Farnborough Poor Law Union/Registration District (RegD)

Abolished: 1869

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
FARNBOROUGH Registration sub-District   01 Jul 1869 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
HEADLEY Registration sub-District   01 Jul 1869 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
ASH AND NORMANDY AP/CP Parish-level Unit   1869 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
BRAMSHOTT CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1869 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
COVE CP/Tg Parish-level Unit   1869 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
DOCKENFIELD CP/Tg Parish-level Unit   1869 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
FARNBOROUGH CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1869 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
HEADLEY AP/CP Parish-level Unit   1869 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
KINGSLEY Ch/CP Parish-level Unit   1869 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
LONG SUTTON CP/Ch Parish-level Unit   1869 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
PUTTENHAM CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1869 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
SEALE AND TONGHAM CP/AP/Ch Parish-level Unit   1869 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
YATELEY Ch/AP/CP Parish-level Unit   1869 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
SURREY Poor Law/Registration County   1869 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date Type of change Other unit involved Area transferred Authority
01 Jul 1869 was reduced to enlarge ALTON RegD/PLU Binstead gained parishes of Headley and Kingsley from sub-district of Headley   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Jul 1869 was reduced to enlarge FARNHAM RegD/PLU As part of the dissolution of Farnborough (Acc No 336) the parishes of Seal and Ash and the tything of Normandy were taken from Farnborough to join Frimley in Farnham   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Jul 1869 was reduced to enlarge GUILDFORD RegD/PLU As part of the dissolution of Farnborough (Acc No 336) The parish of Puttenham was taken from Farnborough sub-district and joined to Goldaming in Guildford   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Jul 1869 was reduced to enlarge HARTLEY WINTNEY RegD/PLU The sub-district of Odiham gained the parish of Long Sutton from the abolished sub-district of Farnborough   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Jul 1869 was reduced to enlarge HARTLEY WINTNEY RegD/PLU Part of the district of Farnborough was taken to produce the sub-district of Farnborough in the diststict of Hartley Wintney   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Jul 1869 was reduced to enlarge HARTLEY WINTNEY RegD/PLU The new sub-district of Farnborough created from part of the abolished sub-district of of Farnborough which comprised the parish of Farnborough and the tythings of Cove, Hawley with Minley, and Yateley   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Jul 1869 was reduced to enlarge PETERSFIELD RegD/PLU The sub-district of Petersfield gained the parish of Bramshot from the abolished sub-district of Headley. See note for Binstead   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10444226

Date accessed: 08th April 2026