Wigan Rural Sanitary District (RSD)

Abolished: 1894

Statistics

Population

Population

Densities and rates of growth. Age structure: concentrations of young people, and of the old.
Place marker map of Great Britain and Ireland

This unit contained the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
DALTON CP/Tn Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 160.
HAIGH Tn/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 169.
PARBOLD CP/Tn Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 192.
SHEVINGTON CP/Tn Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 200.
WORTHINGTON Tn/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 214.
WRIGHTINGTON CP/Tn Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 214.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
NORTH WESTERN Poor Law/Registration Division     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Ages of Males and Females in Sanitary Districts'.
LANCASHIRE Poor Law/Registration County   1894 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 686.
Maps Census reports

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Wigan Rural Sanitary District (RSD) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10174478

Date accessed: 09th April 2026