Marlborough 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
MARLBOROUGH 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'.
AVEBURY CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 530.
BERWICK BASSETT CP/Ch Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 531.
BROAD HINTON AP/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 540.
CLATFORD PARK ExP/CP Parish-level Unit 1858 1896 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 535.
EAST KENNETT AP/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 541.
FYFIELD CP/Ch Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 539.
LOCKERIDGE Tg Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
MARLBOROUGH CP Parish-level Unit   1925 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 544.
MARLBOROUGH ST MARY THE VIRGIN CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1925 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 544.
MARLBOROUGH ST PETER AND ST PAUL AP/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 544.
MILDENHALL AP/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 544.
NORTH SAVERNAKE CP/ExP Parish-level Unit 1858   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 548.
OGBOURNE ST ANDREW AP/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 546.
OGBOURNE ST GEORGE AP/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 546.
OVERTON HEATH ExP/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 546.
PRESHUTE CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1901 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 546.
PRESHUTE CP Parish-level Unit 1901   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 546.
PRESHUTE WITHIN CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 546.
SOUTH SAVERNAKE WITH BRIMSLADE AND CADLEY CP/ExP Parish-level Unit 1858   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 548.
WEST OVERTON AP/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 546.
WINTERBOURNE BASSETT AP/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 552.
WINTERBOURNE MONKTON CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 522.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
WILTSHIRE Poor Law/Registration County 1850   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 703.
WILTSHIRE 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
26 Mar 1884 was reduced to enlarge CRICKLADE AND WOOTTON BASSETT RegD/PLU Parts of Broad Hinton and Clyffe Pypard made into the new parish of Broad Town and transferred to Cricklade   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10167504

Date accessed: 08th April 2026