Winchester Poor Law Union/Registration District (RegD)

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.
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

This unit contained the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
HURSLEY 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'.
MICHELDEVER 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'.
THE WORTHYS Registration sub-District   01 Jul 1897 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
TWYFORD 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'.
WINCHESTER 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'.
ABBOTS BARTON CP Parish-level Unit     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'.
AMPFIELD CP/Ch Parish-level Unit 1894   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. EW1901COU_M12.
AVINGTON CP/AP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
BISHOPSTOKE CP/AP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
CHANDLERS FORD CP Parish-level Unit 1894   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'.
CHILCOMB AP/CP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
CHILCOMB WITHIN CP Parish-level Unit     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'.
CHILCOMB WITHOUT CP Parish-level Unit     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'.
COMPTON AP/CP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
CRAWLEY AP/CP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
EASTON CP/AP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
EAST STRATTON CP/Ch Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
FAIR OAK CP/Ch Parish-level Unit     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'.
FARLEY CHAMBERLAYNE CP/AP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
HEADBOURNE WORTHY AP/CP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
HUNTON CP/Ch Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
HURSLEY AP/CP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ITCHEN ABBAS AP/CP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
KINGS WORTHY AP/CP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
LAINSTON CP/AP/ExP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
LITTLETON CP/AP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
MARTYR WORTHY CP/AP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
MICHELDEVER AP/CP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
MILLAND CP/Vle/ExP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
MORESTEAD AP/CP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
NORTH BADDESLEY CP/AP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
OTTERBOURNE CP/Ch Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
OWSLEBURY AP/CP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
SPARSHOLT CP/AP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ST FAITH CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1894 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ST FAITH WITHIN CP Parish-level Unit     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'.
STOKE CHARITY CP/AP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
STOKE PARK CP Parish-level Unit     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'.
TWYFORD AP/CP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
WEEKE CP/Ch/AP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
WEEKE WITHIN CP Parish-level Unit     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'.
WEEKE WITHOUT CP Parish-level Unit     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'.
WINCHESTER CP Parish-level Unit 1902   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'.
WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL YARD ExP Parish-level Unit   1858 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
WINCHESTER COLLEGE MILL ExP Parish-level Unit     1861 Census of England and Wales, Table 1, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1851 and 1861, in Districts, Sub-districts, Parishes and Places'.
WINCHESTER COLLEGE WHARF ExP Parish-level Unit   1858 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
WINCHESTER MORLEYS COLLEGE ExP Parish-level Unit   1858 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
WINCHESTER ST BARTHOLOMEW HYDE CP/AP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
WINCHESTER ST CROSS ExP/CP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
WINCHESTER ST CROSS HOSPITAL PRECINCTS CP/ExP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
WINCHESTER ST JOHN CP/AP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
WINCHESTER ST LAWRENCE AP/CP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
WINCHESTER ST MARY KALENDAR CP/AP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
WINCHESTER ST MARYS COLLEGE CP/ExP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
WINCHESTER ST MAURICE CP/AP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
WINCHESTER ST MICHAEL CP/AP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
WINCHESTER ST PETER CHEESEHILL AP/CP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
WINCHESTER ST PETER COLEBROOK AP/CP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
WINCHESTER ST SWITHIN AP/CP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
WINCHESTER ST THOMAS CP/AP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
WINCHESTER THE CLOSE ExP/CP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
WINCHESTER THE WEIRS ExP/CP Parish-level Unit     1861 Census of England and Wales, Table 1, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1851 and 1861, in Districts, Sub-districts, Parishes and Places'.
WINCHESTER WOLVESEY ExP/CP Parish-level Unit     1861 Census of England and Wales, Table 1, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1851 and 1861, in Districts, Sub-districts, Parishes and Places'.
WINNALL CP/AP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
WONSTON CP/AP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
HAMPSHIRE Poor Law/Registration County 1850   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'.

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date Type of change Other unit involved Area transferred Authority
01 Dec 1897 was reduced to enlarge ROMSEY RegD/PLU Part of North Baddesley lost to Romsey   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Nov 1897 was enlarged by gaining part of EASTLEIGH RegD/PLU Part of North Stoneham and part of South Stoneham lost to Winchester   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10428579

Date accessed: 08th April 2026