East Preston Poor Law Union/Registration District (RegD/PLU/Inc)

Created: 1791  

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
EAST PRESTON Preferred English     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 695.
WORTHING Alternate English     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 513.

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 1869   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.
Incorporation Inc 1791 1869 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
ARUNDEL 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'.
LITTLEHAMPTON 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'.
WORTHING 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'.
AMBERLEY AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1791 1869 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 501.
ANGMERING CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1791 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 501.
ARUNDEL AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1869 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 501.
BROADWATER CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1799 1902 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 504.
BURPHAM AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1791 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 505.
CLAPHAM AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1869 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 506.
CLIMPING AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1799 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 507.
DURRINGTON ExP/CP Parish-level Unit 1803 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 508.
EAST PRESTON AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1791 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 520.
FERRING AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1791 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 510.
FORD AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1799 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 510.
GORING BY SEA AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1791 1929 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 510.
HEENE ExP/Ch/CP Parish-level Unit     1871 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1861 and 1871, in the Parishes and Places comprised in each Superintendent Registrar's District'.
HOUGHTON CP/Ch Parish-level Unit 1803 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 514.
KINGSTON CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1869 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 515.
LANCING AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1835 1869 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 515.
LITTLEHAMPTON CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1791 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 517.
LYMINSTER AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1791 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 517.
NORTH STOKE CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1869 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
PATCHING CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1869 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 519.
POLING AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1806 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 519.
RUSTINGTON CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1806 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 520.
SOUTH STOKE AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1869 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 523.
TORTINGTON CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1799 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 524.
WARNINGCAMP Tg/CP Parish-level Unit 1869 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 524.
WEST TARRING CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1803 1902 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 523.
WICK CP/ExP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 525.
WIGGONHOLT CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1836 1869 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 525.
WORTHING Tn/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 526.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
SUSSEX Poor Law/Registration County 1850   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 695.
WEST SUSSEX 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
01 Jan 1870 was reduced to enlarge PETWORTH RegD/PLU Amberley, North Stoke and Wiggonholt transferred from the sub-district of Arundel to Northern   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Jan 1870 was reduced to enlarge STEYNING RegD/PLU The parish of Lancing was taken from Broadwater and added to Shoreham in Steyning   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Jan 1904 was reduced to enlarge STEYNING RegD/PLU Broadwater (part of)   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Boundary Map of East Preston Poor Law Union/Registration District (RegD/PLU/Inc)

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, East Preston Poor Law Union/Registration District (RegD/PLU/Inc) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10187825

Date accessed: 08th April 2026