Heathtown Urban District (UD)

Created: 1894   Abolished: 1927

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.
Place marker map of Great Britain and Ireland

The following alternate names exist for this unit:

Name Status Language Start End Authority
HEATHTOWN Preferred English     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 745.
HEATH TOWN OR WEDNESFIELD HEATH Alternate English     1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 24, 'Ages of Persons, Males and Females, in Municipal Boroughs and other Urban Districts, 1901'.
HEATHTOWN OR WEDNESFIELD HEATH Alternate English     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'.
WEDNESFIELD HEATH Alternate English     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 745.

This unit contained the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
HEATHTOWN CP Parish-level Unit   1927 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 413.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
STAFFORDSHIRE Administrative County 1894 1927 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 745.

Boundary Map of Heathtown Urban District (UD)

If the boundaries of the Local Government 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, Heathtown Urban District (UD) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10186651

Date accessed: 08th April 2026