Shoreditch Poor Law Union/Registration District (RegD/PLPar)

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
SHOREDITCH Preferred English     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 644.
ST LEONARD SHOREDITCH Alternate English     Local Government Board, Poor Law Returns to Parliament from 1871 onwards (HMSO)

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     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
HAGGERSTON Registration sub-District   01 Sep 1904 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
HAGGERSTON EAST Registration sub-District   01 Jul 1877 Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office)
HAGGERSTON WEST Registration sub-District   01 Jul 1877 Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office)
HOLYWELL Registration sub-District   01 Apr 1890 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
HOXTON NEW TOWN Registration sub-District   01 Sep 1904 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
HOXTON OLD TOWN Registration sub-District   01 Sep 1904 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
SHOREDITCH N E Registration sub-District 01 Sep 1904   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'.
SHOREDITCH N W Registration sub-District 01 Sep 1904   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'.
SHOREDITCH SOUTH Registration sub-District 01 Apr 1890   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'.
ST LEONARD Registration sub-District   01 Apr 1890 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
SHOREDITCH Vest/CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 343.

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. 644.

Boundary Map of Shoreditch Poor Law Union/Registration District (RegD/PLPar)

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, Shoreditch Poor Law Union/Registration District (RegD/PLPar) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10167577

Date accessed: 08th April 2026