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

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 Union PLU     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
ATTLEBOROUGH 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'.
WATTON 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'.
ATTLEBOROUGH CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 657.
BANHAM CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1902 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 355.
BESTHORPE AP/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 657.
BRECKLES AP/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 657.
CARBROOKE CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 657.
CASTON AP/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 657.
GREAT ELLINGHAM CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 657.
GRISTON AP/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 657.
HARGHAM CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 657.
HOCKHAM CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 657.
ILLINGTON CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 657.
KENNINGHALL AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1902 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 368.
LARLING CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 657.
LITTLE ELLINGHAM CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 657.
MERTON AP/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 657.
NEW BUCKENHAM CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1902 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 359.
OLD BUCKENHAM AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1902 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 359.
OVINGTON CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 657.
QUIDENHAM CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1902 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 657.
QUIDENHAM AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1902 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 657.
ROCKLAND ALL SAINTS CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1835 1885 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 657.
ROCKLAND ALL SAINTS AND ST ANDREW CP Parish-level Unit 1885 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 657.
ROCKLAND ST ANDREW CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1835 1885 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 657.
ROCKLAND ST PETER AP/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 657.
ROUDHAM CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 657.
SCOULTON AP/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 657.
SHROPHAM AP/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 657.
SNETTERTON AP/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 657.
STOW BEDON AP/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 657.
THOMPSON CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 657.
TOTTINGTON AP/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 657.
WATTON AP/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 657.
WILBY AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1902 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 385.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
NORFOLK Poor Law/Registration County 1850   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 657.
NORFOLK 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 Apr 1902 was enlarged by the abolition of GUILTCROSS RegD/PLU Banham, New Buckenham, Old Buckenham, Eccles, Kenninghall, Quilby transferred. Guiltcross abolished - parishes also to Depwade (Acc No 42) and Thetford (45)   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

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

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10214830

Date accessed: 08th April 2026