Aysgarth 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 following alternate names exist for this unit:

Name Status Language Start End Authority
ASKRIGG Official English   March 1869 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
AYSGARTH Preferred English March 1869   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 775.

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 1869   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
ASKRIGG 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'.
HAWES 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'.
ABBOTSIDE COMMON PA Parish-level Unit     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'.
ASKRIGG CP/Ch Parish-level Unit   1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 507.
AYSGARTH CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 508.
BAINBRIDGE Tn/CP Parish-level Unit   1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 509.
BISHOPDALE CP/Tn Parish-level Unit   1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 516.
BURTON CUM WALDEN CP/Tn Parish-level Unit   1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 523.
CARPERBY CUM THORESBY CP/Tn Parish-level Unit   1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 525.
HAWES Ch/CP Parish-level Unit   1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 555.
HIGH ABBOTSIDE CP/Tn Parish-level Unit   1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 501.
LAND COMMON TO THE TOWNSHIPS OF BAINBRIDGE AND HAWES PA Parish-level Unit     1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 12, 'Registration County, Districts, and Sub-Districts, with their Constituent Civil Parishes - Area; Houses and Population 1891 and 1901, and Separate Occupiers 1901'.
LOW ABBOTSIDE CP/Tn Parish-level Unit   1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 502.
MOSSDALE MOOR PA Parish-level Unit     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
MOSSDALE MOOR AND WETHER FELL LAND COMMON TO BAINBRIDGE AND HAWES PA Parish-level Unit     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'.
NEWBIGGIN Tn/CP Parish-level Unit   1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 587.
THORLABY Tn/CP Parish-level Unit   1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 616.
THORNTON RUST CP/Tn Parish-level Unit   1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 618.
WETHER FELL PA/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'.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
NORTH RIDING Poor Law/Registration County 1850   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 775.
NORTH RIDING Administrative County     Ministry of Health, Persons in Receipt of Poor-Law Relief (England and Wales) (H.M.S.O.)

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10155022

Date accessed: 08th April 2026