Bristol Poor Law Union/Registration District (RegD/Inc)

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'
Incorporation Inc     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
ASHLEY Registration sub-District 01 Jan 1899   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'.
BEDMINSTER Registration sub-District 01 Jan 1899   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'.
BRISTOL CENTRAL Registration sub-District 01 Dec 1905   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'.
CASTLE PRECINCTS Registration sub-District   01 Nov 1897 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
CLIFTON Registration sub-District 01 Jan 1899   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'.
KNOWLE Registration sub-District 01 Jan 1899   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'.
STAPLETON Registration sub-District 01 Jan 1899   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'.
ST AUGUSTINE Registration sub-District   01 Apr 1904 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
ST GEORGE Registration sub-District 01 Jan 1899   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'.
ST JAMES Registration sub-District   01 Nov 1897 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
ST MARY REDCLIFF Registration sub-District   01 Dec 1905 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
ST PAUL Registration sub-District   01 Apr 1904 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
ST PAUL AND ST AUGUSTINE Registration sub-District 01 Apr 1904 01 Dec 1905 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
ST PHILIP AND ST JACOB Registration sub-District 01 Jan 1899   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'.
WESTBURY ON TRYM Registration sub-District 01 Jan 1905   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'.
BRISTOL CP Parish-level Unit 1898   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 165.
BRISTOL ALL SAINTS AP/CP Parish-level Unit   1896 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 165.
BRISTOL CASTLE PRECINCTS CP/ExP Parish-level Unit 1858 1896 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 165.
BRISTOL CHRISTCHURCH CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1896 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 166.
BRISTOL ST AUGUSTINE AP/CP Parish-level Unit   1896 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 166.
BRISTOL ST EWEN CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1896 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 166.
BRISTOL ST JAMES AP/CP Parish-level Unit   1866 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 166.
BRISTOL ST JAMES IN CP Parish-level Unit     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
BRISTOL ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1896 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 166.
BRISTOL ST LEONARD CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1896 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 167.
BRISTOL ST MARY LE PORT AP/CP Parish-level Unit   1896 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 167.
BRISTOL ST MARY REDCLIFFE CP/Ch Parish-level Unit   1896 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 418.
BRISTOL ST MICHAEL AP/CP Parish-level Unit   1896 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 167.
BRISTOL ST NICHOLAS CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1896 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 167.
BRISTOL ST PAUL IN CP Parish-level Unit   1896 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 167.
BRISTOL ST PETER AP/CP Parish-level Unit   1896 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 167.
BRISTOL ST PHILIP AND ST JACOB IN CP Parish-level Unit   1896 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 167.
BRISTOL ST STEPHEN AP/CP Parish-level Unit   1896 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 167.
BRISTOL ST THOMAS AP/CP Parish-level Unit   1896 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 418.
BRISTOL ST WERBURGH AP/CP Parish-level Unit   1876 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 167.
BRISTOL TEMPLE AP/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 418.
CENTRAL BRISTOL CP Parish-level Unit 1896 1898 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 165.
NORTH BRISTOL CP Parish-level Unit 1896 1898 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 165.
REDLAND CP/Ch Parish-level Unit 1894 1896 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 183.
SOUTH BRISTOL CP Parish-level Unit 1896 1898 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 165.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
GLOUCESTERSHIRE Poor Law/Registration County 1850   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 608.
GLOUCESTERSHIRE 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 1899 was enlarged by gaining part of BARTON REGIS RegD/PLU Clifton,St James and St Paul Out, St Philip and St Jacob Out, part of Shirehampton, Redland (which created North Bristol Civil Parish), Stapleton, St George and part of Horfield were lost to Bristol   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Jan 1899 was enlarged by gaining part of KEYNSHAM RegD/PLU Part of Brislington lost to Bristol   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Jan 1899 was enlarged by gaining part of LONG ASHTON RegD/PLU Bedminster created part of South Bristol. Parts of Easton in Gordano, Long Ashton, Potbury, Portishead and Bedminster Without were transferred to Bristol   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Jan 1902 was enlarged by gaining part of BARTON REGIS RegD/PLU Shirehampton (part of) and Henbury (part of)   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Jul 1903 was enlarged by gaining part of BARTON REGIS RegD/PLU Shirehampton and Henbury (part of)   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Jan 1905 was enlarged by the abolition of BARTON REGIS RegD/PLU Shirehampton, Westbury on Trym, Henbury (part of) and Horfield transferred as part of the dissolution of Barton Regis   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Jan 1919 was enlarged by gaining part of LONG ASHTON RegD/PLU Area: 48 acres. Population in 1921: 119.   1921 Census of England and Wales, Table 6, 'Intercensal Changes in Boundaries, 1911-21'.; Registrar General's Order
01 Jan 1919 was enlarged by gaining part of THORNBURY RegD/PLU Area: 928 acres. Population in 1921: 46.   1921 Census of England and Wales, Table 6, 'Intercensal Changes in Boundaries, 1911-21'.; Registrar General's Order

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10211293

Date accessed: 08th April 2026