905 was enlarged by gaining part of FAREHAM RegD/PLU Cosham (part of)   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Oct 1920 was enlarged by gaining part of FAREHAM RegD/PLU Area: 1914 acres. Population in 1921: 2616.   1921 Census of England and Wales, Table 6, 'Intercensal Changes in Boundaries, 1911-21'.; Registrar General's Order

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10154984

Date accessed: 08th April 2026