Woburn Poor Law Union/Registration District (PLU/RegD)

Created: 1837   Abolished: 01 Oct 1899

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
Poor Law Union PLU     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.
Registration District RegD     1901 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 12 , 'Registration County, Districts, and Sub-Districts, with their Constituent Civil Parishes - Area; Houses and Population 1891 and 1901, and Separate Occupiers 1901'

This unit contained the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
TODDINGTON Registration sub-District   01 Jan 1891 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
WOBURN Registration sub-District   01 Oct 1899 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
ASPLEY GUISE CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1835 1899 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 4.
ASPLEY HEATH CP Parish-level Unit 1883 1899 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 4.
BATTLESDEN CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1835 1899 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 4.
CHALGRAVE CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1835 1899 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 5.
EVERSHOLT CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1835 1899 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 6.
HARLINGTON AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1835 1899 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 6.
HOCKLIFFE CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1835 1899 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 7.
HOLCOT CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1835 1899 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 7.
HUSBORNE CRAWLEY CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1835 1899 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 7.
MILTON BRYAN AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1835 1899 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 9.
POTSGROVE CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1835 1899 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 9.
RIDGMONT AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1835 1899 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 9.
SALFORD CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1835 1899 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 9.
TILSWORTH AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1835 1899 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 11.
TINGRITH AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1835 1899 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 11.
TODDINGTON AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1835 1899 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 11.
WOBURN AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1835 1899 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 11.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
BEDFORDSHIRE Poor Law/Registration County 1850 01 Oct 1899 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 559.

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date Type of change Other unit involved Area transferred Authority
01 Oct 1899 was abolished to enlarge AMPTHILL RegD/PLU Woburn was abolished and Salford, Holcutt, Ridgemont, Husborne Crawley, Aspley, Aspley Guise, Aspley Heath, Woburn, Potsgrove, Milton Brayant, Eversholt, Tingrith, Harlington, Toddington and Battlesden transfered   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Oct 1899 was abolished to enlarge LEIGHTON BUZZARD RegD/PLU Charlgrave, Hockcliffe and Tilsworth transferred as part of the dissolution of Woburn   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Boundary Map of Woburn Poor Law Union/Registration District (PLU/RegD)

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10212250

Date accessed: 08th April 2026