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

Created: 1836  

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: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991) Permission granted to project.

This unit contained the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
BELLINGHAM 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'.
KIRKWHELPINGTON 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'.
BELLINGHAM AP/Ch/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 318.
BIRTLEY CP/Ch Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 320.
CARRYCOATS CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1866   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 323.
CATCHERSIDE CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1866   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 323.
CHIRDON CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1866   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 323.
COLDWELL CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1866   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 324.
CORSENSIDE AP/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 324.
CROOKDEAN CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1866   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 325.
EAST CHARLTON CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1866 1886 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 323.
ELSDON AP/CP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
FALSTONE Ch/CP/AP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
FAWNS CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1866   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 328.
GREAT BAVINGTON CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1866   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 318.
GREYSTEAD AP/CP/Tn Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
HAWICK CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1866   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 331.
HIGH SHITLINGTON CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1866 1886 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 344.
KIRKHARLE CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 334.
KIRKWHELPINGTON AP/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 335.
LEEMAILING CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1866 1886 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 335.
LITTLE BAVINGTON CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1866   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 318.
LITTLE HARLE CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1866   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 330.
LOW SHITLINGTON CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1866 1886 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 344.
NOOK CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1866 1886 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 340.
OTTERBURN CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1866   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 341.
PLASHETTS AND TYNEHEAD CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1866   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 341.
RAMSHOPE CP/ExP Parish-level Unit 1858 1886 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 342.
ROCHESTER CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1866 1886 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 343.
ROCHESTER WARD CP Parish-level Unit 1886   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 343.
SMALESMOUTH CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1866   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 345.
SWEETHOPE CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1866   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 346.
TARRETBURN CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1866 1886 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 346.
TARSET WEST CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1866   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 346.
THOCKRINGTON CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 346.
THORNEYBURN CP/Tn/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 346.
TROUGHEND CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1866   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 347.
WARK CP/Ch/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 349.
WARKSBURN CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1866 1886 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 349.
WELLHAUGH CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1866   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 349.
WEST CHARLTON CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1866 1886 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 323.
WEST HARLE CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1866   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 330.
WEST WHELPINGTON CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1866   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 349.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
NORTHUMBERLAND Poor Law/Registration County 1850   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 720.
NORTHUMBERLAND Administrative County     Ministry of Health, Persons in Receipt of Poor-Law Relief (England and Wales) (H.M.S.O.)

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10221456

Date accessed: 08th April 2026