Chelsea 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 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
CHELSEA KENSAL TOWN Registration sub-District 01 Oct 1890 01 Apr 1901 Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office)
CHELSEA NORTH 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'.
CHELSEA NORTH EAST Registration sub-District   01 Oct 1890 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
CHELSEA SOUTH 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'.
CHELSEA Vest/CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 318.

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. 643.

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date Type of change Other unit involved Area transferred Authority
01 Apr 1901 was reduced to enlarge KENSINGTON RegD/PLU/PLPar Chelsea Kensal Town abolished - parts to Kensington Town and new SD of North West Paddington. Parts of Kensington Town also went to from North West Paddington. See also note for Paddington   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10187795

Date accessed: 09th April 2026