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

Created: 1836  

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
SWANSEA Preferred English     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 (359)
SWANSEA AND GOWER Alternate English     Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

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     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 359

This unit contained the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
GOWER Registration sub-District   29 Sep 1857 British Parliamentary Papers
LLANDEILO TALYBONT 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'.
LLANGAFELACH 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'.
LLANSAMLET 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'.
SWANSEA 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'.
BISHOPSTON CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1857 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
CHERITON AP/CP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
CLAS Tn/CP 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'.
ILSTON CP/AP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
KNELSTON AP/CP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
LLANDDEWI CP/AP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
LLANDEILO TAL Y BONT CP/AP 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'.
LLANGENNITH CP/AP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
LLANGYFELACH AP/CP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
LLANMADOG AP/CP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
LLANSAMLET CP/AP 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'.
MAWR Tg/CP Parish-level Unit   01 Jul 1875 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
NICHOLASTON AP/CP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
OXWICH CP/AP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
OYSTERMOUTH CP/AP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
PENDERI CP/Hmlt 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'.
PEN MAEN AP/CP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
PENNARD AP/CP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
PEN RHYS CP/AP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
PORT EINON AP/CP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
REYNOLDSTON CP/AP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
RHOSILI CP/AP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
RHYNDWYGLYDACH CP/Hmlt Parish-level Unit   01 Jul 1875 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
ST JOHN NEAR SWANSEA CP/Ch/AP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ST THOMAS CP/Hmlt 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'.
SWANSEA AP/CP 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'.
SWANSEA HIGHER PA 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'.
SWANSEA HIGHER AND LOWER 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'.
SWANSEA LOWER PA 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'.
SWANSEA TOWN PA/Tn 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'.
Y COCYD Tn/CP 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'.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
GLAMORGAN Poor Law/Registration County 1850   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 (359)
GLAMORGAN 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
29 Sep 1857 was reduced to create GOWER RegD/PLU Gower formed from Swansea   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Jul 1875 was reduced to enlarge PONTARDAWE RegD/PLU The hamlets of Rhyndwyclydach and Mawr were transferred to the new district of Neath   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Jul 1876 was enlarged by gaining part of NEATH RegD/PLU Llansamlet was transferred to Swansea   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10167383

Date accessed: 08th April 2026