Poplar Parish (CP/ExP/Ch)

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.
Housing

Housing

Numbers of houses. Overcrowding: persons per room. Amenities: central heating, baths and WCs.
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The following alternate names exist for this unit:

Name Status Language Start End Authority
POPLAR Preferred English     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 338.
ALL SAINTS POPLAR Alternate English     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
POPLAR ALL SAINTS Alternate English     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 338.

The unit has had the following statuses:

Status Abbreviation Start End Authority
Civil Parish CP 1817 1907 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.
Extra-Parochial Area ExP   1654 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.
Chapelry Ch 1654   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association Other unit involved Type of unit Authority
was succeeded by POPLAR EP Ecclesiastical Parish F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 338.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
MIDDLESEX Ancient County     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 338.
POPLAR RegD/PLU/PLPar Poor Law Union/Reg. District   1907 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 338.
OSSULSTONE Hundred Ancient District     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 338.
POPLAR Lon_SDist Sanitary District     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 338.
POPLAR MetB Local Government District 1889 1907 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 338.
POPLAR Registration sub-District     1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 12, 'Registration County, Districts, and Sub-Districts, with their Constituent Civil Parishes - Area; Houses and Population 1891 and 1901, and Separate Occupiers 1901'.
STEPNEY CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1817 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 338.

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date Type of change Other unit involved Area transferred Authority
01 Apr 1907 was abolished to create POPLAR BOROUGH CP Population in 1911: 56393.   1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 13, 'Changes in the boundaries of civil parishes during the intercensal period 1901-11; effected under the provisions of the Local Government Acts of 1888 and 1894, and by Local Acts'.; The Borough of Poplar (Union of Parishes) Scheme, 1907
  was reduced to enlarge LIMEHOUSE CP/ExP Population in 1901: 163.   1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 14, 'Changes in the Boundaries of Civil Parishes, effected Local Government Acts of 1899 and 1894, and by Local Acts since 1891 - Inhabited Houses and Population 1901'.; London Government Act (1899)
  was enlarged by gaining part of LIMEHOUSE CP/ExP Population in 1901: 353.   1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 14, 'Changes in the Boundaries of Civil Parishes, effected Local Government Acts of 1899 and 1894, and by Local Acts since 1891 - Inhabited Houses and Population 1901'.; London Government Act (1899)

Boundary Map of Poplar Parish (CP/ExP/Ch)

If the boundaries of the Parish-level Unit 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, Poplar Parish (CP/ExP/Ch) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10199116

Date accessed: 08th April 2026